Circular Bioeconomy Research and Analysis Services

Concepts

• research and development
• circular bioeconomy research and analysis services
• stirling
• circular bioeconomy research and analysis service
• restricted procedure of services
• circular bioeconomy research
• provision of circular bioeconomy research
• scope of the service requirements
• analysis
• socio-economic analysis

Location

Scotland:

Description

Procurement using a Restricted Procedure of services for the provision of circular bioeconomy research and analysis on a call off basis.

Total Quantity or Scope

This is a Restricted Procedure for the establishment of a framework agreement to provide circular bioeconomy research and analysis services on a call off basis. The Agreement will be for a Circular Bioeconomy Research and Analysis Service that provide the type of technical support required to develop a systems model that delivers evidence led, actionable, high-impact recommendations to guide policy and activity and contribute to sustainable change and a thriving Scottish bioeconomy. We anticipated that the Agreement will be used to call off support for the following areas : * - Environmental analysis * - Policy and regulatory analysis * - Socio-economic analysis * - Systems modelling * - Data collection and analysis * - Data visualisation * - Development of tools for policy and decision-making * - Workshop facilitation and co-ordination * - Citizen engagement Additional areas of support may be proposed by the Contractor during the term of the Agreement, provided such proposals remain within the scope of the Service requirements identified in this Specification and are acceptable to and agreed in writing (electronically) with the Client. We anticipate that this will be single supplier agreement but reserve the right to appoint additional suppliers where this would increase capacity and capability for delivery. Further information and instruction is provided in the Invitation to Tender provided as an additional document to this Contract Notice. Additional information: 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.

Renewal Options

The Agreement will include two (2) optional extension periods of twelve (12) months each, subject to agreement by the Parties at the relevant time.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
• 90713000 - Environmental issues consultancy services
• 71241000 - Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Staff qualifications are relevant.
• Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Please read the additional documents provided with this Contract Notice carefully. These include details and information on: – the minimum requirements for supplier selection, – the Terms and Conditions of the anticipated Contract, – how to request to participate in Stage 1(Selection) of this Restricted Procedure, and - the methodology that will be used to evaluate all requests to participate received Any questions or clarifications on the content of these additional documents and / or this Contract Notice should be raised using the Ask a Question facility provided with the Contract Notice on the Public Contracts Scotland web portal only and must be received before the stated deadline for questions. This includes any request to modify or vary the terms and conditions of contract. You must follow all instructions and guidance provided by Public Contracts Scotland for the completion and submission of the SPD (Scotland) module for this Restricted Procedure. Zero Waste Scotland is generally unable and unwilling to respond to questions or requests for clarification received by any other means, including after the deadline for clarifications has passed, and will not enter into negotiation on any terms or conditions of contract after that time. Zero Waste Scotland intends to award a contract as a result of this tendering procedure but is not obliged to accept any tender submission. An anticipated timetable for this Restricted Procedure is provided in the Invitation to Tender document. Zero Waste Scotland will inform all candidates of decisions or delays at the same time, by email to the nominated contact identified in your request to participate only. Please do not contact Zero Waste Scotland following the deadline for tender submissions to enquire if or when a decision will be made as we are generally unable and unwilling to respond. Any tender submissions included with your request to participate or provided to Zero Waste Scotland by any other means during Stage 1 (Selection) of this Restricted Procedure will be discarded unread. Direct approaches to Zero Waste Scotland or any of its management or staff regarding this Restricted Procedure may be considered an attempt to influence the outcome of the Restricted Procedure and may lead to your request to participate and / or tender submission being disqualified. 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=666693. 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. (SC Ref:666693) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=666693