Contract award: UK-Nottingham: research services

UK-Nottingham: research services

2010/S 38-055085

CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

• I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):

  The Secretary of State for Transport, Driving Standards Agency, The Axis Building, 112 Upper Parliament Street, Attn: Mrs Suki Sohal, Nottingham NG1 6LP, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1159366844. E-mail: procurement.branch@dsa.gsi.gov.uk. Fax +44 1159366588.

  Internet address(es):

  General address of the contracting authority: www.dsa.gov.uk.

• I.2)TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:

  Other: Central Level.

  Other: Transport.

  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:

  UK-Nottingham: evaluation of the new learning to drive syllabus and process.

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

  Services.

  Service category No 11.

  Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Driving Standards Agency, Great Britain.

II.1.3)The notice involves:

• II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s):

  The Driving Standards Agency (DSA), an executive agency of the Department for Transport, has appointed a contractor to design and undertake a trial of a new learning to drive syllabus and process. The contractor will evaluate and provide evidence on whether the syllabus and process can deliver road safety benefits.

• II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

  73110000.

• II.1.6)Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):

  Yes.

• II.2)TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)
• II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s):

  Value: 748 000 GBP.

  Excluding VAT.

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

• IV.1)TYPE OF PROCEDURE
• IV.1.1)Type of procedure:

  Accelerated restricted.

• IV.2)AWARD CRITERIA
• IV.2.1)Award criteria:

  The most economically advantageous tender in terms of

  1. Technical Evaluation. Weighting: 70 %.

  2. Financial Evaluation. Weighting: 30 %.

• IV.2.2)An electronic auction has been used:

  No.

• IV.3)ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
• IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

  DSA04509 - Quote in all communications.

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

SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT

CONTRACT NO: 1

• V.1)Date of contract award decision:

  22.2.2010.

• V.2)NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED:

  7.

• V.3)NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR IN FAVOUR OF WHOM A CONTRACT AWARD DECISION HAS BEEN TAKEN:

  TRL Limited, Crowthorne House, Nine Mile Ride, Berkshire, Wokingham RG40 3GA, UNITED KINGDOM. E-mail: lpearce@trl.co.uk. Tel. +44 1344770445. URL: www.trl.co.uk. Fax +44 1344770356.

• V.4)INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT

  Initial estimated total value of the contract:

  Value: 748 000 GBP.

  Excluding VAT.

• V.5)THE CONTRACT IS LIKELY TO BE SUB-CONTRACTED:

  Yes. Value or proportion of the contract likely to be sub-contracted to third parties:

  Not known.

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS:

  No.

• VI.2)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

  Contract price is for Stage 1 (295 000 GBP) and Stage 2, if approved, (453 000 GBP).

  GO reference: GO 10022207.

VI.3)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL:

VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:

VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals:

VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:

• VI.4)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  22.2.2010.