Managed Service: Environmental Health Support (DRS)

Concepts

• environmental issues
• environmental health support
• stirling
• scotland
• environmental services
• consultancy services
• provision of a managed service
• specialist environmental support
• drs
• details of the services

Location

The managed service and support services may be delivered remotely with any requirement for site visits across Scotland identified by and agreed with the Client in advance

Description

A Single Stage ("Open") Tender for the provision of a managed service capable of providing technical and specialist environmental support as and when required for the assessment of applications for exemption from elements of the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020 on environmental health grounds.

Total Quantity or Scope

Zero Waste Scotland (the ‘Client’) requires the provision of managed service capable of providing technical and specialist environmental health support for the assessment of applications for exemption from elements of the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020 on environmental health grounds. The Contractor will be responsible for: - the appointment and management of suitably skilled and qualified staff to complete the required services - co-ordinating access to and delivery of such technical and specialist environmental health advice and support that may be required by the Client - confirming allocation of service delivery to individuals within two (2) business days of receiving a request for support from the Client - ensuring the quality and accuracy of all outputs and deliverables - supporting the Client with any requirements for supplementary information or evidence for individual applications - supporting the Client to prepare any communications that might be required to inform Scottish Ministers of the outcome of an application - ensuring that appointed staff maintain and keep the required skills and qualifications up to date at no additional cost to the Client The Client will from time to time provide Work Package Orders containing details of the services required by the Client. These Work Package Orders may be issued for any number of applications and at any time during the term of this agreement, in accordance with Section 4 (Call Off Procedures). The provision of support services is expected to be a desk-based exercise. Any requirement for site visits to support delivery of the service requirements will be considered in exceptional and special circumstances only, which must be agreed with the Client in advance of any making any arrangements to visit a site. Further details of the specification of requirements, the award criteria, and the evaluation and award processes are provided in the Additional Documents to this Contract Notice.

Renewal Options

The Client may choose to extend this Contract for the continued provision of the service requirements. A further two (2) 3-month extension periods will be provided in this Contract for that purpose.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 90713000 - Environmental issues consultancy services
• 90700000 - Environmental services
• 90714400 - Activity specific environmental auditing services
• 90714000 - Environmental auditing

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Staff qualifications are relevant.
• Award on basis of price.

Other 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. Please read the additional documents provided with this Contract Notice carefully. These include details and information on: – the background to this procurement, – the goods and services required, – requirements and expectations for quality and contract management, – selection and award criteria (including the relevant evaluation methodologies), – the Terms and Conditions of the anticipated Contract, and – how to participate in this procurement procedure 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 should use the templates provided for preparing your technical and commercial responses, for providing information on your business and any commercially confidential elements of your tender submission, and for the relevant declarations. 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 procurement procedure is provided in the Invitation to Tender document. Zero Waste Scotland will inform all tenderers of decisions or delays at the same time, by email to the nominated contact identified in your tender submission 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. Your tender submission may be ruled non-compliant where you fail to follow the instructions and / or use the template documents provided in the procurement documents, unless alternative instructions and / or approaches to preparing a tender response have been agreed and communicated as appropriate through this Contract Notice. Direct approaches to Zero Waste Scotland or any of its management or staff regarding this procurement procedure may be considered an attempt to influence the outcome of the procurement procedure and may lead to your 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=688543. 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:688543) Download the ESPD document here: [[https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=688543]]