Heat in Buildings Scotland National Scheme Quality Assurance and Audit Contract

Concepts

• quality assurance system
• glasgow
• scottish government
• new national scheme
• support delivery of the new heat
• quality assurance
• re-procurement of the warmer homes scotland
• audit contract
• support delivery of the heat
• audits

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

The Scottish Government intends to procure a Quality Assurance and Audit contract to support delivery of the new Heat in Buildings National Scheme

Total Quantity or Scope

The Scottish Government intends to procure a contract for a single managing agent to deliver a new national scheme (“the scheme”) as part of its' Heat in Buildings Programme, which will cover the whole of Scotland. The scheme is due to go live in October 2023 and will be centered around the installation of insulation, heating and micro-generation measures and is targeted at those who are in or at risk of fuel poverty. This is a re-procurement of the Warmer Homes Scotland (WHS) contract which will expire on 29 September 2023. The current WHS service is supported by a Quality Assurance and Audit (QAA) contract and the Scottish Government intends to procure a new QAA contract to support delivery of the Heat in Buildings Programme new national scheme. The purpose of the associated QAA service is to give the Scottish Government confidence that the services provided and the installation of measures undertaken under the new national scheme are compliant in terms of both the national scheme contract and the prevailing legal and retrofit industry standards including PAS 2030/2035 and MCS. The successful QAA agent will be required to carry out various different types of on site and desk based inspections, audits and reports. These may include but not be limited to on site Pre-Installation, Post-Installation, Work in Progress inspections as well as desk based audits relating to delivery of the customer journey and analysis of financial information provided by the service provider, including invoices and pricing review evidence. We expect this scheme to go-live in December 2023.

CPV Codes

• 72225000 - System quality assurance assessment and review services
• 72224200 - System quality assurance planning services
• 71324000 - Quantity surveying services
• 71315300 - Building surveying services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Any bidders who are involved in anyway with the Heat in Buildings Scotland Re-tender must declare a conflict of interest in the tender documents. The Single Procurement Document will explicitly ask suppliers to declare a Conflict of Interest. The supplier must take steps where in the reasonable opinion of the Purchaser, there is an actual or potential conflict between the interests of the supplier and the duties owed to the Purchaser under the Contract. In particular, the QAA Service Provider must, at all times, remain wholly independent from the new HIBS National Scheme to deliver this Contract. The Service Provider must disclose by notice to the Purchaser full particulars of any actual or potential conflict of interest which may arise and must take such steps as are necessary to avoid or remove the conflict of interest. This PIN Notice supersedes the PIN Notice dated 22 September 2022. Ref number 2022/S000-026585. 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=735631. (SC Ref:735631)