Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

• I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

  For the attention of: Kay Appleby
  Oxfordshire County Council
  County Hall, New Road
  Oxford
  OX1 1ND
  UNITED KINGDOM
  Email: kay.appleby@oxfordshire.gov.uk
  Tel: +44 1865323905

  Internet address(es):

  General address of the contracting authority: http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

  Address of the buyer profile: http://www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk

  Further information can be obtained from:

  The above mentioned contact point(s)

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:

  The above mentioned contact point(s)

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to:

  The above mentioned contact point(s)

• I.2) Type of the contracting authority

  Regional or local authority

• I.3) Main activity

  General public services

• I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

  The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

• II.1) Description

  • II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

    Home To School Transport - Mid-Terms CPU676.

  • II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

    Services

    Service category No 2: Land transport services [2], including armoured car services, and courier services, except transport of mail

    NUTS code UKJ14

  • II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

  • II.1.4) Information on framework agreement

    Framework agreement with several operators

    maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 250

    Duration of the framework agreement

    Duration in years: 2

    Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

    Estimated value excluding VAT: 5 000 000 GBP

  • II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    Oxfordshire County Council are seeking service providers to join a framework for mid-term home to school transport requirements across Oxfordshire.

  • II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    60112000, 60171000, 60172000

  • II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

  • II.1.8) Lots

    This contract is divided into lots: no

  • II.1.9) Information about variants

    Variants will be accepted: no

• II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract

  • II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:

    Not provided

  • II.2.2) Information about options

    Options: yes

    Description of these options: Option to extend up to 1 year.

    Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:

    in months: 12 (from the award of the contract)

  • II.2.3) Information about renewals

    This contract is subject to renewal: no

• II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

  Duration in months: 24 (from the award of the contract)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

• III.1) Conditions relating to the contract

  • III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:

    As per the tender documentation.

  • III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

    As per the tender documentation.

  • III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

    Joint and several liability.

  • III.1.4) Other particular conditions

    The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

• III.2) Conditions for participation

  • III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

    Not provided

  • III.2.2) Economic and financial ability

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As per the tender documentation.

    Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As per the tender documentation.

  • III.2.3) Technical capacity

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

    As per the tender documentation.

  • III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts

    Not provided

• III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts

  • III.3.1) Information about a particular profession

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

  • III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service

    Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

• IV.1) Type of procedure

  • IV.1.1) Type of procedure

    Open

  • IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

    Not provided

  • IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

    Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no

• IV.2) Award criteria

  • IV.2.1) Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

  • IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction

    An electronic auction will be used: no

• IV.3) Administrative information

  • IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

    CPU676

  • IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    no

  • IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

    Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 22.8.2012 - 12:00

    Payable documents: no

  • IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    22.8.2012 - 12:00

  • IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

    Not provided

  • IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

    English.

  • IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

    until: 22.11.2012

  • IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders

    Date: 22.8.2012 - 12:00

    Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes

    Additional information about authorised persons and opening procedure: Authorised officers of the County Council.

Section VI: Complementary information

• VI.1) Information about recurrence

  This is a recurrent procurement: no

• VI.2) Information about European Union funds

  The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

• VI.3) Additional information

  Not provided

• VI.4) Procedures for appeal

  • VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures

    Not provided

  • VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals

    Not provided

  • VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

    Not provided

• VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

  6.7.2012