Official UK procurement notice
Retail Coffee Systems and Hot Beverage Consumables including Maintenance and Repair
Authority: Glasgow City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Supply (lease) and installation of hot beverages machines supplies including coffee beans (triple certification) with 2 options, medium and high-quality blend options, filter coffee, soluble coffee, whitener and teabags etc to council service areas that rely upon these supplies to assist them to deliver services to their end users.
- Recurrence: Jan 2029
CPV: Coffee beans · Coffee, tea and related products
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The objective of this procurement exercise is to appoint a Supplier to provide the…RenewalPublished value£1,056,520
The objective of this procurement exercise is to appoint a Supplier to provide the Provision of Supply (leasing), Delivery, Installation inclusive of maintenance, annual Pressure Systems Safety Regulation (PSSR) 2000, Ad-hoc Repairs/Service of Hot Beverage Machines and Hot Beverage Consumables
This will include the supply, delivery, installation and ongoing maintenance, regulated annual checks, ad hoc service/repairs and hot beverage consumables of the following elements-
Lease of Hot Beverage Machines and supply of associated products
Barista Espresso machines
Automatic Grinder and knock out drawer
Bean to Cup automated with milk fridge machine
Short term hire of event equipment including Bean to Cup automated machines for major events/hospitality
Soluble Hot Beverage machines
The successful Supplier must also provide:-
Arrangement for annual PSSR regulatory checks
Supply and delivery of hot beverage consumables
Maintenance/Ad-hoc repairs
The lease of the hot beverage machines will include arrangement for installation, maintenance, annual regulatory PSSR checks and repairs.
The hot beverage machine for installation will be supplied by the successful Supplier and will be required to be installed into the named premises within the Glasgow area.
The council will not lease the machines directly with any 3rd party, the lease contract with be directly with the successful Supplier.
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)
- Service Delivery: 36%
- Training (Machines): 5%
- Maintenance and Annual PSSR: 5%
- Fair Work First: 5%
- price: 40%
- Sustainability: 9%
Published award criteria (6)
- Service Delivery: 36
- Training (Machines): 5
- Maintenance and Annual PSSR: 5
- Sustainability: 9
- Fair Work First: 5
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must comply with the undernoted financial requirements in order to participate in the tendering process-
There is a minimum financial requirement that affects trading performance, and balance sheet strength.
Financial requirements for trading performance and balance sheet strength should be calculated on latest filed accounts with Companies House.
Trading Performance
An overall positive outcome on EBITDA earnings over a 3 year period
Exceptional items can be excluded from the calculation.
The above would be expressed in the ratio EBITDA/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 for the last 2 individual years filed in order for the 3 year profitability requirement to be verified.
An applicant should have no outstanding issues, with regard to statutory filing requirements with Companies House.
Applicants who have been trading for less than the 3 years noted above must provide
evidence that they are complying with the above minimum financial requirements for the period in which they have been trading.
Applicant…
Minimum: Glasgow City Council’s Insurance Requirements are- Bidder shall take out and maintain, throughout the period of the contract, Employer’s Liability insurance to the value of at least TEN MILLION POUNDS STERLING (10,000,000) in respect of any one claim and unlimited in the period. … - Technical & professional ability
Please refer to Document One - Invitation to Tender within the Attachment area of the portal within PCST for further details.
Technical & Professional Ability
Bidders are required to provide evidence of having the necessary capacity and capability to deliver the requirement.
Bidders are required to respond to question 4C.1.2 within the qualification submission of the tender.
Please provide 2 relevant examples of supplies and or services carried out during the last five years as specified in the Contract Notice and Document One ITT:
Example 1 50 percent
Example 2 50 percent
Total Section 100 percent
Bidders must score a minimum threshold of 60% out of 100% in total for these example questions.
Any Bidder who fails to achieve the minimum points score for any question will be disqualified.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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 · Jan 2029
- First published
- 16 Oct 2024, 15:54 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2024, 15:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Nov 2024 – …
- Authority reference
GCC005927CPU- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-033413- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04acf3Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic ordering
- Performance terms
As referred to in Document One - Invitation to Tender and Document Two -Terms and Conditions
- Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Glasgow City Council must, by notice in writing as soon as possible after the decision has been made, inform all tenderers and candidates
concerned of its decision to award the contract. The Council must allow a period of at least the relevant standstill period (where the notice
is sent by facsimile or electronic means the period is 10 days ending at midnight at the end of the 10th day after that on which the last
notice is sent, when sent by other means the period is 15 days) to elapse between the date of despatch of the notice referred to in Regulation
86 of The Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”). The Council is obliged to comply with the Regulations and any
eligible economic operator can bring an action in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session where as a consequence of a breach by the
Council, suffers or risks suffering loss or damage. The bringing of court proceedings during the standstill period means that the Council
must not enter into the contract unless the proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of;
or the court, by interim order, brings to an end the prohibition. The bringing of court proceedings after the standstill period has elapsed and
the remedies that are available to the courts are detailed in the Regulations. Economic Operators can write to the Council seeking further
clarification on the notice, to which the Council must respond within 15 days. Economic Operators should be mindful to seek their own
independent legal advice when they consider appropriate to do so.
Publisher note: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. For SPD Questions 4D.1, 4D1.1, 4D1.2, 4D2, 4D2.1 and 4D2.2; Bidders should hold the relevant certificates for Quality Assurance Schemes and Environmental Management Standards . If Bidders do not hold the relevant certificates, they will be required to respond to supporting questions. Bidders must complete Document Eight – Health and Safety Questionnaire and submit it with the tender submission (Only bidders who pass the health and safety aspect shall be considered. Freedom of Information Act Information on the FOI Act is contained in Appendix A of the ITT. Applicants must note the implications of this legislation and ensure that any information they wish the council to consider withholding is specifically indicated on the FOI certificate (NB the council does not bind itself to withhold this information). Tenderers Amendments Bidders must enter any clause, condition, amendment to specification or any other qualification they may wish to make conditional to this offer. Prompt Payment The successful Supplier shall, as a condition of being awarded the tender, be required to demonstrate to the council's satisfaction that all funds due to the tenderer's permitted sub-contractors in respect of these works are paid timeously and that as a minimum invoices rendered by subcontractors shall (unless formally disputed by the tenderer) be paid within 30 days of receipt. The successful tenderer shall also impose this condition on its sub-contractors in respect of payments due to any sub-sub-contractors, if any. Non Collusion Bidders will be required to complete the Non Collusion certificate. Insurance Mandate All successful suppliers will be required to sign an Insurance Mandate, contained in the buyers attachments area within the PCS Tender portal authorising the Council to request copies of insurance documents from the supplier’s insurance provider. If the mandate is not signed and returned the Council reserves the right to request copies of insurance certificates from bidders at any point during the contract period. Terms and Conditions are located within the attachments area within the PCS Tender portal and are reference Document Two. Additional information pertaining to this contract notice is contained in the Invitation to Tender Document One. Bidders must ensure they read all the attachments available in the attachment area in line with this contract notice. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 27339. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Minimum Community Benefits 70 points is required; community benefit points will be triggered once the spend reaches 50,000 GBP. (SC Ref:780607)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 15 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 1890 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 15 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
16 Oct 2024 → 15 Nov 2024 · 3 dates- Notice published16 Oct 2024, 15:54 BST
- Submission deadline15 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened15 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.