The Council completed the Sustainability Test on the Sustainable Procurement Tools to inform the procurement strategy. The test helped identify the relevant risks and opportunities for the procurement of the sensors. Opportunities were identified across economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainability. The risks and opportunities identified through the Sustainability Test were incorporated into the award criteria, with emphasis on environmental/carbon impacts, Fair Work and community benefits.
Contribute to Renfrewshire Council’s goal of being Net Zero by 2030 and Scotland as a whole by 2045
Contribute to National and Council climate outcomes and goals - increasing energy efficiency and decarbonising the Council’s housing stock
Environmental management by providing their relevant policy or ISO 14001 certificate detailing any relevant waste management practices as per standard SPD environmental question 4D.2
Reduce costs of maintenance of the properties
Reduce the likelihood of tenants living in poor housing that may affect their health
Identify early tenants that may need support ensuring their homes are properly heated/ventilated
Help residents manage their heating and bills
Renfrewshire Council evaluates Fair Work and community benefit requirements in all tenders over £50,000. For this tender they made up 10% of the award criteria, 5% going to each.
Table 1 displays the sustainability question included in Renfrewshire Council’s tender documentation for this contract:
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2.3.1 Community Benefits Outcome Menu |
Tenderers should complete and return the document entitled “Community Benefits Outcome Menu” detailing the Community Benefits offered should the Tenderer be successful in being awarded this contract. The Council’s expectation is that 50 Community Benefit Points (CBPs) or more will be delivered under this contract. |
3% |
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2.3.2 Community Benefits Methodology |
Tenderers should describe the methodology/approach that will be undertaken, specific to this contract, to ensure the delivery of the proposed community benefits in your Community Benefit (CB) Outcome Menu submission. Provide details of how the delivery and achievement of community benefits will be monitored and measured by your organisation. Details of any organisations you have engaged with to support delivery of your submissions proposed community benefits. Demonstrate how previous success in delivering community benefits will further aid successful delivery of them for this contract’s community benefit offering. Provide the name of the individual who will co-ordinate the delivery of community benefits. Response Size: Tenderers response to this question should be no longer than a maximum of 1 A4 (2 sides) pages in length utilising Arial 11 Font. Any further pages will not be considered or evaluated. |
2% |
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2.4.1 Fair Working Practices |
Tenderer to describe how you will commit to fair work practices for workers (including any agency or sub-contractor workers) engaged in the delivery of this contract. Response Size: Tenderers response to this question should be no longer than a maximum of 1 A4 (2 sides) pages in length utilising Arial 11 Font. Any further pages will not be considered or evaluated. |
5% |
Evaluation of these responses was completed in line with the Council’s Fair Work and community benefit policies at the time. This ensured that best practice was followed and that all community benefits offered were feasible and relevant.
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