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There was submitted a report by the Director of Scotland Excel relative to the proposed renewal framework for the supply and delivery of vehicle parts which would operate from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2020.
The report intimated that the framework would provide councils and participating bodies with a mechanism to procure a wide range of vehicle parts, windscreen replacement, workshop consumables, auto electrics and hydraulics covering the varied fleet mix across councils incorporating cars and light vans up to 44 tonne refuse collection vehicles and other specialist heavy vehicles.
The framework had been split into seven lots as detailed in table 1 in the report. This lotting strategy had been designed to more closely align the requirements of councils and continued to maximise opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the SME status for each bidder was detailed in Appendix 2 to the report.
Appendix 1 to the report detailed the participation, spend and savings summary of the 29 councils participating in the framework. It was noted that Tayside Contracts would also be participating in the framework.
The framework had been advertised at £7.25 million per annum and 37 tender responses had been received. Based on the criteria and scoring methodology set out in the tender document, a full evaluation of the compliant offers received had been completed and Appendix 3 to the report detailed the scores relative to each bidder.
Based on the evaluation undertaken and in line with the criteria and weightings detailed in the report it was recommended that a multi-supplier framework agreement be awarded to 33 suppliers across the seven lots as detailed in Appendix 3 to the report.
DECIDED: That the award of the framework agreement, as detailed in Appendix 3 to the report, be approved.