Calibration, Repair and Supply of Mechanical Testing Equipment

South Lanarkshire Council have a requirement for a suitably qualified contractor for the calibration, repair, supply and delivery of mechanical testing equipment.

The purpose of this contract is to provide a compliant and efficient solution ensuring that all equipment remains safe, accurate and fit for purpose, while delivering value for money and supporting service delivery across the Council.

The Contract Period shall be 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2030, with the option to extend for a further period of up to 24 months subject to satisfactory performance and financial standing.

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 Question 3D.3 Human Rights Act Declaration

Declaration Section *Form of Tender

SPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate

SPD Question 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates

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

SPD Question 3A.6 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Declaration

*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.

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:

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 buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32408. 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:

Using the Council’s Community Benefits matrix the Council has calculated that the minimum total of 40 Community Benefits points which must be delivered under this contract.

It is up to each bidder to decide the Community Benefits they wish to offer from the Council’s Menu of Community Benefits (Attachment 8) and the number of points they will provide in doing so. There is no limit to the number of Community Benefits a bidder may offer and the total Community Benefits points for these may exceed the Council’s stated community benefits points requirement.

Bidders are asked in Technical Envelope Questions 2.3.2., 2.3.3 and 2.3.4.

1.Identify the Community Benefits they propose to deliver under this contract from the Council’s Menu of Community Benefits to achieve the Community Benefits points offered and the number of community benefit points they will provide in doing so;

2.Identify a named individual who will be responsible for delivery of the Community Benefits; and

3.Submit a method statement and programme setting out how and when the Community Benefits offered will be delivered.

The delivery of Community Benefits will be monitored and reported through the Council’s performance appraisal process until such times as the web-based community benefit monitoring tool, “Cenefits”, is implemented by the Council.