Tender: UK-Dudley: special-purpose road passenger-transport services

UK-Dudley: special-purpose road passenger-transport services

2010/S 171-262221

CONTRACT NOTICE

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

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

  Attn: Tel. E-mail: Fax Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
  Children's Services, Westox House
  Mr. T. Wells
  DY1 1JQDudley, West Midlands
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1384816972
  tony.wells@dudley.gov.uk
  +44 1384812075

  Internet address(es)

  General address of the contracting authority http://www.dudley.gov.uk/education-and-learning/education-grants/childre...

  Further information can be obtained at: Internet: http://www.dudley.gov.uk/education-and-learning/education-grants/childre...

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: Tel. Transport Office
  Kings House, Kings Street
  DY2 8PEDudley, West Midlands
  UNITED KINGDOM
  +44 1384816972

  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

  UK-Dudley, West Midlands: provision of contracted home-to-school and children's social care transport.

• 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 The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands Only.

  NUTS Code Refers to:

  Dudley and Sandwell.

  NUTS code UKG34

• II.1.3)
  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 30

  Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in month(s): 48

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

  estimated cost excluding VAT 12 000 000 GBP

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

  Contractors are required to provide transport and passenger assistants for journeys to school undertaken by children.

  Children are transported in a range of vehicles including saloon cars, taxis, minubuses and coaches.

  These are identified in the specification of the main Tender document.

  CPV Codes Relate to:

  Special-purpose road passenger-transport services.

  Transport services\(excl. Waste transport).

  Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver.

• II.1.6)
  Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  60130000, 60170000, 60000000

• 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

  Excluding VAT 12 000 000 GBP

II.2.2)
Options

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

  Starting 1.8.2011. Completion 31.7.2016

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

  Yes

  Contract staff MUST be registered with Children's Services and have a current Enhanced CRB.

  The contract is subject to termination should Contractors deploy personnel who are not registered with Children's Services and have a current Enhanced CRB.

• III.2)
  CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION

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

• III.2.2)
  Economic and financial capacity

  Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: a) appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance;

  c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.

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

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 in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

• 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

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

  Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents 15.10.2010 - 12:00

  Payable documents No

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

  22.10.2010 - 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

• IV.3.8)
  Conditions for opening tenders

  Date: 25.10.2010 - 10:00

  Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders Yes

  Members and Officers of the Council Only.

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

  The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). For the avoidance of doubt, the contracting authority confirms that no weight will be attached to whether or not an economic operator is an SME in selecting economic operators to participate or in assessing the most economically advantageous tender.

  All Tenders are to be drawn up in English and are subject to English Law.

  All information from the address in I.1.

  The successful Contractor(s) are required to take account of sustainable development e.g. environmental, social and economic impacts of delivery and to actively participate in the protection of the environment.

  Accordingly contract performance and conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.

  The total estimated spend cannot be guaranteed and will depend greatly on the bids received.

  The Council expressly reserves the right.

  i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;

  ii) to make whatever changes it sees fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;

  iii) to award contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the requirement covered by this notice and;

  iv) to award contracts(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the Council be liable for any costs incurred by tenderers

  GO reference: GO 10090104/01.

• VI.4)
  PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
• VI.4.1)
  Body responsible for appeal procedures

  Internet: Dudley MBC
  Council House, Priory Road
  DY1 1HFDudley
  UNITED KINGDOM
  www.dudley.gov.uk

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:

  1.9.2010