Official UK procurement notice
Seabird colony counts, to improve offshore wind environmental assessments and understanding the effects of avian influenza
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUndertake seabird colony counts, providing evidence to increase our understanding of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) impacts on Scottish seabird populations in relation to offshore wind consenting
CPV: Environmental issues consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Scottish Government has a requirement to place a single contract with an external…Cancelled
The Scottish Government has a requirement to place a single contract with an external service provider for the provision of Seabird Colony Counts, to improve offshore wind environmental assessments and understanding the effects of avian influenza. 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.
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 (9)
- Understanding of Requirement: 45
- Project Resource: 30
- Schedule of Work: 5
- Quality and Risk: 5
- Climate Emergency: 5
- Community Benefits: 2.5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: 2.5
- price: 30
Published award criteria (9)
- Understanding of Requirement: 45
- Project Resource: 30
- Schedule of Work: 5
- Quality and Risk: 5
- Climate Emergency: 5
- Community Benefits: 2.5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: 2.5
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Ratios (ESPD 4B6) - Bidders must demonstrate a Current Ratio of 1.2 or more.
Current Ratio will be calculated as follows: Total Current Assets divided by Total Current Liabilities
Minimum: Public Liability Insurance (In the sum not less) - 1,000,000 GBP; - Professional Indemnity Insurance (In the sum not less) - 2,000,000 GBP; - Employer’s Liability Insurance - employer’s liability insurance in accordance with any legal obligation for the time being in force. Such …
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 11 Jul 2024, 10:48 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Aug 2024 – …
- Authority reference
CASE/720403- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011607- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047c87Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Publisher note: Question Scoring Methodology for Award Criteria outlined in invitation to tender 0 Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement. 1 Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled. 2 Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas. 3 Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled. 4 Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. Tenderers are required to respond to Q4C.1.2 - Examples of similar service contracts, Q4C.4 relating to Supply Chain Management and Q4C.7 - Environmental Management and will also be asked to confirm that they will pay staff that are involved in the delivery of services under the contract, at least the real Living Wage. Tenderers who do not pass these questions will not be subject to Commercial Analysis. As a result the tender will not be considered further. Bidders must complete the SPD (Scotland) to demonstrate adherence to the Exclusion and Selection Criteria for this procurement. If there are named subcontractors/technicians upon which the bidder will rely to meet the selection criteria, these named parties must complete and reattach the SPD Supplier Response Form attached to SPD. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 27051. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:794624)
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 15 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 15 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
15 Aug 2024 → 27 Mar 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline15 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened15 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published27 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled27 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
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
- Edinburgh 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.