Tender: UK-Glasgow: public road transport services

UK-Glasgow: public road transport services

2010/S 49-072639

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, 12 West George Street, Contact: Robert Marshall, Attn: Irene Cowie, Glasgow G2 1HN, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1413333567 / 1413333264. E-mail: procurement@spt.co.uk. Fax +44 1413333224.

  Internet address(es):

  General address of the contracting authority: www.spt.co.uk.

  Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

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

  Body governed by public law.

  General public services.

  Other: Transport.

  The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes.

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

• II.1)DESCRIPTION
• II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

  UK-Glasgow: land passenger transport - schools.

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

  Services.

  Service category: No 2.

  Main place of performance: South Western Scotland.

  NUTS code: UKM3.

• II.1.3)The notice involves:

  A public contract.

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:

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

  Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), the Regional Transport Partnership for the West of Scotland invites tenders for subsidised local bus services and/or School transport services and/or other contractual transport services.Public transport services. Public transport services by bus. Public transport services by coach. Taxi services. School bus services. Road transport services. Public road transport services.

• II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

  60112000.

• II.1.7)Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):

  No.

• II.1.8)Division into lots:

  Yes.

  Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.

• II.1.9)Variants will be accepted:

  Yes.

• II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
• II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

  Various Contracts for the provision of subsidised local bus services and/or school transport services and/or other contractual transport services.

II.2.2)Options:

• II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:

  Duration in months: 60 (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:

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

  In accordance with the conditions of contract applicable, the price of the contract will be paid in monthly instalments over the duration of the contract. Penalties for poor performance will be invoked as appropriate.

• 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.

  Contractors will require to be jointly and severally liable.

• III.1.4)Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:

  Yes.

  In accordance with the conditions of contract or additional constraints applicable.

• III.2)CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
• III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;

  (b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;

  (c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;

  (d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;

  (e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;

  (h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;

  (i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;

  (j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;

  (k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.

• III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Evidence of holding the current appropriate, PSV Operators Licence, Taxi Licence or Public Hire licence or driving licence (or equivalents) as required together with appropriate insurance, a satisfactory engineering inspection and adequate resources in terms of premises, vehicles and personnel.

III.2.3)Technical capacity:

• III.2.4)Reserved contracts:

  No.

• III.3)CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
• III.3.1)Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:

  No.

• III.3.2)Legal entities 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:

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

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

  Lowest price.

• IV.2.2)An electronic auction will be used:

  No.

• IV.3)ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

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

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

  Prior information notice

  Notice number in OJ: 163096-2009-EN of 12.6.2009.

• 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: 9.4.2010 - 10:00.

  Payable documents: no.

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

  13.4.2010 - 10:00.

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

• 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:

  Duration in days: 120 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).

• IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders:

  Date: 13.4.2010 - 10:01.

  Place: As I.1.

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

  As per SPT Standing Orders relating to Contracts.

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

• VI.1)THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:

  Yes.

  Estimated timing for further notices to be published: As required and at approximately 2 monthly intervals.

• VI.2)CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:

  No.

• VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

  Please note that if the contract is for school contract services, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport(SPT)will not be a principal to the contract. The contracting party will be the relevant Council on behalf of which SPT acts as an agent. Please note that SPT reserves the right, in appropriate circumstances, to conduct post-tender negotiations with the leading tenderer(s). Please also note that SPT and/or the relevant Councils reserve the right not to award any of the contracts covered by this notice. Similarly, the right is also reserved to re-advertise any of the contracts. The duration of the contracts is for a maximum of 60 months.

  GO reference: GO 10030816/01.

VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals:

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

• VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

  8.3.2010.