Real Time Information Framework Contract

The Real Time Information Group Digital Framework Contract.

United Kingdom-Liverpool: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

2015/S 159-292509

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Merseytravel
1 Mann Island
Contact point(s): Support
L3 1BP Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 0000000000
E-mail: tender@merseytravel.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.ritg.org.uk

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

Electronic access to information: https://www.the-chest.org.uk

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://www.the-chest.org.uk

Further information can be obtained from: Merseytravel
1 Mann Island
Contact point(s): Support
L3 1BP Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: tender@merseytravel.gov.uk

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Merseytravel
1 Mann Island
Contact point(s): Support
L3 1BP Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: tender@merseytravel.gov.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Merseytravel
1 Mann Island
Contact point(s): Support
L3 1BP Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: tender@merseytravel.gov.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

Other: Transport

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

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

Real Time Information Group (Members) as Detailed in Section II 1.5)
No 1 Mann Island
L3 1BP Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

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

The Real Time Information Group Digital Framework Contract.

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

Services
Service category No 5: Telecommunications services

NUTS code UK

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
Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 1

Duration of the framework agreement

Duration in years: 4
Justification for a framework agreement, the duration of which exceeds four years: N/A.

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

Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 500 000 and 2 500 000 GBP
Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded: Not known; will only be used as and when required.

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

Scope of the services:
The essential requirement is that Members or their Agents should be able to contract for services in a way that enables them to implement fully-featured information and communication systems in support of public transport operations. The Services cover, generically wireless communications network services suitable for carrying Internet Protocol (IP) data traffic. This includes both long range (eg. GPRS, 3G, LTE) and medium range (eg. Wi-Fi), but not short range (eg. NFC) technologies. RTIG recognises and accepts that the network boundary (i.e. the point at which the Services begin) may vary depending on the Contractor’s architecture and business model — for instance, it could be the air interface, a contractor provided SIM, an internet port, a switch port, etc. Suppliers are expected to be able to deliver to the majority of RTIG members, which in practice means substantial coverage of the UK.
RTIG was established in 2000 to provide a focus for all those involved in UK bus RTI. We now have a comprehensive remit to cover the effective and efficient use of technology in the interests of passenger transport users, operators and sponsors.
RTIG has a wide membership drawn from UK local authorities, bus and rail operators and system suppliers.
The current list of members is not an exhaustive list and subject to change. An updated list of members can be provided upon request at any point throughout the term of the framework.
Below is current list of members that are to be included in this framework, all listed members of the RTIG will be able to call off from this framework.
1. Aberdeenshire Council,
2. Actia (UK) Ltd,
3. AECOM Ltd,
4. Almex,
5. Arriva Passenger Services,
6. Atkins Transport Systems,
7. Brighton and Hove City Council,
8. Bristol City Council,
9. Cardiff County Council,
10. Centaur Consulting Ltd,
11. Centro,
12. CH2M Hill,
13. City of Edinburgh Council,
14. ConsaT Telematics AB,
15. Dorset County Council,
16. Essex County Council,
17. Ferrograph,
18. First Group,
19. Glasgow City Council,
20. GMV Sistemas SAU,
21. GreenRoad Technologies Ltd,
22. Hampshire County Council,
23. Hanover Displays,
24. Hogia Public Transport Systems AB,
25. IBI Group,
26. Icomera UK Ltd,
27. Idox Software Ltd,
28. Imtech,
29. INEO Systrans,
30. Infotec Ltd,
31. INIT GmbH,
32. ITO World,
33. IVU Traffic Technologies UK Ltd,
34. J Murdoch Wight Ltd,
35. Kent County Council,
36. Lincolnshire County Council,
37. Lothian Buses PLC,
38. MDV,
39. Merseytravel,
40. Metro (West Yorkshire PTE),
41. Mobihub Ltd,
42. Mobius Networks Ltd,
43. National Transport Authority, Ireland,
44. Nexus,
45. Nexus Alpha Ltd,
46. Nimbus Journey Information,
47. North-East Lincolnshire Council,
48. Nottingham City Council,
49. Nottinghamshire County Council,
50. Omnibus Solutions Ltd,
51. Oxfordshire County Council,
52. Parkeon,
53. Reading Borough Council,
54. Region Services Ltd,
55. Sestran,
56. SilverRail JP UK Ltd,
57. South Yorkshire PTE,
58. Southampton City Council,
59. Staffordshire County Council,
60. Stagecoach Group PLC,
61. Suffolk County Council,
62. TfL — London Buses,
63. Thetis S.P.A,
64. Ticketer,
65. Transport for Greater Manchester,
66. Transport Research Centre,
67. Trapeze ITS (UK) Ltd,
68. Traveline,
69. VIX Technology Ltd,
70. West Berkshire Council,
71. White Young Green,
72. Wokingham District Council,
73. Worldline IT Services UK Ltd.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

72000000, 32000000

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:

Scope of the services:
The essential requirement is that Members or their Agents should be able to contract for services in a way that enables them to implement fully-featured information and communication systems in support of public transport operations. The services cover generically wireless communications network services suitable for carrying Internet Protocol (IP) data traffic. This includes both long range (eg. GPRS, 3G, LTE) and medium range (eg. Wi-Fi), but not short range (eg. NFC) technologies. RTIG recognises and accepts that the network boundary (i.e. the point at which the services begin) may vary depending on the Contractor’s architecture and business model — for instance, it could be the air interface, a contractor provided SIM, an internet port, a switch port, etc. Suppliers are expected to be able to deliver to the majority of RTIG members, which in practice means substantial coverage of the UK.
RTIG was established in 2000 to provide a focus for all those involved in UK bus RTI. We now have a comprehensive remit to cover the effective and efficient use of technology in the interests of passenger transport users, operators and sponsors.
RTIG has a wide membership drawn from UK local authorities, bus and rail operators and system suppliers.
The current list of members is not an exhaustive list and subject to change. An updated list of members can be provided upon request at any point throughout the term of the framework.
Below is current list of members who will be able to call off from this framework:
1. Aberdeenshire Council,
2. Actia (UK) Ltd,
3. AECOM Ltd,
4. Almex,
5. Arriva Passenger Services,
6. Atkins Transport Systems,
7. Brighton and Hove City Council,
8. Bristol City Council,
9. Cardiff County Council,
10. Centaur Consulting Ltd,
11. Centro,
12. CH2M Hill,
13. City of Edinburgh Council,
14. ConsaT Telematics AB,
15. Dorset County Council,
16. Essex County Council,
17. Ferrograph,
18. First Group,
19. Glasgow City Council,
20. GMV Sistemas SAU,
21. Green Road Technologies Ltd,
22. Hampshire County Council,
23. Hanover Displays,
24. Hogia Public Transport Systems AB,
25. IBI Group,
26. Icomera UK Ltd,
27. Idox Software Ltd,
28. Imtech,
29. INEO Systrans,
30. Infotec Ltd,
31. INIT GmbH,
32. ITO World,
33. IVU Traffic Technologies UK Ltd,
34. J Murdoch Wight Ltd,
35. Kent County Council,
36. Lincolnshire County Council,
37. Lothian Buses PLC,
38. MDV,
39. Merseytravel,
40. Metro (West Yorkshire PTE),
41. Mobihub Ltd,
42. Mobius Networks Ltd,
43. National Transport Authority, Ireland,
44. Nexus,
45. Nexus Alpha Ltd,
46. Nimbus Journey Information,
47. North- East Lincolnshire Council,
48. Nottingham City Council,
49. Nottinghamshire County Council.
50. Omnibus Solutions Ltd,
51. Oxfordshire County Council,
52. Parkeon,
53. Reading Borough Council,
54. Region Services Ltd,
55. Sestran
56. Silver Rail JP UK Ltd,
57. South Yorkshire PTE,
58. Southampton City Council,
59. Staffordshire County Council,
60. Stagecoach Group PLC,
61. Suffolk County Council,
62. TfL — London Buses,
63. Thetis S.P.A,
64. Ticketer,
65. Transport for Greater Manchester,
66. Transport Research Centre,
67. Trapeze ITS (UK) Ltd,
68. Traveline.
69. VIX Technology Ltd,
70. West Berkshire Council,
71. White Young Green,
72. Wokingham District Council,
73. Worldline IT Services UK Ltd.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 500 000 and 2 500 000 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

Duration in months: 48 (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:

Please refer to the procurement documents which are available at www.the-chest.org.uk

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

Please refer to the Procurement documents which are available at www.the-chest.org.uk

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

In case of a group of bidders, Merseytravel may require the group of economic operators to assume a specific legal form if deemed by Merseytravel as being necessary for the satisfactory performance of the contract.

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

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please refer to the procurement documents which are available atwww.the-chest.org.uk

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please refer to the procurement documents which are available atwww.the-chest.org.uk

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please refer to the procurement documents which are available at www.the-chest.org.uk

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

Please refer to the procurement documents which are available at www.the-chest.org.uk

Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:

Please refer to the procurement documents which are available at www.the-chest.org.uk

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

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: N/A.

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:

9Z3G-P3NLBA

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

21.9.2015 – 16:00

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

in days: 120 (from the date stated for receipt of 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: yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 6 months before the end of contract.

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

RTIG was established in 2000 to provide a focus for all those involved in UK bus RTI. We now have a comprehensive remit to cover the effective and efficient use of technology in the interests of passenger transport users, operators and sponsors. RTIG has a wide membership drawn from UK local authorities, bus and rail operators and system suppliers. The current list of members is not an exhaustive list and subject to change. An updated list of members can be provided upon request at any point throughout the term of the framework. Below is current list of members who will be able to call off from this framework.
1. Aberdeenshire Council
2. Actia (UK) Ltd,
3. AECOM Ltd,
4. Almex
5. Arriva Passenger Services,
6. Atkins Transport Systems,
7. Brighton and Hove City Council,
8. Bristol City Council,
9. Cardiff County Council,
10. Centaur Consulting Ltd,
11. Centro
12. CH2M Hill,
13. City of Edinburgh Council,
14. ConsaT Telematics AB,
15. Dorset County Council,
16. Essex County Council,
17. Ferrograph First Group,
18. Glasgow City Council,
19. GMV Sistemas SAU,
20. Green Road Technologies Ltd,
21. Hampshire County Council,
22. Hanover Displays,
23. Hogia Public Transport Systems,
24. ABIBI Group,
25. Icomera UK Ltd,
26. Idox Software Ltd,
27. Imtech,
28. INEO Systrans,
29. Infotec Ltd,
30. INIT GmbH,
31. ITO World
32. IVU Traffic Technologies UK Ltd,
33. J Murdoch Wight Ltd,
34. Kent County Council,
35. Lincolnshire County Council,
36. Lothian Buses PLC,
37. MDV Mersey Travel,
38. Metro (West Yorkshire PTE),
39. Mobihub Ltd,
40. Mobius Networks Ltd,
41. National Transport Authority, Ireland,
42. Nexus,
43. Nexus Alpha Ltd,
44. Nimbus Journey Information,
45. North-East Lincolnshire Council,
46. Nottingham City Council,
47. Nottinghamshire County Council,
48. Omnibus Solutions Ltd,
49. Oxfordshire County Council,
50. Parkeon,
51. Reading Borough Council,
52. Region Services Ltd,
53. Sestran Silver Rail JP UK Ltd,
54. South Yorkshire PTE,
55. Southampton City Council,
56. Staffordshire County Council,
57. Stagecoach Group PLC,
58. Suffolk County Council,
59. TfL-London BusesThetis S.P.A,
60. Ticketer Transport for Greater Manchester,
61. Transport Research Centre,
62. Trapeze ITS (UK) Ltd,
63. Traveline VIX Technology Ltd,
64. West Berkshire Council,
65. White Young Green,
66. Wokingham District Council,
67. Worldline IT Services UK Ltd.

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:

14.8.2015