Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

• I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

  For the attention of: Leona Wilkie
  Forestry Commission
  Scottish Lowlands District, Five Sisters House, Five Sisters Business Park
  West Calder
  EH55 8PN
  UNITED KINGDOM
  Tel: +44 1698222214

  Internet address(es):

  Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11322

  Further information can be obtained from:

  For the attention of: Leona Wilkie
  Forestry Commission
  Scottish Lowlands District, Five Sisters House, Five Sisters Business Park
  West Calder
  EH55 8PN
  UNITED KINGDOM
  Tel: +44 1698222214

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:

  For the attention of: Leona Wilkie
  Forestry Commission
  Scottish Lowlands District, Five Sisters House, Five Sisters Business Park
  West Calder
  EH55 8PN
  UNITED KINGDOM
  Tel: +44 1698222214

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:

  For the attention of: Leona Wilkie
  Forestry Commission
  Scottish Lowlands District, Five Sisters House, Five Sisters Business Park
  West Calder
  EH55 8PN
  UNITED KINGDOM
  Tel: +44 1698222214

• I.2) Type of the contracting authority

  Body governed by public law

• I.3) Main activity

  Other: Forestry

• 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

• II.1) Description

  • II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

    The provision of a specialised planning and development design team.

  • II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

    Services

    Service category No 12: Architectural services; engineering services and integrated engineering services; urban planning and landscape engineering services; related scientific and technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services

    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Scotland wide.

    NUTS code UKM

  • II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

  • II.1.4) Information on framework agreement

    Framework agreement with several operators

    maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 4

    Duration of the framework agreement

    Duration in years: 4

    Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

    Estimated value excluding VAT:

    Range: between 250 000 and 350 000 GBP

  • II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    We will be awarding a Framework agreement for the provision of a specialised planning and development design team to provide assistance with the preparation of a number of design outputs such as masterplans, development frameworks, planning briefs, planning applications and indicative layouts for a number of properties/sites throughout the National Forest Estate in Scotland.

    FCS is adopting a more strategic and pro-active approach to how we promote and protect our land interests throughout Scotland. As a direct result of this we need a multi-disciplinary design team to assist us with the delivery of the following:

    — development frameworks,

    — masterplans,

    — planning briefs,

    — indicative layouts,

    — visioning strategies,

    — design codes,

    — feasibility studies,

    — planning applications.

    The above list is indicative of the types of projects likely to come forward during the period of the framework, but it is not exhaustive.

    The appointed design teams will require the ability to:-.

    — quickly establish good working relationships with the local FCS staff,

    — provide excellent communication and project management skills,

    — engage with a wide range of stakeholders and actively encourage public engagement,

    — work with a number of differing land uses such as tourism, residential, etc., and

    — work with a range of Local Planning Authorities.

    The design teams must be multi-disciplinary with the ability to draw on a range of design, professionals.

  • II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    71240000, 71400000

  • II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

  • II.1.8) Lots

    This contract is divided into lots: no

  • II.1.9) Information about variants

    Variants will be accepted: no

• II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract

  • II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:

    Estimated value excluding VAT:

    Range: between 250 000 and 350 000 GBP

  • II.2.2) Information about options

    Options: no

  • II.2.3) Information about renewals

    This contract is subject to renewal: no

• II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

  Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

• III.1) Conditions relating to the contract

  • III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:

    Not provided

  • III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

    Delivery payment.

  • III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

    As detailed in the ITT document.

  • III.1.4) Other particular conditions

    The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

• III.2) Conditions for participation

  • 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: All minimum standards and requirements are identified in the ITT document.

  • III.2.2) Economic and financial ability

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: All minimum standards and requirements are identified in the ITT document.

    Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: All minimum standards and requirements are identified in the ITT document.

  • III.2.3) Technical capacity

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

    All minimum standards and requirements are identified in the ITT document.

    Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

    All minimum standards and requirements are identified in the ITT document.

  • III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts

    Not provided

• III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts

  • III.3.1) Information about a particular profession

    Not provided

  • 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

Section IV: Procedure

• IV.1) Type of procedure

  • IV.1.1) Type of procedure

    Open

  • IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

    Not provided

  • IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

    Not provided

• IV.2) Award criteria

  • IV.2.1) Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

  • IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction

    An electronic auction will be used: no

• IV.3) Administrative information

  • IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

    SDO22012

  • IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    Not provided

  • 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: 2.11.2012

  • IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    9.11.2012 - 13:00

  • IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

    Not provided

  • IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

    English.

  • IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

    Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

  • IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders

    Not provided

Section VI: Complementary information

• VI.1) Information about recurrence

  This is a recurrent procurement: yes

  Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2016.

• VI.2) Information about European Union funds

  Not provided

• VI.3) Additional information

  (SC Ref:235279).

• VI.4) Procedures for appeal

  • VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures

    Head of Procurement
    321 Corstorphine Road
    Edinburgh
    EH12 7AT
    UNITED KINGDOM
    Email: procurement.services@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

  • VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals

    Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: FCS will incorporate a minimum of 10 days standstill period once evaluation of the tender submissions has taken place in accordance with the Publis Contract Scotland Reulations 2012.

  • VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

    Not provided

• VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

  12.9.2012