Economics Consultancy Services Framework Transport for London

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

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

I.3)Main activity

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

II.1)Description

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

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

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

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

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

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

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

II.1.8)Lots

II.1.9)Information about variants

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

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

1)Short description

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

1)Short description

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

1)Short description

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

1)Short description

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

3)Quantity or scope

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

5)Additional information about lots

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 governing them:

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

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

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 ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

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

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

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

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

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 or descriptive document

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

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

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

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

This is a recurrent procurement: no

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

a) Please note all Economic Operators are required to express their interest by registration on: https://eprocurement.tfl.gov.uk/epps/home.do

Failure to do so may invalidate your application. After registering you should look for the Opportunity “GLA 80405 Economics Research and Evaluation Framework, economic operators interested in being considered for this opportunity must express interest by means of completing the pre- qualification questionnaire detailing their capabilities.
b) Expressions of interest must be received via the portal before the closing date/time as stated in IV.3.4). TfL reserve the right not to consider expressions of interest received after the closing date/time or received by means other than the portal.
c) Transport for London (TfL) is a complex organisation operating both as an executive agency of the Greater London Authority (GLA) under the direction of the Mayor of London and as provider of transport services. The scope of the proposed services may encompass activities within the scope of both Directive SI 2006 5 and Directive SI 2006 6. Services to be provided in relation to activities which are subject to the Directive SI 2006 6(Utilities) will not be subject to a separate notice.
While this framework is procured under the Public Services Contracts Regulations 2006, taking into account Directive 2004/18/EC, there are likely to be requirements that are called-off solely for use by those parts of the TfL Group that are contracting authorities under the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 – where this occurs, the call-off may be awarded in accordance with the requirements of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006″.
Additionally there is a section on TfL reserving the right to disqualify the following:
— TfL reserves the right at any stage to reject or disqualify or revise the pre-qualified status of any Tenderer who:
1. Provides information or confirmations which later prove to be untrue or incorrect; and/or
2. Does not submit a tender in accordance with the requirements of this ITT or as directed by TfL during the procurement process; and/or
3. Fulfils any one or more of the criteria detailed in Regulation 26 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006; and/or
4. Fulfils any one or more of the criteria detailed in Regulation 26 of the Public
Contracts Regulations 2006; and/or
The services may be provided to TfL and/or its subsidiaries and may also encompass London Regional Transport (LRT). TfL and the GLA wish to establish a framework agreement for use by the following UK public sector bodies (and any future successors to these organisations).
A local asset backed vehicle or asset investment vehicle between a body listed and a private sector partner.
A Minister of the Crown.
Acute trust (NHS).
Arms Length management organisations (ALMOs).
Almshouses.
Ambulance trusts.
British broadcasting corporation (BBC).
British rail board (residuary).
British waterways.
Business Innovation and skills.
Care trusts.
Central government departments, their agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
Community health councils.
Community land trusts.
Crossrail Ltd.
Department for communities and local government.
Defence infrastructure organisation.
Department for environment, food and rural affairs.
Department for culture media and sport.
Department for environment, food and rural affairs.
Department for health arms length bodies.
Department for transport.
Department of education.
Department of energy and climate change (including coal authority).
Driver and vehicle licensing agency.
Education establishments.
English heritage.
Environment agency.
Essex wildlife trust.
Extracare providers.
Fire authority.
G15 members.
G320 members.
General practitioners.
Greater London authority.
Greater London authority group.
Highspeed 2.
Highways agency.
Home office.
Judicial system (Ministry of justice).
L9 group of housing associations in London.
Land registry.
Lee valley regional park authority.
Local enterprise partnerships.
Local authorities.
Local development agencies.
Local health boards.
London and continental railways Ltd.
London boroughs (all 33) and City of London.
London fire and emergency planning authority.
London legacy development corporation.
London wildlife trust.
Mayoral development corporation established under the Localism Act 2011.
Mental health trusts.
Metropolitan police authority.
Ministry of defence.
National housing federation.
National trust.
Natural England.
NDA properties Ltd.
Network rail.
NHS foundations trusts.
NHS hospital trusts.
NHS property services Ltd.
Nuclear decommissioning authority.
Oil & pipeline agency.
Olympic park legacy company.
Port of London authority.
Primary care trusts.
Registered providers.
Royal docks management authority.
Royal mail.
Royal parks.
Royal society for the protection of birds.
Special health authorities.
Strategic health authorities.
The crown estate.
Thames chase trust.
Transport for London and its subsidiaries.
Vehicle and operator services agency.
Framework agreement(s) may be awarded to the successful economic operators by any part of TfL and/or any of its subsidiaries. Or any of the organisations listed above.
d) Further information on TfL may be found at www.tfl.gov.uk/procurement

Further information about the GLA may be found at http://www.london.gov.uk/

e) The awarding authority reserves the right to withdraw from the procurement process and/or not to award any contract as a result of the competition called by this notice and the awarding authority shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any Economic Operators in considering and/or responding to the procurement process.
f) All discussions and meetings will be conducted in English.
g) Tenders and supporting documents must be priced in GBP and all payments under the contract will be made in sterling.
h) TfL may interview any or all economic operators who express an interest in tendering for this work.
i) Any framework agreement awarded may be extended for further periods up to a maximum duration of 48 months at the discretion of the awarding authority.
j) It is intended that there will be 38 positions available across all 4 Lots of the framework. It is intended that 2 suitably qualified economic operators will be invited to tender for each place on the Panel. However the Authority reserves the right to change the number invited and the number of places if it chooses to. It is envisaged that some economic operators will be awarded more than one position.
k) The value stated at II.1.3) and II.2.1) is the best estimate of TfL and the GLA based on their combined historical and proposed usage. This could change significantly depending upon budgetary constraints and/or the usage by any other Authority listed above.

Transport for London
42-50 Victoria Street
SW1H 0TL London
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: http://www.tfl.gov.uk

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Transport for London
42-50 Victoria Street
SW1H 0TL London
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: http://www.tfl.gov.uk

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: This authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendarday standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to economicoperators. This period allows unsuccessful economic operators to seek further debriefing from the contractingauthority before any framework agreement is entered into. Economic operators have 2 working days fromnotification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provideda minimum of 3 working days before expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should berequested from the address in Section I.1). If an appeal regarding the award of a framework agreement has notbeen successfully resolved the (for Public Sector) Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) providefor aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in theHigh Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within3 months). Where a framework agreement has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside ofthe award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages.
If the framework agreement has been entered into the court may only award damages.

Transport for London
42-50 Victoria Street
SW1H 0TL London
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: http://www.tfl.gov.uk