Summary
Please scroll down for full detailsDirective 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
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I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
For the attention of: Rebecca Hall
Contact: Corporate Procurement Unit
Renfrewshire Council
Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street
Paisley
PA1 1JB
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 1418425332Internet address(es):General address of the contracting authority: http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00400
Further information can be obtained from:Contact point(s): For the attention of: Telephone: Internet address: Renfrewshire Council
Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street
Corporate Procurement Unit
Rebecca Hall
PA1 1JB Paisley
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1418425332
http://www.renfrewshire.gov.ukSpecifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:Contact point(s): For the attention of: Telephone: Internet address: Renfrewshire Council
Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street
Corporate Procurement Unit
Rebecca Hall
PA1 1JB Paisley
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1418425332
http://www.renfrewshire.gov.ukTenders or requests to participate must be sent to:Contact point(s): For the attention of: Telephone: Internet address: Renfrewshire Council
Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street
Corporate Procurement Unit
Rebecca Hall
PA1 1JB Paisley
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 1418425332
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I.2) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
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I.3) Main activity
General public services
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I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II: Object of the contract
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II.1) Description
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II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Temporary Craft Agency Workers.
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II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 22: Personnel placement and supply services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Renfrewshire.
NUTS code
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II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
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II.1.4) Information on framework agreement
Not provided
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II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
The Director of Finance and Corporate Services, on behalf of Renfrewshire Council, is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced agency for the provision of temporary craft (trades) workers.
The objective of the contract is to supplement staffing levels within the Building Services division to enable the employment of staff on flexible contracts as required. Supporting the Council in ensuring that property under its control is maintained and repaired to a regulatory and corporate standard by facilitating optimum, flexible staffing arrangements to meet maintenance and response times.
The contracted agency must be able to provide coverage throughout Renfrewshire, with consistent levels of service for varied assignment types and terms as required on a cost effective basis with quick response times.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=230986.
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II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
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II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
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II.1.8) Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
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II.1.9) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
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II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract
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II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
Term of the contract is 3 years with the option to extend the contract by up to a further 24 months.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 500 000 and 1 500 000 GBP
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II.2.2) Information about options
Options: yes
Description of these options: Option to extend contract for up to 24 months. Renfrewshire Council reserve the right to apply multiple extensions up to a total maximum extension period of 24 months.
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II.2.3) Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated timeframe for subsequent contracts:
in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
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II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
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III.1) Conditions relating to the contract
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III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:
Not provided
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III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
All pricing in tender document must be in Sterling (GBP).
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III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
None preferred, however for entering into and performing the contract, Tenderers will require to form a legal entity recognised by Scots Law. There is no preferred form of economic operator but each individual in any group is to be jointly and severally liable for the contract.
It will be for members of the consortium to sort out their respective duties and liabilities amongst each other. For administrative purposes, any associated documentation will be sent to the nominated lead organisation.
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III.1.4) Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
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III.2) Conditions for participation
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III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent.
(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process.
(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession.
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession.
(5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register.
(6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process.
(7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation.
(8) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the candidate is established.
(9) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes under the law of any part of the United Kingdom or of the relevant State in which the economic operator is established.
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III.2.2) Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (1) All candidates will be required to provide a reference from their bank.
(2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.
(3) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
Tenderers must evidence a good credit rating (equivalent of Equifax Rating D or above, please note that D- (minus) will not be considered as having met this criteria) and evidence an annual turnover of at least 800 000 GBP. In the event that the tenderer is not required to publish accounts and therefore does not have an Equifax or equivalent rating, the Council will conduct an analysis of the tenderers financial accounts to ensure that there is no significant financial risk.
It is recommended that candidates review their own Equifax Score Check Grade in advance of submitting their tender. If following this review Tenderers consider that the Equifax Score Check Grade does not reflect their current financial status, details of this should be provided within the Tender Submission, complete with evidence of a good high street credit rating (the equivalent of Equifax Score Check Grade D) 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 financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for consideration where their Tender Submission is supported by a Parent Company Guarantee.
In the event of a consortium bid, the collective annual turnover of the consortium will be considered in relation to the minimum annual turnover specified however the credit rating of each individual consortium member will be considered.
Tenderers must evidence the under-noted insurance provision being in place or provide confirmation that in the event of success in the tender process, the under-noted insurance provision will be put in place:
Employer’s Liability – minimum indemnity limit of 5 000 000 GBP;
Third Party /Products Liability – minimum indemnity limit of 2 000 000 GBP.
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III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
(1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and managerial staff over the previous 3 years
(2) Details of the educational and professional qualifications of their managerial staff; and those of the person(s) who would be responsible for providing the services or carrying out the work or works under the contract;
(3) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.
(4) A list of works carried out over the past 5 years, detailing the value of the consideration received; when and where the work or works were carried out; and whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade or profession and properly completed.
Tenderers must evidence robust health and safety policies and processes in operation. Tenderers will also be required to provide their up to date Health & Safety Policy.
Tenderers must provide a detailed and robust Quality policy or details evidence of recognised quality accreditation.
Tenderers must confirm compliance with conditions of contract or qualifications proposed must be deemed acceptable by the Council.
Tenderers must evidence ability to service the Contract by reference to work in hand, resource levels by discipline and ability to ensure availability and continuity of suitably qualified and experienced resource to undertake services required; account management arrangements; role of senior staff; management arrangements and suitable systems / technologies in place.
Tenderers must evidence relevant and appropriate experience in relation to fulfilling the requirements of the Contract by providing 2 case studies of similar work undertaken in the last 5 years.
Tenderers must provide 2 written references as part of their tender submission, which reference projects completed within the previous 2 years.
Tenderers must provide a detailed and robust complaint procedure and evidence contact details for the proposed manager together with escalation points within the organisation.
Tenderers must confirm compliance with specification.
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III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts
Not provided
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III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts
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III.3.1) Information about a particular profession
Not provided
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III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: yes
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Section IV: Procedure
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IV.1) Type of procedure
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IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open
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IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate
Not provided
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IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
Not provided
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IV.2) Award criteria
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IV.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below
1. Price. Weighting 80
2. Methadology & Approach. Weighting 13
3. Service Provision. Weighting 4
4. Community benefit proposals relating to employment & skills. Weighting 1
5. method statement for delivering employment & skills community benefits. Weighting 1
6. Proposals for any other community benefits. Weighting 1
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IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
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IV.3) Administrative information
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IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
RC0612_ITT446
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IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
Not provided
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IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 30.7.2012
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IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
30.7.2012 - 12:00
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IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Not provided
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IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
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IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
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IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders
Date: 30.7.2012 - 14:00
Place:
Renfrewshire Council, Paisley.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes
Additional information about authorised persons and opening procedure: Any persons as designated by the Director of Finance and Corporate Services.
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Section VI: Complementary information
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VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: On expiry of contract which shall be a minimum of 3 years and a maximum of 5 years from contract award.
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VI.2) Information about European Union funds
Not provided
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VI.3) Additional information
Please register your interest in this requirement on the Public Contracts Scotland Portal. By registering your interest on this portal, you will receive an alert on any posting/addendums relating to this contract notice.
The contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please register on the link below to download the tender documentation, RC0612_ITT446.
https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/web/login.html
Please note that you will require to download the tender documentation - THE TENDER DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT BE SENT TO YOU.
If you log on to the new public tender scotland/public contracts scotland website and the ITT does not show as available on this date please contact Rebecca Hall on +44 1418425332 for further information.
All contracts awarded will be subject to Scots Law and the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish Courts.
(SC Ref:230986).
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VI.4) Procedures for appeal
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VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
Not provided
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VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2012 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
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VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
Not provided
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VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
18.6.2012
