Official UK procurement notice
Monitoring of Cathodic Protection Systems
Authority: West Lothian Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMonitoring of Cathodic Protection Systems
- Recurrence: If full contract is used, the contract will be in place for 5 years with an option to extend up to 24 months. Therefore anticipated date for retender is June 2032.
CPV: Bridge-inspection services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Open Tender ProcessCancelledRenewalPublished value£245,000
Open Tender Process. Additional information: All additional info available on PCS-T
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Works: 6%
- Training: 4%
- Software: 5%
- Fair Work First: 2%
- Community Benefits: 3%
- price: 80%
Published award criteria (6)
- Works: 6
- Training: 4
- Software: 5
- Fair Work First: 2
- Community Benefits: 3
- Price: 80
- Suitability
Further information available on PCS-T
- Economic & financial standing
SPD question 4B.6 West Lothian Council will use Dun and Bradstreet’s DBAi financial reporting system to assess the financial stability of tenderers. Tenderers with a Failure Score of 50 or above on the DBAi system will be deemed to have evidenced satisfactory financial stability. Please note that 49 or less will not be considered as having met this criteria. If a tenderer has a Failure Score of less than 50, the tenderer may be required to submit their last three years accounts.
In the event that the tenderer is not required to publish accounts and therefore does not have a Dun & Bradstreet or equivalent rating, tenderers should be able to provide financial accounts when requested. The council will then conduct an analysis of the accounts to ensure that there is no significant financial risk. Please note that if you intend on attaching 2 years accounts, these must include financial data over a 3-year period.
It is recommended that candidates review their own Dun & Bradstreet Score in advance of submitting their tender. If following this review tenderers consider that the Dun & Bradstreet Score does not reflect their current financial status, details of this should be provided, complete with evidence of a good high street credit rating (the equivalent of Dun & Bradstreet score 50) from a recognised credit referencing agency. The council will review any such information as part of the evaluation of Tenderer’s financial status.
In the event that a firm does not meet the finan…
Minimum: Insurance levels: Employers liability 10,000,000 GBP Public liability 5,000,000 GBP Valid motor vehicle insurance - Technical & professional ability
Further info available in ITT document on PCS-T
Minimum: Further info available in ITT document on PCS-T
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
Yes · If full contract is used, the contract will be in place for 5 years with an option to extend up to 24 months. Therefore anticipated date for retender is June 2032.
- First published
- 5 Jun 2025, 12:06 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Jun 2025, 13:34 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Jul 2025 – …
- Authority reference
CC14119- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030591- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054370Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Police Scotland will be consulted with regards to Serious and Organised Crime checks. Any links to this type of activity may cause your tender to be rejected. Re: SPD 2B, complete information for all company directors, using home address. There is a requirement for the winning supplier to sign a data sharing agreement. CONFIDENTIALITY - All information supplied by the Authority must be treated in confidence and not disclosed to third parties except insofar as this is necessary to obtain sureties or quotations for the purpose of submitting the tender. All information supplied by you to the Authority will similarly be treated in confidence except: (i) for any information required to be disclosed or otherwise provided by the Authority to any person in order to comply with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and any codes of practice applicable from time to time relating to access to public authorities’ information. The Tenderer shall co-operate, facilitate, support and assist the Authority in the provision of this information. In the event the Authority is required to provide information to any person as a result of a request made to it under such Act and/or codes, the Authority shall adhere to the requirements of such Act and/or codes in disclosing information relating to this Agreement, the Project documents and the Contractor. (ii) that references may be sought from banks, existing or past clients, or other referees submitted by the tenderers; (iii) for the disclosure of such information with regard to the outcome of the procurement process as may be required to be published in the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with EU directives or elsewhere in accordance with the requirements of UK government policy on the disclosure of information relating to government contracts. (SC Ref:801039)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗
- Submission deadline
- 7 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 1800 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 7 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
6 Jun 2025 → 7 Jul 2025 · 3 dates- Notice published6 Jun 2025, 13:34 BST
- Submission deadline7 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened7 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled6 Jun 2025, 13:34 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Livingston Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.