Maintenance of Biomass Boilers & Supply & Delivery of Biomass Pellets

The Council has an ongoing requirement for the provision of a Maintenance and Emergency Call Out Service for Biomass boilers in 49 of their properties which includes Primary Schools and a Sheltered Housing complex. The Council has made the decision to include the Supply and Delivery of the Biomass Pellets along with the Service and Maintenance of the Boilers to a single contractor which will provide the Council with a turnkey solution to ensure that the biomass boilers operate effectively and efficiently.

The contractor requires to demonstrate previous experience in the maintenance of Biomass Boilers with operatives must have certified training on at least two of the boiler manufacturers and agree to carry out training, within one month if successful, on the other boilers located within Council properties. The contractor must have appropriate calibrated equipment and specialist diagnostic software/equipment required to carry out the maintenance works.

SPD Question 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities

Bidders are required to complete a full SPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon.

SPD Question 2.D.1 Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely

Bidders are required to complete a shortened version of the SPD for each Subcontractor on whose capacity the bidder does not rely on.

Exclusion Criteria

Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

SPD Questions 3A – 3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds and SPD Questions 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds. All the exclusion grounds will be assessed on a PASS/FAIL basis. For the mandatory exclusion grounds a bid will be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or to provide details to the satisfaction of the Council of the self cleansing measures undertaken. For the discretionary exclusion grounds a bid may be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or if the Council is not satisfied as to the self cleansing measures undertaken.

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.

SPD Question 2D.1 Prompt Payment Certificate

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

SPD Question 3A.6 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Declaration

SPD Question 3C.1 Blacklisting in the Construction Industry Declaration

Declaration Section Form of Offer to Tender

SPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate

SPD Question 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates

SPD Question 4C.6 Goods Vehicle Operator’s Licence

SPD Question 4C.6.1 Training certificates for Operatives (Maintenance)

SPD Question 4C.9 Calibrated Equipment and Specialist Diagnostic Software (Maintenance)

SPD Question 4C.12 Biomass Suppliers List (BSL), ENplus A1 standard (1) or equivalent standard for Wood Pellets

SPD Question 4D.1 Quality Assurance / Health and Safety Questionnaire

The ‘Form of Offer to Tender’ 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 SPD 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 21800. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343