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Published 21 Jun 2023, 13:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NAC/5140 Maintenance, Servicing & Repair of Automatic Doors & Associated Items

Official notice

Authority: NORTHAYRSHIRE

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£365,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Jul 2023awarded 12 Sept 2023
Awarded to Fortress Security Alarms Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

North Ayrshire Council requires a qualified service provider for the Maintenance, Servicing and Repair of Automatic Doors and Associated Items to ensure that automatic doors within NAC’s non-domestic premises are maintained to meet statutory legislation and requirements.

The contract term will be for 3 years commencing 29 October 2023 with an option to extend up to 24 months utilising the SBCC Measured Term Contract for use in Scotland (MTC/Scot 2019) terms and conditions.

CPV: Doors · Facilities management services · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of building installations · Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations · Repair and maintenance services of electrical building installations · Repair and maintenance services of mechanical building installations · Windows, doors and related items

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1To ensure that automatic doors in NAC’s non-domestic premises are maintained to meet…AwardedRenewal

To ensure that automatic doors in NAC’s non-domestic premises are maintained to meet statutory legislation and service requirements.

The maintenance and minor works, comprises preventative and corrective maintenance to maintenance, servicing and repair of automatic doors and associated items to non-housing properties within North Ayrshire. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: Option to extend by up to 24 months at the sole discretion of NAC and subject to satisfactory performance and funding.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40
  • Price: 60
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    If required, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

  • Economic & financial standing

    Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “general” turnover of 146,000 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.

    North Ayrshire Council reserve the right to review the bidder's financial information using company watch financial analytics at tender stage and throughout the life of the contract. If the bidder’s financial health score (H-Score) is 25 or less further information/clarifications will be requested to ensure the equivalent economic and financial standing is adhered too. If this information or the clarifications are not satisfactory, the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.

    Bidders who cannot meet the required level of turnover will be excluded from this tender.

    Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.

    It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

    Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 10million GBP in respect of any one event

    www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf ↗

    Public Liability Insurance 10million GBP in respect of any one event

    Product Liability Insurance 10million GBP in the aggregate

    Third-Party Motor Vehicle Insurance for the duration of the contract

    A valid motor vehicle certificate must be held in the company name or (where there is no fle…

  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders are required to provide 2 examples of services carried out in the past 3 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the services described in the Contract Notice. The services must be of a similar value, size and scope. The minimum project value NAC will accept as an example is 150,000 GBP. Unsatisfactory experience will result in exclusion from the tender process.

    Bidders must also provide 2 satisfactory references for the same 2 contracts on the reference templates provided. References should be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar value, size and scope. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 2 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.

    Completed experience and reference templates must be zipped and uploaded at question 4C.1 of the qualification envelope.

    Bidders are required to provide evidence that their organisation has taken steps to build their awareness of the climate change emergency and how they will respond. Accepted evidence includes but is not limited to:

    • a completed copy of the Bidder ‘relevant contract’ Climate Change Plan Template, including planned projects and actions to reduce the bidder’s carbon emissions. This does not need to contain calculated carbon emissions.

    Bidders are required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

    Bidders who intend to subcontract more than 25% to any individual organisation must ensure …

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 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
Awarded
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Jun 2023, 13:55 BST
Last source update
12 Sept 2023, 11:02 BST
Award evaluation window
24 Jul 2023 – …
Authority reference
NAC/5140
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-026913
Classification (CPV)
DoorsFacilities management servicesRepair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance services of building installationsRepair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installationsRepair and maintenance services of electrical building installationsRepair and maintenance services of mechanical building installationsWindows, doors and related items
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM63)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d842 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Lots are not being used for this tender for the reason(s) stated below: Nature of the contract not suitable for lots. Quality Management Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent) or a documented policy regarding quality management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Health and Safety Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with ISO 45001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed and documented policy for Health and Safety management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Environmental Management Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed documented policy regarding environmental management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.2. (SC Ref:744454)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
24 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
24 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Jul 2023 → 12 Sept 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    24 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    24 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    12 Sept 2023, 11:02 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Sept 2023, 11:02 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £365,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Sept 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Fortress Security Alarms LtdSME£365,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NORTHAYRSHIRE

Contracting authorityRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Cunninghame House, Friars Croft, Irvine, UK, KA12 8EEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body KilmarnockContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.