The National Galleries Scotland (NGS) is seeking to appoint a single Contractor, term maintenance contract for the Provision of BEMS Controls Maintenance for all NGS sites. The Contractor will be responsible for providing all resources including labour, materials, plant and equipment to conduct the service activities required to be delivered.

For full details of the Contract Requirements please refer to the associated Tender and Contract Documents.

It is an expectation that the Contractor will hold or will be working towards ISO 9001 (Quality Management), ISO 14401 (Environmental Management) certification and Cyber Essentials Basic (or equivalent) certification.

If the Contractor does not already hold valid Cyber Essentials Basic (or equivalent) certification they must agree to obtain such within 3 months of a contract award.

The agreement will be non-exclusive i.e., NGS reserves the right, in certain circumstances, to procure out with the Contract Agreement, as and when required.

In the event of unsatisfactory performance by the successful Service Provider and the termination of the contract by either party, NGS reserves the right to negotiate the continuance of the services with the second and third placed Service Providers.

The procurement will be conducted through the use of the Open Procedure.

Contractors must complete and submit both an SPD and tender response.

Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.