Roof and Render Measured Term Contract 2025-2029

East Renfrewshire Council are looking to appoint a suitably experienced contractor to undertake the installation of roof and render works at various domestic addresses within the East Renfrewshire geographical area as part of a planned capital and ad-hoc replacement programme.

This procurement will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender portal (PCS-T). We will apply a one stage Open procedure.

Bidders must self-certify their adherence to the conditions of participation via the SPD (Scotland) in PSC-T, and may be required to submit Means of Proof before contract award. Bidders must refer to the specific requirements listed in Section III in this OJEU Contract Notice when completing the SPD in PCS-T.

The Value shown in this notice is excluding VAT

East Renfrewshire Council are looking to appoint a suitably experienced contractor to undertake the installation of roof and render works at various domestic addresses within the East Renfrewshire geographical area as part of a planned capital and ad-hoc replacement programme.

Roof renewal works will include removal of old roof tiles, battens and underlay and replacement with new. Depending on build up it may involve replacement of fascias and soffits, expansion pipes and some chimney works (repair, removal, resealing, etc.).

Render works will involve hacking off of old render (if boss), scrim mesh (if existing is painted), scrim coat and application of new render coat. Often includes some painting of basecourses, window cills, etc. Sometimes also needs overcills if they're not wide enough.

The duration of the contract shall be 2 years with an option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 8 and 9 of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016.

Prompt Payment-The successful tenderer shall, as a condition of being awarded the contract, be required to demonstrate to the council's satisfaction that all funds due to the tenderer's permitted sub-contractors in respect of these services are paid timeously and that as a minimum invoices rendered by subcontractors shall(unless formally disputed by the tenderer)be paid within 30 days

of receipt. The successful tenderer shall also impose this condition on its subcontractors in respect of payments due to any sub-sub-contractors, if any.

The Council reserves the right to request copies of insurance certificates from bidders at any point during the contract period. Failure to supply the information within timeframe requested may result in your bid being rejected & the Council proceeding with the procurement exercise to the next appropriate bidder. Additional information pertaining to this contract notice is contained within the Tender documents. Applicants must ensure they read in line with this contract notice.

Bidders who intend to use a supply chain to deliver the requirements detailed in the Contract Notice, must confirm they have (or have access to) the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain. Bidders must provide a response at SPD Q4.C.4 and this will include confirmation that they have the systems in place to pay subcontractors through the supply chain promptly and effectively, and provide evidence when requested of:

a) their standard payment terms.

b) ≥95% of all supply chain invoices being paid on time (in accordance with the terms of contract) in the last financial year.

Bidders unable to confirm (b) must provide an improvement plan, signed by their Director, which improves payment performance. It should be noted that where a bidder is unable to confirm or provide a satisfactory improvement plan the Council reserves the right to remove you from the process.

Bidders are required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

Bidders who intend to subcontract more than 25% to any individual organisation must ensure the SPD (Scotland) - Subcontractors Supplier Response is completed and uploaded at question 2C.1 of the qualification envelope.