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"name": "Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body"
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"description": "A site visit is available to give tenderers the opportunity to assess the requirement within the Scottish Parliament building. Dates and guidance for attending the site visit can be found within the Invitation to Tender letter (section 18).\nThe SPCB is an accredited Living Wage Employer and recognises pay as a clear way that an employer can demonstrate a commitment to their workforce, helping tackle in-work poverty alongside wider Fair Work First criteria. Therefore, it is a requirement of this Contract that the Contractor will pay staff that are involved in the delivery of the Services under this Contract a minimum of the Real Living Wage.\nSome of the tender documentation is classed as sensitive therefore access has been restricted. In order to access this information, tenderers are required to sign a shared access agreement which will form part of the tender uploads on Public Contracts Scotland - Tender (PCS-T).\nPlease note there are minimum requirements concerning Cyber Security for this contract to which a pass/fail marking will attach. Tenderers will be required to complete a Cyber Security Supplier Assurance Questionnaire.\nThe questionnaire will be aligned to a Cyber Risk Profile that has been established for the contract, based on the Contracting Authority\u2019s assessment of cyber risk.\nFor this contract, minimum requirements also include the holding of Cyber Essentials Plus (or equivalent).\nFurther details are set out in the procurement documents. A contract condition for this procurement requires the Tenderer to comply with the minimum security requirements.\nThe contract start date is anticipated to be 01 May 2026 to facilitate a three month mobilisation period with the full service implementation date expected to be 01 August 2026.\nThe technical weighting is 70% however 10% of that will be allocated for presentations. Further information with regards to presentations can be found within the ITT letter.\nThe buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 30256. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343\nThe Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason:\nDue to the nature of this requirement, the sub contracting element will be minimal.\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 will apply to this contract and are a mandatory requirement. Full details can be found within the tender ITT documentation.\n(SC Ref:811456)",
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"description": "The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) requires a Contractor to provide comprehensive Catering and Pest Control Services (including the purchase and maintenance of SPCB Heavy Equipment) within the Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood, Edinburgh.",
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"description": "The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) uses Creditsafe, an independent provider of online business credit reports, to assess the financial standing of tenderers. We highly recommend that tenderers review their financial performance on Creditsafe to understand their credit score rating which will be used by the SPCB to evaluate the financial standing of the tenderer and that they read the information about how that data is collected and used prior to submitting a tender. Information and the opportunity to run a free report can be found at\nhttp://www.creditsafe.com/products/business-credit-reports\nThe SPCB requires tenderers to have a Creditsafe Risk Score of 40 or higher to demonstrate satisfactory financial standing. If a tenderer has a lower credit risk score than 40 on Creditsafe and has the backing of a parent company with a credit risk score of 40 or higher, then the provision of a parent company guarantee will be required prior to the award of any contract. If a tenderer has a lower credit risk score than 40 and cannot provide a parent company guarantee, they must submit evidence to support a stable and improved financial standing with their tender or the tender may be rejected. If no evidence is provided with the tender or the evidence provided is not sufficient to demonstrate a satisfactory financial position to the satisfaction of the SPCB (whose decision in this regard shall be final), then the tender will be rejected and will not be evaluated further.\nIf a tenderer is not listed on Creditsafe, for whatever reason, then it will be asked to submit equivalent accounts to enable the required assessment of financial standing to be carried out. If the information provided does not, in the SPCB\u2019s opinion, demonstrate a satisfactory financial position, the bid may be rejected.",
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