Provision of NGS Branded Uniform

Description

National Galleries Scotland (NGS) “The Authority” wish to award a contract for the Provision of NGS Branded Uniform. A sole Service Provider is required to be a ‘one stop shop’ for design, production and delivery of selected uniform items as part of a new branded uniform for both Security and Visitor Services (SVS) and Retail colleagues. The contract is considered to have two stages. Stage 1: Design & Sampling Stage 2: Production & Delivery The Service Provider is required to have an existing ‘off the peg’ collection of ready-to-wear uniform items suited for roles in the hospitality and visitor attraction sector. The Service Provider must be able to offer bespoke detailing services, beyond application of logo as NGS intend to investigate how ‘off the peg’ items could be customised to make our uniform unique to our organisation. Full details of the Contract Requirements and Specification are detailed under Section 2 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT). There is no commitment to a volume of orders over the duration of the contract. Under this agreement, no minimum volume of orders is guaranteed. Orders will be agreed to on an “as required” basis. The Service Provider will have no claim against NGS if they are not instructed to deliver any volume of orders. The Service Provider must have a clear understanding of the contract requirements and the organisational needs of NGS. 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 (single stage) Procedure. Service Providers 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 8 & 9 of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016. This procurement will utilise Scottish Government's Cyber Security Procurement Support Tool (CSPST). There are minimum requirements concerning Cyber Security for this contract to which a pass/fail will attach. Tenderers will be required to complete an online Supplier Assurance Questionnaire (SAQ) using the CSPST. A link to the CSPST can be found here: https://cyberassessment.gov.scot/ The questionnaire will be aligned to a Cyber Risk Profile that has been established for the contract, based on NGS's assessment of cyber risk. Further details are set out in the Procurement Documents.