Provision of a Reverse Vending Machine and Associated Infrastructure

Location

Orkney Islands:

Description

Open Tender following a preliminary market consultation for the provision of a Reverse Vending Machine and associated infrastructure to support delivery of a community return scheme on Orkney.

Total Quantity or Scope

This is a Single Stage ("Open") tender conducted using the Public Contracts Scotland (PCS) portal and the Find a Tender Service (FTS) for above threshold contracts, in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Zero Waste Scotland Limited invites tenders from capable and experienced suppliers for the provision of a Reverse Vending Machine (RVM), including the associated infrastructure, to be tested and fully operational for the launch of the Orkney Container Return Initiative (OCRI) in November 2022. The supplier will thereafter be required to provide local support services to ensure the RVM is well maintained and safe to use at all times before decommissioning and removing all equipment and infrastructure at the conclusion of the initiative. 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. Additional 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.

Renewal Options

The Client may choose to extend this Contract for the continued provision of the requirements and to help facilitate the decommissioning of the initiative and / or the transfer to Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme. A further three (3) monthly extension options are provided in this Contract for that purpose, to the maximum of 16 December 2023.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 42933000 - Vending machines
• 90713000 - Environmental issues consultancy services
• 75200000 - Provision of services to the community
• 98133100 - Civic betterment and community facility support services
• 85322000 - Community action programme

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Staff qualifications are relevant.
• Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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. You may provide responses for either of the preferred solution types identified in the Section 2 - Specification document. However, these must be uploaded as separate parts to your tender submission and clearly labelled to identify which solution type the response relates to, for evaluation purposes. We reserve the right to reject any tender submission that includes responses to both solution types. 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 received three (3) questionnaire responses as the result of the pre-market consultation exercise - from RVM Supply Limited (Infrastructure Supply) and Employability Orkney (Infrastructure Supply and Community Benefits). The information provided in those questionnaire responses has been used to inform but has not influenced the development of the procurement documents in favour of any potential supplier and / or community interest group. 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. 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=693113. 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:693113) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=693113