Open Tender for the Provision of Scientific Testing Services (including chemical analytical, bacteriological examination)

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    "name": "South Lanarkshire Council"
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  "date": "2026-03-11T14:20:21Z",
  "description": "Declarations and Certificates\nIn an open tendering procedure prior to any award being made the successful bidder will provide the undernoted certificates, declarations and/or completed questionnaires to evidence their compliance with the relevant questions within the Qualification Envelope.\nAll certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found within the Attachment area of PCS-T.\nSPD Question 2D.1 Prompt Payment Certificate\nSPD Question 3D.3 Human Rights Act Declaration\nDeclaration Section *Form of Tender\nSPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate\nSPD Question 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates\nSPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime Declaration\nSPD Question 3A.6 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Declaration\n*The \u2018Form of Offer to Tender\u2019 must be completed and uploaded within the relevant question in the Commercial Envelope.\nIn the case of an open tender, the other Declarations listed above will not be required to be uploaded and submitted with the bid, but will instead be requested by the Council following the conclusion of the evaluation of the Qualification, Technical and Commercial Envelopes and prior to the award of the tender.\nFailure to provide this information or in the event that the information provided does not support or evidence the statements made within the SPD will invalidate the bid. In this scenario the Council will seek to obtain the relevant information and evidence from the second highest scoring bidder and so on until a fully compliant bidder is identified.\nThe buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30961. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343\nCommunity benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/\nA summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:\nCommunity benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows\n(SC Ref:825208)",
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    "description": "South Lanarkshire Council has a requirement for a suitably qualified contractor for the provision of a comprehensive Chemical Analytical and Bacteriological Examination service throughout South Lanarkshire. This contract is being led by the Council\u2019s Environmental Services Section.\nEnvironmental Services carry out both proactive and reactive scientific analysis and bacteriological examination of a wide range of food, drinking water and certain environmental samples on behalf of the Council.\nThe service covers a range of tests including Air Pollution, Microbiology, Contaminated Land, Consumer Protection, Food Chemical and Water Quality \u0026 Safety.\nThese services are priced on a test-by-test basis.",
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        "description": "South Lanarkshire Council has a requirement for a suitably qualified contractor for the provision of a comprehensive Chemical Analytical and Bacteriological Examination service throughout South Lanarkshire. This contract is being led by the Council\u2019s Environmental Services Section.\nEnvironmental Services carry out both proactive and reactive scientific analysis and bacteriological examination of a wide range of food, drinking water and certain environmental samples on behalf of the Council.\nThe service covers a range of tests including Air Pollution, Microbiology, Contaminated Land, Consumer Protection, Food Chemical and Water Quality \u0026 Safety. These services are priced on a test-by-test basis.\nThe Terms and Conditions for this contract are South Lanarkshire Council\u0027s Standard T\u0026C\u0027s for Services.",
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          "description": "There are a number of questions/statements that have been included in the Contract Notice and within the Qualification Envelope which detail the minimum requirements that Bidders must be able to evidence for participation in this tender and ultimately will be required to evidence prior to any award being made. There are in addition further statements made that simply provide relevant information relating to\nthe tender itself.\nThese questions and statements form an integral part of the Single Procurement Document (the SPD) which the Council has decided to implement for all tenders in excess of 50K in value.\nSPD Question 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities\nBidders are required to complete a full SPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon\nSPD Question 2.D.1 Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely\nBidders are required to complete a shortened version of the SPD for each Subcontractor on whose capacity the bidder does not rely on\nExclusion Criteria\nEconomic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public\nContracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.\nSPD Questions 3A \u2013 3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds and SPD Questions 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds. All the exclusion grounds will be assessed on a PASS/FAIL basis. For the mandatory exclusion grounds a bid will be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or to provide details to the satisfaction of the Council of the self\ncleansing measures undertaken. .For the discretionary exclusion grounds a bid may be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either a positive response or if the Council is not satisfied as to the self cleansing measures undertaken.\nSPD Question 4A.1 Trade Registers\nIt is a requirement of this tender that if the bidder is UK based they must hold a valid registration with Companies House. Where the bidder is UK based but not registered at Companies House they must be able to verify to the Councils satisfaction that they are trading from the address provided in the tender and under the company name given.\nIf the bidder is based out-with the UK they must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade register appropriate to their country as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.",
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          "minimum": "Minimum level(s) of standards required:\nSPD Question 4B.4 Economic and Financial Standing\nThe Council will use the following ratios to evaluate a bidders financial status:\nProfitability \u2013 this is taken as profit after tax but before dividends and minority interests. If a company makes a profit then it is a pass for\nthis ratio;\nLiquidity \u2013 this is calculated as current assets less stock and work in progress, divided by current liabilities. If the answer is greater than or\nequal to one then it is a pass for this ratio\nGearing \u2013 this is calculated as the total external secured borrowing (short term and long term) divided by shareholder funds expressed as a\npercentage. If the answer is less than or equal to 100% it is considered a pass for this ratio.\nBidders must provide the name and value of each of the 3 ratios within their response to SPD question 4B.4.\nThe Council requires bidders to pass 2 out of the 3 financial ratios above.\nWhere 2 out of the 3 ratios cannot be met, the Council may take the undernoted into consideration when assessing financial viability and the risk to the Council, providing that the Bidder can supply evidence to substantiate any of the mitigating criteria when requested to do so. The following list is not exhaustive and other criteria may be considered where proposed by a bidder as mitigating factors:\nWould the bidder have passed the checks if prior year accounts had been used?\nWere any of the poor appraisal outcomes \"marginal\"?\nDoes the bidder operate in a market which, traditionally, requires lower liquidity or higher debt finance?\nDoes the bidder have sufficient reserves to sustain losses for a number of years?\nDoes the bidder have a healthy cashflow?\nIs the bidder profitable enough to finance the interest on its debt?\nIs most of the bidder\u0027s debt owed to group companies?\nIs the bidder\u0027s debt due to be repaid over a number of years, and affordable?\nHave the bidder\u0027s results been adversely affected by \"one off costs\" and / or \"one off accounting treatments\"?\nDo the bidder\u0027s auditors (where applicable) consider it to be a \"going concern\"?\nWill the bidder provide a Parent Company Guarantee?\nIs the bidder the single supplier/source of the Goods/Works/Services in the marketplace?\nThe Council will request submission of and assess the bidders financial accounts, and may use financial verification systems to validate the information provided.\nSPD Question 4B.5 Insurance\nThe bidder must confirm that they have or will commit to obtain prior to the commencement of the contract, the following levels of Insurance Cover:\nEmployer\u2019s Liability Insurance covering the death of or bodily injuries to employees of the bidder arising out of and in the course of their employment in connection with this contract to the level of 10000000 GBP in respect of each claim, without limit to the number of claims.\nPublic Liability Insurance covering the death of or bodily injury to a person (not an employee of the bidder) or loss of or damage to property resulting from an action or failure to take action by the bidder to the level of 5000000 GBP in respect of each claim, without limit to the number of claims"
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