Framework for Archaeology Services at Transport Scotland

Descriptions

Archaeological professional/technical advisory services, of which may comprise: i) Advising Transport Scotland on legislation, good industry practice and the processes and procedures which are required to be adhered to when conducting non-invasive and invasive investigations, and post excavation services; ii) Development and drafting of procurement and/or contract documents; iii) Advising Transport Scotland on appropriate form and conditions of contracts to be adopted, understanding the pitfalls of different types of contracts; and iv) Support Transport Scotland in the management of archaeological contracts, addressing both technical and commercial issues. The supplier will be procured through the restricted procedure, a procedure under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. This is a two-stage procedure, comprising a prequalification stage and a tender stage. This Contract Notice and ESPD sets out the prequalification stage and Section II.2.9 of this Contract Notice describes the criteria for prequalifying the limited number of candidates to be taken forward to tender stage. In order to be considered for this procurement competition, economic operators must complete and submit an ESPD, which can be downloaded via the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk). It is anticipated that a total of 5 economic operators will be invited to tender stage for Lot 1 and that the 3 most economically advantageous tenderers will be awarded onto the framework agreement.