Supply and Delivery of Glass for Double and Single Glazed Units

South Lanarkshire, Housing and Technical Resources, Building Services have a requirement to appoint a suitable single source supplier for Supply and Delivery of Glass for Double and Single Glazed Units to meet the ongoing in-house operational requirements to maintain, repair and replace glazing across the Council's 26,000 strong housing stock portfolio. A mandatory requirement of this contract is to provide a Service Delivery Model which is available Monday to Friday, 5 days per week, 52 weeks per year.

The suppler must be in a position to supply all types of glass required for all property types as follows: Float Glass Toughened Glass Laminated Glass Patterned Glass Georgian Wired Glass Pyrodur Glass A core requirement of the contract is the ability of the supplier to fulfil a significant volume of orders. Purchase Orders will be placed on a daily basis and delivery will be required within 5 working days.

Delivery may be required for emergencies and delivery will be required within 48 hours of purchase order The tender opportunity will be an Open Tendering Procedure and will be awarded on the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) criteria which enables the Council to take account of criteria that reflect qualitative, technical aspects of the tender submission as well as price when reaching an award decision.

The bidders will then be required to complete a Technical response based on technical specific questions related to the project. The technical element carries an overall weighting of 30%.

The bidders will then be required to complete Commercial response. The commercial element carries an overall weighting of 70%.

As part of the tender evaluation process the Council will then request evidence from the recommended bidder identified as having the highest MEAT prior to award. The form of contract will be South Lanarkshire Councils Standard Terms and Conditions for Supplies.