Provision of Planned Heritable Asset Valuations

Description

The Scottish Police Authority (known as the “the Authority”) requires a suitably qualified and experienced Contractor to undertake planned heritable asset valuations of its properties - land, building and radio sites.
This procurement will result in the appointment if a single Contractor. The successful contactor must provide valuers who are current, registered members of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and all valuations must be carried out in full accordance with the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Valuation - Global Standards.
The Authority is re-tendering this requirement to ensure the engagement of a competent and reliable provider. The estate comprises approximately 500 assets, covering operational and non-operational properties. The assets represent a wide range of property types and ages, including heritage and listed buildings, many of which are in varied states of condition.
The valuations must be carried out in accordance with the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Valuation - Global Standards, incorporating International Standards (IVS) effective 31 January 2025, and having regard to the UK National Supplement effective from 1 May 2024.
The contract is expected to commence on 1st October 2025 for an initial period of three years, with the option to extend for up to two additional 12-month periods, subject to the Authority’s discretion.

Economic Operators
For FTS Notices, economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are subject to any of the grounds specified in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Assessment of Employment Status
Tenderers may be required to declare whether they intend to deliver services through a Personal Service Company (PSC).
Since April 2017, the responsibility for determining and applying the correct employment tax arrangements under IR35 legislation has shifted from the PSC to the relevant public sector body. As such, the Authority must be fully informed of the employment status of any successful tenderer.
Further guidance of assessing employment status and understanding IR35 obligations is available from the UK Government.
Living Wage
Tenderers will be asked to confirm if they pay all employees as a minimum the Real Living Wage as published by the Living Wage Foundation for statistical information gathering purposes only.
Equality and Diversity
Tenderers will be required to comply with all statutory obligations under the Equality Act 2010.
Declaration of Non-Involvement in Serious Organised Crime
Tenderers are required to complete and sign the Declaration of Non-Involvement in Serious Organised Crime form as part of their submission.
Subcontractor Detail
Tenderers must provide details of any subcontractors they intend to engage as part of their supply chain. This information must be included in the relevant section of the Single Procurement Document (SPD).
Data Protection
Tenderers must be aware of, and adhere to, their obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulations (UK GDPR), as outlined in the Contract.
Vetting
The tenderer’s representative with overall responsibility for undertaking the works and the personnel assigned to the supply of the services shall be vetted to Non-Police Personnel Vetting Standards (NPPV) Level 1. It would be beneficial if tenderer’s put forwards team that hold or have recently held NPPV Level 1.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 59511. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/
A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:
Contracting authorities have a legal and policy basis for incorporating community benefits requirements into their procurement process, these refer to public contracts, and will use contract to delivery wider social benefits, such as:
- Targeted recruitment and training (providing employment and training opportunities/Apprenticeships)
- SME and social enterprise development
- Community engagement
As part of the technical criteria, Tenderers are required to provide an outline of all community benefits that can be offered in relations to the contract.
(SC Ref:803382)

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