[stirling-palestinedirectaction] Fw: [SPSCcommittee2012] Fwd: Dump Veolia opportunities for Scottish PSC
andystuart at talktalk.net
andystuart at talktalk.net
Sat Jan 5 14:45:34 PST 2013
Hi All
The draft letter attached sets out in detail the actions and collaboration of Veolia with the government of the state of Israel. It could prove useful in the preparation of a motion to Clackmannanshire Council.
All the best
Andy
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From: Sofiah MacLeod
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Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 10:07 PM
Subject: [SPSCcommittee2012] Fwd: Dump Veolia opportunities for Scottish PSC
Hi all
Please have a look at the email below from Angus Geddes. I haven't looked at the info in detail yet. Your thoughts, feedback on possible SPSC campaign(s)?
Sofiah
Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Angus Geddes" <angus at geddes59.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: 5 January 2013 18:15:21 GMT-03:00
To: "Sofiah MacLeod" <sofiahmacleod at yahoo.co.uk>, <chair at scottishpsc.org.uk>
Cc: <dumpveoliainfogroup at googlegroups.com>
Subject: Dump Veolia opportunities for Scottish PSC
Hi Sofiah and Mick,
Some time back Scottish PSC conducted a highly successful campaign to stop Veolia getting the Edinburgh waste contract. Here is another Dump Veolia opportunity that you might like to take up. Veolia currently has contracts for a number of Lots in the APUC (Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges) framework contract for providing waste management services to all the universities and colleges in Scotland. For each Lot a number of companies have the contract. The “contract” puts them on the list of companies that the Colleges etc. can invite to tender to provide waste services in a “mini-competition”, a less onerous process for the colleges than going through a full tender process. The Lots are primarily geographical, though the services to be provided differ a bit between Lots too. The Lots for which Veolia has been awarded a place on the framework contract list of companies that can be invited to take part in mini-competitions are:
Highlands and Morayshire
Islands
Aberdeen and Grampian
Angus, Dundee and Perth
Lothian and Borders
Fife
Sterlingshire
Greater Glasgow
Glasgow City
West of Scotland
South of Scotland
To quote from the TED notice:
”The Framework is Open to Scotland's Colleges and Universities Scotland and the following institutions.
Collaborative arrangements:
Selected Organisations Aberdeen College, Adam Smith College, Angus College, Anniesland College, Ayr College, Banff and Buchan College, Barony College, Borders College, Cardonald College, Carnegie College, Central College of Commerce, Clydebank College, Coatbridge College, Cumbernauld College, Dumfries and Galloway College, Dundee College, Edinburghs Telford College, Elmwood College, Forth Valley College, Glasgow College of Nautical Studies, Glasgow Metropolitan College, Inverness College, James Watt College, Jewel and Esk College, John Wheatley College, Kilmarnock College, Langside College, Lews Castle College, Moray College, Motherwell College, Newbattle Abbey College, North Glasgow College, North Highland College, Oatridge College, Orkney College, Perth College, Reid Kerr College, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Shetland College, South Lanarkshire College, Stevenson College, Stow College, West Lothian College, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh Napier University, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow School of Art, Heriot-Watt University, Queen Margaret University, Robert Gordon University, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Scottish Agricultural College, UHI Millennium Institute, University of Aberdeen, University of Abertay Dundee, University of Dundee, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of St Andrews, University of Stirling, University of Strathclyde, University of the West of Scotland.”
http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:119874-2011:TEXT:EN:HTML is the Invitation to Tender for the framework contract and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:263619-2012:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0 the Award of (framework) Contract notice.
The framework contract was awarded by APUC Ltd (Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges) based in Edinburgh, see http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/home.htm. The framework contract ends and will be replaced about the end of 2014, possibly as early as 31-7-14, so this gives a suitable period for campaigning. There is an option to extend for 12 months. The usual condition is that an extension can be refused without reason given, so the campaign should be for no extension and Veolia excluded from the replacement contract.
The campaign could be aimed directly at APUC, but also at the colleges and universities above that can use the contract for their mini-competitions, with the possibility of mobilising staff and students. The colleges etc. could be asked to both exclude Veolia from their mini-competitions and to pressure APUC to exclude Veolia from the replacement framework contract. There would be the possibility of generating widespread publicity about Veolia’s support for Israel’s illegal settlements as an example of corporate complicity in the occupation and Israel’s violation of international law.
A campaign only targeting APUC would be straight forward. Targeting the colleges/universities as well would markedly increase the impact but would require a lot more coordination effort. Hopefully you already have contacts with staff or student organisations in some of the institutions that you could try and mobilise.
(http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/uploads//Docs/MiniCompGuidanceApr2010.pdf gives guidance on the mini-competition process. More information available from the APUC Collaborative Procurement Team tel: 0131 442 8930.)
Another Possibility:
Sterling University Contract Award http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:78985-2009:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0&tabId=1
Invitation to tender http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:276858-2008:TEXT:EN:HTML
Value £450,000 + VAT Completion 31-3-13
A campaign on this would have been better started earlier, but still worth having a go. The contract ends on 31-3-13, but the current contract was only awarded about three weeks before the start date, so the replacement contract is unlikely to have been awarded yet. Like most authorities Sterling requires a declaration that the bidder has not committed grave misconduct, but interestingly another condition of participation is that (6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process. You could point out that if Veolia has bid for the replacement contract, under this clause it ought not to be selected on the grounds that it has presumably falsely declared that it has not committed grave misconduct.
www.dumpveolia.org.uk gives current information on the UK campaign, particularly the “legal arguments” section. I have attached an up-to-date model letter requesting exclusion of Veolia from a contract. It would be great if Scottish PSC felt able to take up either or both of these opportunities.
Kind regards Angus
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Hi all
Please have a look at the email below from Angus Geddes. I haven't looked at the info in detail yet. Your thoughts, feedback on possible SPSC campaign(s)?
Sofiah
Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Angus Geddes" <angus at geddes59.freeserve.co.uk>
> Date: 5 January 2013 18:15:21 GMT-03:00
> To: "Sofiah MacLeod" <sofiahmacleod at yahoo.co.uk>, <chair at scottishpsc.org.uk>
> Cc: <dumpveoliainfogroup at googlegroups.com>
> Subject: Dump Veolia opportunities for Scottish PSC
>
> Hi Sofiah and Mick,
> Some time back Scottish PSC conducted a highly successful campaign to stop Veolia getting the Edinburgh waste contract. Here is another Dump Veolia opportunity that you might like to take up. Veolia currently has contracts for a number of Lots in the APUC (Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges) framework contract for providing waste management services to all the universities and colleges in Scotland. For each Lot a number of companies have the contract. The “contract” puts them on the list of companies that the Colleges etc. can invite to tender to provide waste services in a “mini-competition”, a less onerous process for the colleges than going through a full tender process. The Lots are primarily geographical, though the services to be provided differ a bit between Lots too. The Lots for which Veolia has been awarded a place on the framework contract list of companies that can be invited to take part in mini-competitions are:
> Highlands and Morayshire
> Islands
> Aberdeen and Grampian
> Angus, Dundee and Perth
> Lothian and Borders
> Fife
> Sterlingshire
> Greater Glasgow
> Glasgow City
> West of Scotland
> South of Scotland
> To quote from the TED notice:
> ”The Framework is Open to Scotland's Colleges and Universities Scotland and the following institutions.
> Collaborative arrangements:
> Selected Organisations Aberdeen College, Adam Smith College, Angus College, Anniesland College, Ayr College, Banff and Buchan College, Barony College, Borders College, Cardonald College, Carnegie College, Central College of Commerce, Clydebank College, Coatbridge College, Cumbernauld College, Dumfries and Galloway College, Dundee College, Edinburghs Telford College, Elmwood College, Forth Valley College, Glasgow College of Nautical Studies, Glasgow Metropolitan College, Inverness College, James Watt College, Jewel and Esk College, John Wheatley College, Kilmarnock College, Langside College, Lews Castle College, Moray College, Motherwell College, Newbattle Abbey College, North Glasgow College, North Highland College, Oatridge College, Orkney College, Perth College, Reid Kerr College, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Shetland College, South Lanarkshire College, Stevenson College, Stow College, West Lothian College, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh Napier University, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow School of Art, Heriot-Watt University, Queen Margaret University, Robert Gordon University, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Scottish Agricultural College, UHI Millennium Institute, University of Aberdeen, University of Abertay Dundee, University of Dundee, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of St Andrews, University of Stirling, University of Strathclyde, University of the West of Scotland.”
>
> http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:119874-2011:TEXT:EN:HTML is the Invitation to Tender for the framework contract and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:263619-2012:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0 the Award of (framework) Contract notice.
>
> The framework contract was awarded by APUC Ltd (Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges) based in Edinburgh, see http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/home.htm. The framework contract ends and will be replaced about the end of 2014, possibly as early as 31-7-14, so this gives a suitable period for campaigning. There is an option to extend for 12 months. The usual condition is that an extension can be refused without reason given, so the campaign should be for no extension and Veolia excluded from the replacement contract.
>
> The campaign could be aimed directly at APUC, but also at the colleges and universities above that can use the contract for their mini-competitions, with the possibility of mobilising staff and students. The colleges etc. could be asked to both exclude Veolia from their mini-competitions and to pressure APUC to exclude Veolia from the replacement framework contract. There would be the possibility of generating widespread publicity about Veolia’s support for Israel’s illegal settlements as an example of corporate complicity in the occupation and Israel’s violation of international law.
>
> A campaign only targeting APUC would be straight forward. Targeting the colleges/universities as well would markedly increase the impact but would require a lot more coordination effort. Hopefully you already have contacts with staff or student organisations in some of the institutions that you could try and mobilise.
>
> (http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/uploads//Docs/MiniCompGuidanceApr2010.pdf gives guidance on the mini-competition process. More information available from the APUC Collaborative Procurement Team tel: 0131 442 8930.)
>
> Another Possibility:
>
> Sterling University Contract Award http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:78985-2009:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0&tabId=1
> Invitation to tender http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:276858-2008:TEXT:EN:HTML
>
> Value £450,000 + VAT Completion 31-3-13
>
> A campaign on this would have been better started earlier, but still worth having a go. The contract ends on 31-3-13, but the current contract was only awarded about three weeks before the start date, so the replacement contract is unlikely to have been awarded yet. Like most authorities Sterling requires a declaration that the bidder has not committed grave misconduct, but interestingly another condition of participation is that (6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process. You could point out that if Veolia has bid for the replacement contract, under this clause it ought not to be selected on the grounds that it has presumably falsely declared that it has not committed grave misconduct.
>
> www.dumpveolia.org.uk gives current information on the UK campaign, particularly the “legal arguments” section. I have attached an up-to-date model letter requesting exclusion of Veolia from a contract. It would be great if Scottish PSC felt able to take up either or both of these opportunities.
>
> Kind regards Angus
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