DMARINE - Marine Operations - Protection Vessels - PPE & Uniform Framework Agreement

The Scottish Government, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, has a requirement for an external service provider to provide Personal Protective Equipment and Uniform for the Marine Directorate staff on board its protection and research vessels.

The Marine directorate, part of the Scottish Government, owns and runs a fleet of Marine protection and research vessels that operate in the seas around Scotland, The crews onboard are covered by the relevant Marine legislation, including the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Personal Protective Equipment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2205), as such there is a statutory requirement for the Directorate to provide suitable and sufficient PPE to all of its crews.

The Marine crews are expected to wear uniforms and the correct uniform must also be available and supplied.

The purpose is to put in place a single supplier Framework to Provide Marine Vessels with PPE and Uniforms

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30908. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

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:

An evaluation question weighted at 5% will be included in the Evaluation and Award document.