Hire and Maintenance of Small Plant including Independent Hand Arm Vibration and Noise Testing

Concepts

• hamilton
• other services
• south lanarkshire council
• maintenance of small plant
• plant
• provision of the hire
• included items
• short term hire
• core hire
• independent hand arm vibration

Location

Description

South Lanarkshire Council has an ongoing requirement for a suitably qualified contractor for the provision of the Hire and Maintenance of Small Plant including Independent Hand Arm Vibration and Noise Testing for use by Community and Enterprise Resources, Roads and Transportation Services. However the contract can be accessed by other Council services where required. All Plant supplied under this contract shall at all times comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 – Section 6, the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) and the Supply of Machinery (Safety Regulations) 2008 (as amended). All Plant supplied under this Contract shall at all times comply with the common minimum British safety requirements and must be CE-Marked to show it complies with these requirements. The contract period is 3 years with the option to extend for a further period of up to 36 months.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Contract will be procured via the Open route with a proposed contract period of 3 years with the option to extend for up to 36 months years to achieve Best Value. All Plant supplied will be designed and constructed in such a way as to reduce o the lowest level, all risks resulting from vibration, noise and other sources. Vibration will be measured in accordance with British Standard EN ISO 4142:2014. The requirement includes fixed core hire, short term hire, , HAVS testing and maintenance of small plant. The service is required on an ongoing basis. The requirement comprises of the Hire and Maintenance of Core plant required by Contracting Services on a full time “contract hire” basis, with all included items being retained by the Council for the full contract duration with no break in the hire period. There is also a requirement to Short Term Hire items of small plant and purchase plant consumables.

Renewal Options

An option to extend for a further period of up to 36 months.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 98390000 - Other services
• 45259000 - Repair and maintenance of plant

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.
• Professional qualifications are sought.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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 procedure, 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. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 18452. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community Benefits Under this agreement bidders will be required to actively participate in the achievement of Community Benefits. A summary of the expected Community Benefits has been provided within the attachment area/technical envelope and bidders will be asked to provide details of the Community Benefits they can offer as part of their bid. The Council has calculated that the minimum total of 150 community benefit points which must be delivered under this project (SC Ref:669993)