Award

Access to Argyll and Bute (A83)

TRANSPORT SCOTLAND

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

20 Oct 2022 at 00:00

Tender

08 Apr 2021 at 00:00

Summary of the contracting process

Transport Scotland has awarded a contract for the provision of services related to the development of a new trunk road at the Rest and be Thankful in Argyll and Bute. The contract was awarded through a selective procurement method using a restricted procedure. The contract, valued at £11,343,596.50 GBP, was signed on 27th September 2022. The contracting authority, Transport Scotland, sought qualified and experienced multi-disciplinary consultants to support scheme development, assessment, statutory consents, procurement of construction suppliers, and site supervision. The buying organisation, Transport Scotland, is located in Glasgow, UK, and works on behalf of the Scottish Ministers in this process.

The tender for the Access to Argyll and Bute (A83) project by Transport Scotland provides business growth opportunities for multi-disciplinary consultancy firms with expertise in road projects. The contract offers an opportunity to be involved in scheme management, design and assessment, specialist advice, and fair work practices. Economic operators interested in the tender must demonstrate technical competency, financial stability, and suitable professional ability. The procurement process includes a prequalification stage and a tender stage, where economic operators need to meet specific criteria to be considered for the contract. The official award notice and contract details can be accessed via the Public Contracts Scotland portal.

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Notice Title

Access to Argyll and Bute (A83)

Notice Description

Transport Scotland is an agency of the Scottish Government and contracts in the name of and on behalf of the Scottish Minsters. Over the forthcoming years Transport Scotland has identified the requirement to appoint suitably qualified and experienced multi-disciplinary consultants ("Consultants") for provision of services to support delivery of a new length of trunk road at the Rest and be Thankful (A83) in Argyll and Bute. Services sought include DMRB scheme development and assessment, promotion of statutory consents through the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 consenting framework including Environmental Impact Assessment, procurement of construction suppliers and site supervision.

Lot Information

Lot 1

As a consequence of increased slope failures at the A83 Rest and be Thankful, Transport Scotland, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, has identified the requirement to appoint multi-disciplinary Consultants to develop a scheme to provide a long term, resilient improvement to the trunk road network at this location. Some corridor sifting and baseline route options work has been completed and is available to view at Access to Argyll and Bute (A83) (transport.gov.scot). The consultant is required to provide Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) scheme assessment work, assist in the promotion of the statutory consents and the procurement of contracting services. The consultant is required to provide site supervision services. Transport Scotland wishes to address current accessibility issues in the corridor as quickly as possible and the consultant will be required to advise on methods to shorten the development and promotion process. In addition, an interim proportionate route is also required to be delivered to provide additional resilience whilst the long term scheme is being developed. Again some options development and scoping is underway and the consultant may be required to develop this work into a deliverable scheme to a short timeframe. The Consultant shall provide and perform the Services as instructed by the Employer that may include: (i) overall management of the Scheme; (ii) undertaking engineering, environmental assessment and transport modelling and assessment of the impacts on the trunk road, local road and public transport of the Scheme; (iii) assessment of buildability and health and safety aspects of any Specimen Design(s); (iv) development of and delivery of the Scheme programme; (v) preparation and maintenance of Scheme and Project cost estimates; (vi) preparation of statutory consents documentation and support at any inquiry or hearing. (vii) preparation of procurement documents and contract documents for constructor(s) for the Scheme or parts of the Scheme, assisted as relevant by other specialist consultant(s) or specialist organisation(s) appointed for the Scheme or part of the Scheme; (viii) acting as the Engineer or Employer's Representative as relevant during the construction phase(s) of the Scheme or parts of the Scheme. Example work packages have been provided as a guide and can be downloaded via the Additional Documents located within the Additional Notice Options of the Public Contracts Scotland portal. This is a guide only and the actual work packages to be included in the contract will be provided at tender stage. It is envisaged that the services shall be provided at the Consultants own offices, with attendance required on an ad-hoc basis at Transport Scotland's offices and construction sites. On occasion, the provider may be required to attend other locations within Scotland as and when required, including attending meetings at Transport Scotland's main Glasgow office or other stakeholder offices or construction site offices when required. The Consultant will be procured through the restricted procedure, a procedure under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. This is a two-stage procedure, comprising a prequalification stage and a tender stage. Section II.2.9 of this Contract Notice summarises the criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates to be taken forward to tender stage. In order to be considered for this procurement competition, economic operators must complete and submit a Single Procurement Document (SPD), which can be downloaded via the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk). It is anticipated that a total of 5 economic operators will be invited to tender stage.. Prior to award, economic operators who do not meet:selection criteria as set out in this contract notice; requirements leading to exclusion otherwise set out in the tender documents or who would otherwise be excluded automatically under Regulation 58(1)-(3) or at the discretion of Transport Scotland under Regulation 58(4) or 58(8), shall be excluded from this procurement competition.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000650002
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT462233
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services


CPV Codes

71300000 - Engineering services

71310000 - Consultative engineering and construction services

71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services

71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services

71311210 - Highways consultancy services

71311220 - Highways engineering services

71311300 - Infrastructure works consultancy services

71312000 - Structural engineering consultancy services

71313000 - Environmental engineering consultancy services

71313400 - Environmental impact assessment for construction

71313410 - Risk or hazard assessment for construction

71332000 - Geotechnical engineering services

71351200 - Geological and geophysical consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£25,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£25,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£11,343,596 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Oct 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
12 May 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
27 Sep 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
TRANSPORT SCOTLAND
Contact Name
Stephen Cragg
Contact Email
stephen.cragg@transport.gov.scot, tssccontract2021@gov.scot
Contact Phone
+44 1412727100, +44 1412727570

Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G4 0HF
Post Town
Glasgow
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM63 Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute

Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

ATKINS

WSP

Further Information

Notice Documents

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                    "minimum": "Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. These are described below: Evaluation Criteria Ratios (Question Ref. 4B.6) The following nine evaluation criteria shall be scored, for each year for the last two years of trading, or for the period which is available if trading for less than two years: 1. Acid Test Ratio 2. Cash Interest Cover Ratio 3. Return on Capital Employed 4. Operating Profit Ratio 5. Net Worth 6. Gearing 7. Annual Contract Value to Turnover 8. Filed Accounts 9. Audit Report The scoring mechanism can be downloaded via the Additional Documents, located within the Additional Notice Options of the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk).For the purpose of calculating the Annual Contract Value to Turnover ratio the estimated value in II.2.6 of this Contract Notice shall be adopted. Similarly, the duration of the contract shall be 120 months. This equates to an estimated value of 2.5M per annum. The nine evaluation criteria will be individually scored and given a total aggregated score, out of a possible 50 marks, for each year of trading. Subsequently, each year's score will be weighted, with the most recent (\"Year 1\") weighted at 2/3rds and the previous (\"Year 2\") weighted at 1/3rd, and then aggregated to form an overall score for the two years out of 50 marks. If the economic operator is trading for less than 2 years, their financial ratios for the most recent full year of trading will be weighted at 2/3rds scored out of the total 50 marks. If the economic operator is trading for less than 1 year the information provided under III.1.2) b), will be prorated up to 1 year to calculate financial ratios for the full year and this will be weighted at 2/3rds and scored out of the total 50 marks. A submission shall be marked as a FAIL and will not be considered further if the score achieved by an economic operator (either a single economic operator or a group of economic operators) is less than 25 marks, out of the potential total aggregated score of 50 marks. A submission shall be marked as a FAIL and will not be considered further if the economic operator is unable to provide appropriate information to enable the calculation of the financial ratios. Where the submission has been submitted by a group of economic operators, the information submitted by each group member will be evaluated in the proportion of the percentage shareholdings or percentage equity/interest of each group member and a score determined for such group of economic operators on that basis. A \"group of economic operators\" is defined as an unincorporated consortium or joint venture. Insurance (Question Ref. 4B.5) In response to Question Ref. 4B5 a, b and c economic operators must confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of the framework agreement, the following levels of insurance: Professional Indemnity Insurance = 5 million GBP Public Liability Insurance = 10 million GBP Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 10 million GBP In responding to Question Ref 4B.5 a, b and c, where the economic operator responds \"No, and I cannot commit to obtain it\" they shall be marked as FAIL and shall be excluded from this procurement competition."
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                    "minimum": "Statement (a) - (PASS/FAIL) Within the last 5 years, have you been the principal designer acting for the main client or the main contractor providing the required consultancy services in relation to the project management, feasibility work, design (including statutory processes), procurement, and construction stages of a road project with a construction cost of at least 200 million GBP or a fee value of at least 15 million GBP in 2020 prices exclusive of VAT? If YES, please provide details. (Max 500 Words). Statement (b) - (NOT SCORED) Provide information on no more than 5 \"reference projects\" which reflect your previous experience in undertaking a range of multi-disciplinary consultancy services for road projects, predominantly carried out within the last 5 years. Detail your role and the scope, including size and complexity, of the relevant services performed on each of the reference projects. These 5 reference projects should be used by economic operators to answer Statements (c) to (f). Such reference projects must relate to road projects, which should include one or more of the most relevant and appropriate services listed in Statement (a), to enable a response to Statements (c) to (f). It may be that one reference project is used to respond to more than one Statement ((c) to (f)); or you need to use more than one reference project to respond to just one Statement ((c) to (f)). (Max 500 Words per reference project). Statement (c) Scheme Management and Leadership - (Weighting 20%). Provide details from one or more of the reference projects of: (i) the team structure you have implemented by means of a single page organogram. (Weighting 5%) (ii) the roles and responsibilities of the staff that were key to driving effective communication across the team (Max 200 words and one A4 side) (Weighting 5%) (iii) How you ensured that the client and stakeholder vision for the project was successfully embedded in the teams approach to delivery (Max 300 words and two A4 sides) (Weighting 10%) Statement (d) - Design and Assessment (Weighting 40%). Provide details from one or more of the reference projects of how you approached the development of a scheme to balance the requirements of minimising promotional risk whilst embedding buildability value for money principles. (Max 750 words and two A4 sides) Statement (e) Specialist advice (Weighting 30%). Provide details from one or more of the reference projects of how you undertook specialist survey and/or technical assessment and distilled that into key themes or outcomes that informed design decisions and were capable of being understood by stakeholders including the public. (Max 500 words and two A4 sides) Statement (f) Fair work (Weighting 10%) - Provide details of your experience on the reference projects of embedding fair work practices in your approach to the management of staff and services. (Max 200 words and one A4 side)."
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