Provision of the Glasgow Household Survey

In order to pass the Financial Check section of the contract, it is mandatory for companies to attain the undernoted:-

Bidders must comply with the undernoted financial requirements in relation to Trading Performance in order to participate in the tendering process:

Trading Performance

An overall positive outcome on pre-tax profits over a 3-year period. Exceptional items can be excluded from the calculation. The above would be expressed in the ratio Pre-Tax Profit/Turnover

Balance Sheet Strength

Net worth of the organisation must be positive at the time of evaluation and organisation must not be subject to an insolvency process. Intangibles can be included for purposes of the Total Assets figure. The above would be expressed in the ratio Total Assets/Total Liabilities.

If an applicant is only required to file abbreviated accounts with Companies House, then in the event of the company being successful in the procurement process, full set of accounts will be required in order to verify the above ratios have been complied with.

An applicant should have no outstanding issues, with regard to statutory filing requirements with Companies House.

Applicants who have been trading for less than 3 years must provide evidence that they have met the above minimum financial requirements for the period during which they have been trading.

Applicants who do not comply with the above financial requirements but are part of a Group, can provide a Parent Guarantee if the Parent company satisfies …

Please provide relevant examples of services carried out in the last five years as specified in the Contract Notice.

Bidders are required to provide evidence of having the necessary capacity and capability to deliver the requirements of the contract.

Bidders shall demonstrate their experience in delivering the relevant services similar to the project requirements as detailed within the tender documentation by using examples from their own experience.

As part of your response please provide as a minimum of the following information:

-name of the client, contract value, project duration & completion date

-a description of the scope, size and complexity of the contract

-a brief project description, together with the teams’ role in its delivery; defining the key roles over the service provision

-details of where you have been able to demonstrate added value through the adoption of innovative solutions

-confirmation that requirements were delivered successfully

-example report for each project as stated in section 4.4

Bidders must score a minimum threshold of 60% across all questions. Any Bidder who fails to achieve the minimum points score for any question will be disqualified and not be taken through to the Award Criteria stage.