Temporary Traffic Management Services

Provision of Temporary Traffic Management Services at various sites within the Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling Council areas of operations. The service is to be delivered in line with the principles set out in the Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8 (parts 1 & 2), and in accordance with the Safety at Street Works and Road Works– A Code of Practice.

Falkirk Council, acting as the Lead Authority, wish to conduct a procurement exercise with a view to establishing a Framework Agreement for the provision of Temporary Traffic Management Services. The Framework Agreement shall cover service delivery requirements across the administrative areas of Clackmannanshire Council, Falkirk Council, and Stirling Council.

The Authority, on behalf of the Participating Authorities, seeks to appoint suitably experienced and competent contractors who demonstrate the capability and capacity to deliver the Services in accordance with the requirements of this procurement.

The appointed Contractors shall be required to work collaboratively with the Participating Authorities to ensure the provision of a service that is cost-effective, responsive, safety-focused, and of a consistently high quality, in accordance with all applicable legislation, industry standards, and best practice.. 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.

1. Bidders will be required to provide 2 examples from the past 3 years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services/ supplies as described in part II.2.4 of the Find a Tender Service Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.

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

3. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent), or provide additional supportive information as detailed within Section D, Document 4 "PS 026 27 SPD (Scotland) Standardised Statements".

4. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with ISO 45001:2018 (or equivalent) or provide additional supportive information as detailed within Section D, Document 4 "PS 026 27 SPD (Scotland) Standardised Statements".

5. The Bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate or provide additional supportive information as detailed within Section D, Document 4 "PS 026 27 SPD (Scotland) Standardised Statements".

6. The bidder must demonstrate the extent to which they meet the Authority’s minimum requirements in respect of Cyber Security for this framework by completing the relevant Supplier Assessments using the Supply25 system.

Click on the following link to access and register for the Supply25 system:

https://app.supply25.com/applications/zhOOCXxM0QSWDrM7icfsH

7. Bidders are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response in advance of the submission deadline to avoid any last minute issues.