Tender: UK-Pentre: hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

UK-Pentre: hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

2010/S 49-072722

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC Procurement Unit, Municipal Buildings, Llewellyn Street, Contact: http://appswales.alito.co.uk, Attn: Lynette Lewis, Pentre CF41 7BT, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1443432070. E-mail: purchasing@rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk. Fax +44 1443431303.

  Internet address(es):

  General address of the contracting authority: http://appswales.alito.co.uk.

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

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) 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:

  Regional or local authority.

  General public services.

  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:

  Provision of passenger transport services.

• 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: Rhondda Cynon Taf.

  NUTS code: UKL15.

• 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):

  Provision of a passenger transport service under Section 89 (7) of the Transport Act 1985 and Section 152 (2) of the Transport Act 2000. The Council shall also, in the exercise and performance of its functions in relation to agreements providing for service subsidies, as laid down by Section 92 (1) of the Transport Act 1985 and Section 152 (4) of the Transport Act 2000, have regard to the interests of the public and of persons providing public passenger transport services in its area.

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

  60170000.

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

  Yes.

• 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:

• II.2.2)Options:

  No.

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

  Duration in months: 20 (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:

• 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 to which the performance of the contract is subject:

• 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, whose affairs are being administered by the courts, who has entered into an arrangement with creditors or who 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 courts or for an arrangement with creditors or is the subject of any other similar proceeding under national laws or regulations;

  (c) has been convicted of an offence concerning his professional conduct by a judgement which has the force of res judicata;

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

  (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 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 those of the country of the contracting authority;

  (g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under the provisions of the Directive on the criteria for qualitative selection;

• III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) bank statement and/or evidence of professional risk indemnity insurance;

  (b) balance sheets or extracts of balance sheets;

  (c) statement of turnover for a maximum of the last 3 years.

• III.2.3)Technical capacity:

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:

  See tender documents.

III.2.4)Reserved contracts:

• 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:

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:

  The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated below:

  1. commercial/price. Weighting: 60.

  2. technical/quality. Weighting: 40.

• 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:

  R018/09.

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

  No.

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

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

  19.4.2010 - 12:00.

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 month(s): 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).

• IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders:

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

  Two authorised officers of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1)THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:

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

• VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

  Tenders will be evaluated on a 60 % commercial/price and 40 % technical/quality basis. A decision will be made on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender based on price, compliance with the specification, quality, method of operation and ability to take up the Contract on the due date.

  Under Section 89 (7) of the Transport Act 1985 and Section 152 (2) of the Transport Act 2000, the Council in issuing an invitation to tender shall, in determining whether to accept a tender submitted in response to the invitation or which (if any) of several such tenders to accept, have regard in particular to a combination of economy, efficiency and effectiveness. The Council shall also, in the exercise and performance of its functions in relation to agreements providing for service subsidies, as laid down by Section 92 (1) of the Transport Act 1985 and Section 152 (4) of the Transport Act 2000, have regard to the interests of the public and of persons providing public passenger transport services in its area.

  Mindful of these duties, the Council, when evaluating the bids that have been submitted for the Contract(s) covered by this tendering exercise, will therefore make an assessment of the passenger and network benefits that accrue from each possible combination of bids. Such an assessment will take into account, for example, the offer of through journey opportunities, the provision of through ticketing arrangements, inter-available ticketing and/or area ticketing schemes, the compatibility with existing local bus services and other such network impacts in the area(s) served by the contract(s). In so doing, the Council reserves the right to set aside any Tenders or not to make an award.

  It is possible that the Council will not award certain Contracts if the value of the lowest acceptable tender is considered to be unaffordable or excessive in relation to the social need satisfied by the journeys involved.

  Buy4Wales reference number: 20626.

• VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:

• VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals:

  Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to receive further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by the Authority as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the Applicant was unsuccessful. Should additional information be required it should be requested of the addressee in section I.1. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No. 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within three months). If a declaration of ineffectiveness is sought, any such action must be brought within 30 days where the Authority has communicated the award of the contract and a summary of reasons to tenderers, or otherwise within 6 months. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the Authority to pay a fine, and/or order that the duration of the contract be shortened. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.

  I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s): Email: purchasing@rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk (Documents not available from this e mail. This is to offer Alito registration support only).

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

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

  9.3.2010.