Contract notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited
Head Office, Inverness Airport
Inverness
IV2 7JB
UK
Contact person: Jill Fryer
Telephone: +44 1667462445
E-mail: procurement@hial.co.uk
Fax: +44 1667464300
NUTS: UKM6
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.hial.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA13542
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
I.6) Main activity
Airport-related activities
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Support Services for Passengers With Reduced Mobility - Inverness Airport
Reference number: HIA-1732
II.1.2) Main CPV code
63700000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
HIAL have a requirement for the provision of support services for passengers with reduced mobility (PRM) at Inverness Airport.
The Service Provider will be expected to provide safe assistance to and from aircraft, and high-quality customer care, to persons with reduced mobility at Inverness Airport.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 700 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79342300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM62
Main site or place of performance:
Inverness
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
HIAL have a requirement for the provision of support services for passengers with reduced mobility (PRM) at Inverness Airport.
The Service Provider will be expected to provide safe assistance to and from aircraft, and high-quality customer care, to persons with reduced mobility at Inverness Airport
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Implementation and Exit Plans
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Service Delivery
/ Weighting: 40
Quality criterion: Key Personnel
/ Weighting: 27.5
Quality criterion: Performance Management
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Sustainable Procurement
/ Weighting: 7.5
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
2 700 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Potential to extend for a further 2 years
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
HIAL may wish to consider related services, which are in addition to those specified and which HIAL may or may not choose to purchase during the duration of the Contract. These Additional Options will not be evaluated. In relation to this Contract, HIAL proposes the following options:
Ad-hoc Training for other HIAL Airports - There may be a requirement for the provision of ad-hoc training related to the Service to some HIAL staff at other HIAL Airport sites; and
(b) Any other services which the winning Tenderer considers it could provide to HIAL, particularly while staff engaged to provide the Services are not so engaged (i.e. where those staff are on-site but have no passengers to assist).
Provide proposals for additional related services. State clearly in the Price Schedule any associated additional costs.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
See Tender Document
III.1.6) Deposits and guarantees required:
HIAL does not undertake to accept any Tender where the financial health of the Tenderer would, in the opinion of HIAL, pose too high a risk.
Where a Tenderer does not meet the minimum required standards of economic and financial standing, the Tenderer may still be eligible for consideration where their submission is supported by a parent company, bank or other appropriate third party guarantee in form and substance satisfactory to HIAL.
III.1.7) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
See Tender Document
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
05/04/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
05/04/2024
Local time: 12:00
Place:
Remotely online
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
After Year 5 or extended period
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
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=759719.
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VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
Inverness
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/03/2024