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Wednesday, 22 June 2016, 11:24

Staffordshire County Council RTPI Tender

Requirement for future provision of RTPI within Staffordshire County Council to introduce a revised system architecture.

United Kingdom-Stafford: Real-time passenger information system

2016/S 118-210846

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Staffordshire County Council
Staffordshire Procurement, 2 Staffordshire Place
For the attention of: Laura Kendall
ST16 2DH Stafford
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1785854656
E-mail: laura.kendall@staffordshire.gov.uk
Fax: +44 1785854660

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.staffordshire.gov.uk/purchasing

Address of the buyer profile: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#

Electronic access to information: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#

Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

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: yes

Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Civic Centre, Glebe Street
ST4 1HH Stoke-on-Trent
United Kingdom

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Essex
SS2 6ER Southend-on-Sea
United Kingdom

Thurrock Council
Civic Offices, New Road
RM17 6SL Grays
United Kingdom

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

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

ST300 Provision of Real Time Passenger Information System.

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

Services
Service category No 7: Computer and related services
NUTS code UKG24,UKG23,UKH31,UKH32

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

The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

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

Requirement for future provision of RTPI within Staffordshire County Council to introduce a revised system architecture. This will utilise upgrades to the partner bus operators Electronic Ticket Machines (ETMs), allowing provision of AVL information from the GPS enabled ETM, via the GPRS communications network. Information will be consolidated within bus operator’s sub systems, before being supplied to Staffordshire County Council for RTPI purposes via SIRI links.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

48813200, 48813000

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

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

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:

Requirement for future provision of RTPI within Staffordshire County Council to introduce a revised system architecture. This will utilise upgrades to the partner bus operators Electronic Ticket Machines (ETMs), allowing provision of AVL information from the GPS enabled ETM, via the GPRS communications network. Information will be consolidated within bus operator’s sub systems, before being supplied to Staffordshire County Council for RTPI purposes via SIRI links.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 2 000 000 and 9 500 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: yes
Description of these options: V. Duration — from 1.8.2017 to 31.7.2020, with an additional option to extend by the following periods. 1.8.2020 to 31.7.2022, 1.8.2022 to 31.7.2024 and 1.8.2024 to 31.7.2025. In the event the Contract is extended the extensions shall be on the same Terms and Conditions of Contract as the original Contract period and will ultimately be at the County Council’s sole discretion.

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Number of possible renewals: 3

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

Duration in months: 96 (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 governing them:

Payments may be made following acceptance by the banking agents of the County Council.

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

No special legal form is required by the grouping of providers. The contract may be awarded to a single applicant or a consortium or individuals of a consortium but in the case of a consortium or individuals of a consortium liability will be joint and several.

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

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: The applicant must meet the minimum set standards of economic and financial standing to service the term and value of the contract.
Financial checks will be undertaken for economic operators using 1 or more of the Councils current financial assessors:

n2check (www.n2check.com),

Dun & Bradstreet (www.dnb.co.uk),

Experian (www.experian.co.uk).

Economic operators will be assessed according to the level of risk stipulated by the financial assessors used.
Note:
1. It is the responsibility of the economic operator to ensure that the appropriate accounts have been filed and that the credit information held is correct.
2.Should economic operators wish other financial information to be taken into account to support the economic and financial check this should be submitted with the response to the PQQ. SCC reserves the right to request further financial information and to take this into account where necessary in addition to the level of risk stipulated by the financial assessors.
3. For sole traders/partnerships where third party financial assessments are not available the assessment will be undertaken using a financial spreadsheet detailing trading account data for the last 3 years.
The organisation should hold valid insurance as required by the contract, or a written statement advising that should they be awarded the contract they will have the required levels of insurance in place for the commencement of the contract.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Financial checks:
Any economic operator being given an Above Average/Higher than Average Risk rating or poorer, by 1 or more of the assessors used, may be rejected.
Insurance Levels:
Public Liability 5 000 000 GBP;
Employers Liability 10 000 000 GBP;
Professional Indemnity 2 000 000 GBP.
Failure to achieve or agree to this may lead to disqualification.

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:

ST300

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

Prior information notice

Notice number in the OJEU: 2016/S 067-117130 of 6.4.2016

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

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 25.7.2016 – 12:00
Payable documents: no

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

25.7.2016 – 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

in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 25.7.2016 – 12:05

Place:

SCC Offices.

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes
Additional information about authorised persons and opening procedure: SCC Officers only.

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

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

Staffordshire County Council
United Kingdom
E-mail: sp@staffordshire.gov.uk

Body responsible for mediation procedures

UK
United Kingdom

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period (or 15 days where non-electronic or fax methods are used) at the point that an award decision notice is communicated to tenderers.
The award decision process will specify the criteria for the award of the contract/framework agreement, the reasons for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages, the name and score of the successful tender; and will specify when the standstill period is expected to end or the date before which the Contracting Authority will not conclude the contract/framework agreement.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract/framework agreement has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of a 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 3 months).
The Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or may order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages.
If an agreement has been entered into the Court may make a declaration of ineffectiveness or may order that the duration of any relevant specific contract be shortened and additionally may award damages.
The time limit for seeking such a declaration is generally 30 days from notification of the award (either by award decision notification or contract award notice depending upon the circumstances) or otherwise 6 months.

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

Staffordshire County Council
United Kingdom
E-mail: sp@staffordshire.gov.uk

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

17.6.2016

 

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