Herefordshire Council Passenger Transport Framework 3

Herefordshire Council are inviting Providers of bus, coach, taxi and community transport to apply to join the third framework of operators.

United Kingdom-Hereford: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

2015/S 161-295057

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Herefordshire Council
Council Offices, Plough Lane
For the attention of: Mr Mark Cage
HR4 0LE Hereford
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1432383605
E-mail: mark.cage@herefordshire.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: www.herefordshire.gov.uk

Electronic access to information: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

Further information can be obtained from: Herefordshire Council
Council Offices, Plough Lane
For the attention of: Mr Mark Cage
HR4 0LE Hereford
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1432383605
E-mail: mark.cage@herefordshire.gov.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Herefordshire Council
Council Offices, Plough Lane
For the attention of: Mr Mark Cage
HR4 0LE Hereford
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1432383605
E-mail: mark.cage@herefordshire.gov.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Herefordshire Council
Council Offices, Plough Lane
For the attention of: Mr Mark Cage
HR4 0LE Hereford
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1432383605
E-mail: mark.cage@herefordshire.gov.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.3)Main activity

General public services

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

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:

Passenger Transport Framework 3.

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

Services
Service category No 2: Land transport services [2], including armoured car services, and courier services, except transport of mail

NUTS code UKG

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

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: 0

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 3

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

Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 000 000 GBP

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

CONTRACT-9ZGD-T3U6A0- Herefordshire Council are inviting Providers of bus, coach, taxi and community transport to apply to join the third framework of operators, who will then be invited to tender for various mini-competitions (which may or may not include e-auctions) over approx. 3 year period. The initial framework was awarded in July 2014. The Framework will be for the provision of all types of passenger transport, including local bus services, education transport and social care transport. It is the council’s intention to establish a portfolio of framework agreements, each lasting until July 2018. The council will periodically establish additional frameworks or Dynamic Purchasing Arrangements which will sit alongside, run in tandem with and concurrently with the initial framework and would capture any additional providers that may have missed the first or second tender exercises and any new providers to the market. If your organisation was successful in accessing either framework 1 or 2 previously (2014 or 2015) then you do not need to apply for this third framework. If your organisation was unsuccessful in accessing the previous 2 frameworks you may re apply for this one.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

60000000, 60120000, 60100000, 60112000, 60130000, 60140000, 60170000

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

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)Lots

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

CONTRACT-9ZGD-T3U6A0.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 000 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

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

Starting 11.11.2015. Completion 10.7.2015

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 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

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

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

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

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

Legal persons 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

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no

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)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

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

0023

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

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

Payable documents: no

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

23.9.2015 – 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 of tenders

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

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

VI.3)Additional information

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:

17.8.2015