West of Scotland Housing Association - Landscaping Maintenance Contract 2021-2024

Concepts

• landscape gardening
• west of scotland housing association
• glasgow
• landscaping maintenance contract
• scotland housing association
• grounds maintenance
• leaf collection landscape maintenance services
• tree maintenance services
• landscape architects
• overview of west of scotland housing association

Location

Glasgow

Description

The Contract will principally comprise litter picking, grass cutting and leaf collection landscape maintenance services to existing properties, play areas and common landscaped areas throughout Glasgow (Lot 1), Ayrshire (Lot 2) and Lanarkshire (Lot 3) to the areas detailed within the Landscape Architects tender drawings. The Contract may also include tree maintenance services, tree and stump removal works, winter maintenance and repairs to existing damaged grass areas. The commencement date for the Measured Term Contract is currently estimated to be 1st April 2021 and the completion date is 31st March 2024. Subject to satisfactory performance of the Contractor, which will be assessed through measurement of the Key Performance Indicator’s (Refer Tender Document F), it is intended that the Contract will be extended on an annual basis by a maximum of two further years until 2026. Orders for future landscape maintenance services may be placed by West of Scotland Housing Association during Years Four and Five, or at any point until expiry of the Measured Term Contract (maximum of five years from the date of entering into the Contract). Interested parties are advised that a 'Meet the Buyer' event shall be held by Zoom video conferencing at 16.00GMT on Monday 1st February 2021. The event is free of charge and shall provide further information through an overview of West of Scotland Housing Association's requirements and how to complete the Tender Documentation. To record your interest, please email the names of your organisations delegates to alan.shanks@ada-cc.co.uk no later than 17.00GMT on Friday 29th January 2021. The procurement is being undertaken in accordance with Regulation 28 'Open Procedure' of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Lot Division

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 71421000 - Landscape gardening services
• 77314000 - Grounds maintenance services

Indicators

• Bids should cover one or more lots.
• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Performance considerations apply.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Staff qualifications are relevant.
• Award on basis of price.

Other Information

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 (Scotland) Version 1 Question2D.1.2- Bidders must provide a separate SPD response (Sections A and B of this Part and Part III) for each subcontractor. Part IV Section C 'Technical and Professional Ability' will be scored on a pass or fail basis using the following scoring methodology; 0 - Unacceptable - Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement. A Tenderer which scores ‘0 – Unacceptable’ against any question may be disqualified. 1 - Poor - Response is partially relevant and poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled. 2 - Acceptable - Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas. 3 - Good - Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled. 4 – Very Good - Response is largely relevant and very good. The response demonstrates a very good understanding of the requirements and provides adequate details on how the requirements will be fulfilled. 5 - Excellent - Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough understanding of the requirement and provides details of how the requirement will be met in full. A Tenderer will be required to achieve a minimum score of 2 against each Question within Part C, i.e. a score of 2 or greater shall represent a Pass whereas a score of 1 or lower will represent a Fail. West of Scotland Housing Association will disregard, and not evaluate the remainder of a Tenderers bid should the Tenderer fail to achieve the minimum score of 2 (a Pass) against any of the Questions included with Part C. Part D - Quality Assurance Schemes and Environmental Management Standards. Please refer to Tender Document E 'Standardised Statements' when completing Part IV Section D 'Quality assurance schemes and environmental management standards' NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=641390. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361 A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided within Tender Document J attached to the Contract Notice. (SC Ref:641390)