Short-Term Hire of Operated Plant

Concepts

• hire with operator
• larbert
• operated plant
• a short-term hire basis
• short-term hire
• hire
• plant
• construction and civil engineering machinery
• front-end shovel loaders with backhoe
• highways and roads

Location

Falkirk Council's area of Operations

Description

Falkirk Council wishes to undertake a tendering process to enter into a framework agreement with suitably experienced contractors for the provision of operated plant on a short-term hire basis to carry out operations at various sites within the Falkirk Council area of operations.

Lot Division

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 45500000 - Hire of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment with operator
• 43251000 - Front-end shovel loaders with backhoe
• 45233100 - Construction work for highways, roads
• 43260000 - Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders, and mining machinery
• 34223300 - Trailers
• 45233222 - Paving and asphalting works
• 45233220 - Surface work for roads
• 43312100 - Planers
• 34144400 - Road-maintenance vehicles
• 34920000 - Road equipment
• 34921100 - Road sweepers
• 34134200 - Tipper trucks
• 45233000 - Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads
• 44113600 - Bitumen and asphalt
• 43412000 - Machines for mixing gravel with bitumen
• 44113610 - Bitumen
• 34143000 - Winter-maintenance vehicles
• 37411000 - Winter equipments

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are not available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Staff qualifications are relevant.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 1. Bidders will be required to provide 3 examples of works carried out in the past five years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the work as described in part II.2.4 of the Find a Tender Service Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice. 2.Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract. 3. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent), or provide additional supportive information as detailed within Document 4 "PS 438 25 SPD (Scotland) Standardised Statements". 4. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with ISO 45001:2018 (or equivalent) or provide additional supportive information as detailed within Document 4 "PS 438 25 SPD (Scotland) Standardised Statements". 6. The Bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance with BS EN ISO 14001 (or equivalent) or a valid EMAS (or equivalent) certificate or provide additional supportive information as detailed within Document 4 "PS 438 25 (Scotland) Standardised Statements". 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=796697. 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. A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: All Contractors within the Framework whose cumulative level of spend is greater than 100k GBP during the term of the agreement will be required to provide at least one six-weeks (No.6) period of paid work experience for a participant(s) who is eligible for help with wages costs. Thereafter, an additional six-week period will be required for every 100k GBP of spend recorded. The Contractor will be required to meet with Falkirk Council’s Employment and Training Unit to discuss implementation prior to contract start and then within 2 weeks after reaching the financial thresholds as detailed within the ITT document (Schedule 6 - Community Benefits Information). (SC Ref:796697) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=796697