SLC Ground Investigation Framework

Description

South Lanarkshire Council’s Roads and Transportation Services and Housing and Technical Resources, required contractors to form part of a framework to carry out ground investigation works within South Lanarkshire Geographical area. The Specification referred to in the Tender shall be the ‘Specification for Ground Investigation’ published by The Stationery Office as Volume 5 Section 3 of the Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works Lot 1: South Lanarkshire Council are inviting Bidders to participate in an open procurement exercise with a view to appointing contractors onto a framework for the provision of groundwork investigations. This framework will be awarded via the Open Tender procedure based on the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) criteria under regulation 28 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 which enables the Council to take account of criteria that reflect qualitative technical aspects of the tender submission as well as price when reaching an awarding decision. The Council has adopted a sequential opening process for any tender exercise conducted per the following stages: As part of Stage 1 the bidders will be required to complete a Single Procurement Document (SPD) as part of the Qualification envelope self-declaring that they meet the criteria requirements. As part of Stage 2 the bidders will then be required to complete a Technical response based on Technical Specific questions related to the contract including Fair Work First and Community Benefits. As part of Stage 3 the bidders will then be required to complete a Commercial response based on services required. As part of the tender evaluation process the Council will then request evidence from the recommended bidders prior to being appointed. It is anticipated that the form of contract will be The NEC3 Framework Contract (April 2013). The is anticipated that the framework term will be for 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. South Lanarkshire Council are adopting a Prior Information Notice (PIN) as best practice for this open tender exercise. This PIN will be utilised to identify suitably qualified providers to be invited to tender in an open exercise for these works.