The Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Wash Bay Ramp/Hoist

The Council intends to procure a heavy‑duty vehicle wash bay ramp/hoist suitable for supporting routine undercarriage cleaning of its operational fleet.

The installation will take place at the Council’s Forest Street Depot in Blantyre. The ramp/hoist should be appropriate for heavy‑use fleet maintenance environments and capable of integration with existing depot layouts and utilities.

Further details on dimensions, structural requirements and performance expectations will be defined in the Tender documents.

As part of the contract, the appointed Contractor will be required to undertake all works necessary for the safe installation and commissioning of the new equipment. This will include any groundworks reasonably associated with the installation, the provision of all required training and operational guidance for Council personnel, and the supply of appropriate certification and user/maintenance manuals. The Contractor will also be responsible for the decommissioning and removal of the existing ramp and any associated components in accordance with relevant environmental and safety standards. Detailed requirements will be confirmed in the tender documentation.

Declarations and Certificates

In an open tendering procedure prior to any award being made the successful bidder will provide the undernoted certificates, declarations and/or completed questionnaires to evidence their compliance with the relevant questions within the Qualification Envelope.

All certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found within the Attachment area of PCS-T.

ESPD Question 2D.1 Prompt Payment Certificate

Declaration Section *Form of Tender

ESPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate

ESPD Question 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates

ESPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime Declaration

ESPD Question 3A.6 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Declaration

Declaration Section Health and Safety Questionnaire

NEC3 Form of Offer to Tender

NEC3 Contractors Offer

*The ‘Form of Offer to Tender’ and ‘Contractors Offer’ must be completed and uploaded within the relevant question in the Commercial Envelope.

In the case of an open tender, the other Declarations listed above will not be required to be uploaded and submitted with the bid, but will instead be requested by the Council following the conclusion of the evaluation of the Qualification, Technical and Commercial Envelopes and prior to the award of the tender.

Failure to provide this information or in the event that the information provided does not support or evidence the statements made within the ESPD will invalidate the bid. In this scenario the Council will seek to obtain the relevant information and evidence from the second highest scoring bidder and so on until a fully compliant bidder is identified.

The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 31282. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343

A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363

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:

The Council has calculated that a minimum total of 40 community benefit points which must be delivered under this contract using the Councils CB Menu. It is a requirement that 70% of the community benefits offered are delivered in the initial contract period.