Tender for the provision of a car club scheme within Salford

Salford City Council is looking for a suitably qualified operator to provide a car club provision within Salford for Salford City Council staff and elected members. The operator will also provide a scheme based upon a pay as you go membership Car Club that is available to residents and businesses.

United Kingdom-Salford: Road transport services

2014/S 202-357573

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

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

Salford City Council
Unity House, Chorley Road
For the attention of: Chrisitne Flisk
M27 5AW Salford
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1616866245
E-mail: procurement@salford.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.salford.gov.uk

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

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

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: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

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

Tender for the provision of a car club scheme with Salford.

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 UKD3

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)

Road transport services. Transport services (excl. Waste transport). Salford City Council is looking for a suitably qualified operator to provide a car club provision within Salford for Salford City Council staff and elected members. The operator will also provide a scheme based upon a pay as you go membership Car Club that is available to residents and businesses.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

60100000, 60000000

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

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

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:

Salford City Council is looking for a suitably qualified operator to provide a car club provision within Salford for Salford City Council staff and elected members. The Car club operator will provide corporate membership initially to approximately 1 200 members of staff and have the option to promote personal membership. The council has 4 500 members of staff as well as elected members. The operator will also provide a scheme based upon a pay as you go membership Car Club that is available to residents and businesses.

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

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:

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

As stated in the tender documents.

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: yes
Description of particular conditions: Salford City Council terms and conditions of contract for services.

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: The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.

A full list of the Regulation 23(1) and 23(2) criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr

Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists.
Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so.
Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.

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

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)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:

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

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: 24.11.2014 – 14:00
Payable documents: no

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

25.11.2014 – 14:00

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

Date: 25.11.2014 – 14:00
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: 2 year.

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

VI.3)Additional information

The contract is for 2 years with the option to extend for up to an additional 2 years. It is intended that the contract will commence on 1.4.2014. Any extensions will be subject to satisfactory performance, continued value for money, local authority requirements and polices, market forces and/or changes in legislation. The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest (www.the-chest.nwce.gov.uk) to conduct the procurement exercise. To gain access to the tender documents, applicants will need to register their details at the following link https://www.the-chest.org.uk . Once registered, applicants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the tender documents. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tenders and accompanying documentation via the Chest on-line portal by 14:00 hours on 25.11.2014. As referred to in IV.3.4. Any clarification/ queries will also need to be submitted via the Chest web site.

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GO Reference: GO-20141016-PRO-6094120

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

High Court
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: procurement@salford.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 1616866245

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:

16.10.2014