The University of Edinburgh wishes to appoint a Painting and Decorating Framework agreement for works across the estate.
The Framework Agreement will include the entire University of Edinburgh estate together with other property owned, occupied or otherwise used by the University of Edinburgh. Lists of University of Edinburgh properties are provided within this Invitation to Tender.
The University estate comprises a number of listed buildings. The quality of work delivered across the entire estate should meet specified standards at all times, but particular attention will be brought to the specification of maintenance work on a listed property.
The framework agreement will operate under the Scotland (FA/Scot) 2014 Edition incorporating the Measured Term Contract for use in Scotland (MTC/Scot) 2019 Edition all as published by the Scottish Building Contract Committee.
This Framework Agreement will be operational for a period of three plus one years.
The Framework is tendered on behalf of The University of Edinburgh and all University of Edinburgh Subsidiary Companies.
Any, and all, of The University of Edinburgh’s Subsidiary Companies may access and utilise this Framework at any time during the life of the agreement.
This contract has one lot. Bid if it suits your firm.
This Procurement will be conducted through the use of the Open Procedure. The Invitation to tender (ITT) will evaluate both the quality and cost elements and is weighted 60 percent Quality and 40 percent Cost. A Quality threshold will apply, bidders are required to achieve a score of 30 or more out of 60 to progress to award.
Bidders will be required to complete the following sections within PCS-T:
ITT Qualification Section (Pass/Fail): Bidders will be required to complete the Single Procurement Document (Scotland) requesting general information concerning the bidder, exclusion criteria and selection criteria (including suitability, economic and financial standing, technical and professional ability, quality assurance schemes etc.).
Bidders will be required to provide three examples of works and associated services that demonstrate the range of project types and contracts undertaken by your Practice and carried out during the past five years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience in delivering works of a comparative nature and of a similar scale and complexity for Painting and Decorating Framework Agreement incorporating a Measured Term Contract, for the provision of reactive maintenance, planned small works and associated services.
ITT Award l Section (60 percent Quality and 40 percent Cost)
Bidders must confirm compliance with mandatory service requirements.
Quality - Bidders will be required to answer weighted award criteria questions such as on Service Delivery, Approach to working with the University, Quality Workmanship, Contract Management, The Team, Health & Safety and Fair Work and Sustainability practices. Technical Scores shall be allocated based on the total percentage achieved by the response out of the maximum possible percentage. This takes into account the score out of 4 and the weighting allocated to individual questions.
Objective Scoring Criteria:
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. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the requirement and provides details of how the requirement will be met in full.
Cost – The ITT stage will allow the submission of percentage adjustments on the NSR rates within each work category of the National Schedule of Rates. The bidder who submits the lowest overall cost, calculated by applying the percentage adjustments to provisional lump sum costs for each work category, will be awarded the maximum score and others awarded a score pro rata, in relation to the lowest bid. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if there are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015Value not published