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The building has served a variety of public functions throughout its history and remains an important community asset at the heart of Peebles. The works form the first phase of a longer-term vision to improve accessibility, functionality and sustainability while preserving the building's historic character. Key elements include the installation of a new lift to improve access to all public areas, reconfiguration of internal spaces, upgraded visitor facilities, improvements to the main entrance and street frontage, renewal of building services, and fire safety enhancements. 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Candidates will be scored against Questions 1-5 using the published 0-4 scoring methodology and associated weightings: Previous similar projects: 25% Project Management experience and qualifications: 20% Site Agent/Site Manager experience and qualifications: 20% Project team resources: 25% Added value initiatives: 10%" }, "submissionTerms": { "variantPolicy": "notAllowed" }, "contractPeriod": { "durationInDays": 360 }, "hasRenewal": false } ], "contractTerms": { "hasElectronicPayment": true, "hasElectronicOrdering": true, "electronicInvoicingPolicy": "allowed" }, "coveredBy": [ "GPA" ], "otherRequirements": { "requiresStaffNamesAndQualifications": true }, "secondStage": { "invitationDate": "2026-10-12T00:00:00Z" }, "selectionCriteria": { "criteria": [ { "type": "economic", "description": "Insurances: Employers Liability Insurance - Minimum 10million GBP for any one occurence Public Liability Insurance - Minimum 10million GBP for any one occurence Professional Indemnity Insurance - 5million GBP in the aggregate", "minimum": "Credit Rating - Pass/Fail The bidder must achieve a minimum Credit score of 50+or demonstrate an equivalent low to moderate level of financial risk. Where the credit assessment identifies a higher risk further consideration will be given to the bidder's financial accounts and any additional evidence or mitigation provided. Failure to provide satisfactory assurance of financial viability my result in exclusion. 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." }, { "type": "technical", "description": "Bidders are required to provide examples of works of a similar nature and scale over the past 5 years that demonstrate experience to deliver the works. Stage 1 (Selection Stage) will require bidders to respond to a series of scored qualitative questions designed to assess your relevant experieince, technical capability, resourcing and approach to delivering hertiage refurbishment projects. The details may come from the same project or multiple projects.", "minimum": "Selection will be based on the evaluation of Relevant Experience Examples and other selection criteria. Responses will be scored and weighted in accordance with the procurement documents. Bidders meeting the minimum requirements will be ranked by score, with the five highest-scoring bidders being shortlisted and invited to participate in Stage 2." } ] }, "submissionTerms": { "languages": [ "en" ], "bidValidityPeriod": { "durationInDays": 120 } }, "classification": { "id": "45000000", "scheme": "CPV" }, "hasRecurrence": false }, "language": "EN", "description": "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. 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=840348. 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: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: As stated in the Corporate Procurement Strategy, Scottish Borders Council aims to maximise the impact of its procurement activities by providing additional social, economic, and environmental benefits beyond the core purpose of its contracts. Scottish Borders Council is therefore committed to securing Community Benefits from third party contracts exceeding GBP 25,000 in value. The successful bidder for this contract will be required to work with the council to deliver community benefits through the Council's points-based system which sets the level of community benefits expected from suppliers at different spend thresholds. Response: Bidders are required to use the following documents to support their Community Benefit submission: Community Benefit Guidance - for review, outlining expectations, thresholds and the community benefit menu. Community Benefit Contract Plan - to be completed and submitted, detailing how the proposed community benefits will be delivered during the contract period. (SC Ref:840348) Download the copy of the online SPD document here (to be completed online through postbox submission): https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=840348", "links": [ { "rel": "canonical", "href": "https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000840348" } ] }