Contract Notice (below OJEU threshold)
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
AREA 2H NORTH, VICTORIA QUAY, THE SHORE
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
UK
Telephone: +44 13124440711
E-mail: maisy.best@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
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.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Analysis of Consultation Responses for: draft Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill Consultation
II.1.2) Main CPV code
73110000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The overall aim of the contract is provide robust and timely analysis and reporting on the responses to a consultation, to inform the provisions of the draft Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (the draft Bill).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Scottish Government (SG), on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, is seeking to commission a Contractor to undertake the analysis of responses to the public consultation on a draft Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (the draft Bill) to reform the process by which trans people gain legal recognition of their lived gender through a Gender Recognition Certificate in terms of the Gender Recognition Act 2004. The overall aim of the contract is provide robust and timely analysis and reporting on the responses to the consultation, to inform the provisions of the draft Bill.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
13/04/2020
End:
31/07/2020
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
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.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing 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:
12/03/2020
Local time: 13:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
12/03/2020
Local time: 13:30
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
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=615964.
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:615964)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Scottish Government
Edinburgh
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/02/2020
Information added to the notice since publication.
Additional information added to the notice since it's publication.
| 03/03/2020 10:15 | Question and Answers deadline change
The deadline for submission of questions through the online Q&A function has been changed as below.
Old question submission deadline: 06/03/2020 13:00
New question submission deadline: 03/03/2020 13:00
Please ensure that you have submitted all questions before the new date. |
| 15/04/2020 11:42 | Notice Cancelled
This notice has been cancelled. The original deadline date of 12/03/2020 is no longer applicable.
The Scottish Government has decided to close the current competition without awarding the contract. Due to the COVID-19 situation, we are aware that some tenderers may need to reconsider their own costs and contingencies which may have altered since the original submission of the tenders. In addition, the Minister for Parliamentary Business has also recently announced the Scottish Government’s plans for managing its legislative programme in the light of the impacts of COVID-19. In particular, he announced that work within the Government is being halted for now on the reform of the Gender Recognition Act. For the present, this also means that work on progressing the analysis has also been halted. We will, when resources allow, re-commence the tendering process to carry out the analysis of consultation responses. We cannot give a timetable for this but the decision not to progress the analysis at the moment will be kept under review. |