The process we will apply will be:
Stage 1 — Pre-Qualification via the ESPD. The ESPD asks bidders general questions; when completing, bidders must have regard for the statements in this Notice that detail specific requirements.
Bidder's must pass the minimum standards sections of the ESPD (Scotland). Statements including the specific requirements for these questions can be found within Section III.1.1, III.1.2 and III.1.3 of the Contract Notice.
Complete the scored ESPD Section 4C Technical and Professional ability. Statements for these scored questions can be found in Section III.1.3) of this Notice. Section 4C will be scored as per the scoring methodology detailed below.
Part III and Section A, B and D of Part IV will be scored on a pass/fail basis. Section D is described in the attachment named ‘4D1 Quality Assurances Schemes and Environmental Management Standards’ and Section C of Part IV of the ESPD (Scotland) will be scored in the following way:
0 — Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate previous experience/ capacity/ capability relevant to this criterion.
25 — Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response shows some elements of relevance to the criterion but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate previous relevant experience / capacity / capability.
50 — Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response demonstrates broad previous experience, knowledge and skills/capacity/capability but may lack in some aspects of similarity e.g. previous experience, knowledge or skills may not be of a similar nature.
75 — Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good amount of experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
100 — Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates thorough experience, knowledge or skills/capacity/capability relevant to providing similar services to similar clients.
— The responses to the questions of Section III.1.3 of the Contract Notice will be weighted the following way:
Question 4C.1.2: 30 %, 4C.6: 10 %, 4C.6.1: 25 %, 4C.8.1 10 % 4C.8.2: 15 %, and 4C.10: 10 %
— We will take the 5 highest scoring bidders through and they will be invited to submit a tender.
Stage 2 — Invitation to Tender (ITT) and submission of shortlisted bidder tender returns.
These must be received no later than the date and time detailed within the ITT documentation. We will evaluate shortlisted tenderers' ITT submissions via a Quality/Cost evaluation. The quality and commercial scores will be combined to provide each supplier with an overall score.