EC0888 Legal Services

Concepts

• legal services
• edinburgh
• public contracts scotland
• full description of services
• similar services
• inadequate response
• previous experience
• espd sections 4a
• previous relevant experience
• scored espd section 4c

Location

Edinburgh

Description

For full description of services required and the procurement procedure applied, please download the PQQ Cover Letter in the project reference: project_16355 — EC0888 Legal Services. In PCS-T as per URL earlier in document

Total Quantity or Scope

This procedure will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland-Tender (PCS-T) Portal. All queries must be made via the PCS-T messaging system. For further instructions, please refer to the ESPD Guidance document attached to this project in PCS-T. We will apply a two stage process: Stage 1 — Pre-Qualification via the ESPD (Scotland). When completing, bidders must have regard for the statements in this OJEU Notice that detail specific requirements. Bidders must: (a) pass the minimum standards in ESPD Sections 4A, 4B, and 4D in the PCS-T Qualification envelope. Statements for these questions can be found in Section III of this Notice; (b) complete the scored ESPD Section 4C found in the PCS-T Technical envelope. Statements for these questions can be found in Section III.1.3 (‘List and brief description of selection criteria’) of this Notice. Section 4C will be scored as per the scoring methodology detailed below. The six highest scoring bidders will be invited to submit a tender. Stage 2 — Invitation to Tender (ITT) and submission of shortlisted bidder tender returns. These must be received no later than the date and time detailed within the ITT documentation. Objective Criteria for Shortlisting - ESPD Section 0 – Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience/capacity/capability relevant to this criterion. 1 – Poor. The response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience/ capacity/capability. 2 – Acceptable. The response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/capacity/capability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature. 3 – Good. The response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients. 4 – Excellent. The response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients Scored ESPD Section Technical Envelope: 2.3.1 Experience related to the Full requirement (25 %) 2.3.2 Capacity and Contingency planning (30 %) 2.3.3 Case Studies (30 %) 2.3.4 Advising on international matters (15 %)

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 79100000 - Legal services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if there are any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. (SC Ref:644254)