UK-Leeds: television and radio broadcast transmission services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

LEEDS

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:96648-2008

Publication Date:

Apr 12, 2008

Buyer:

THE HIGHWAYS AGENCY

Original Language:

English

Address:

THE HIGHWAYS AGENCY
LEEDS
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.highways.gsi.gov.uk

Notice Type: 2280
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Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 72/2008
, #
96648-2008
Referenced Document Number: 167900-2007
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Contract awards
Type of Bid Required: Not applicable
Awarding Criteria: Lowest price
Successful Bidder: NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Global Traffic Network (UK) Ltd, 179 Great Portland Street,
UK-London W1W 5LS. E-mail: kim.applegarth@globaltrafficnet.com. URL:
www.globaltrafficnetwork.com.

Summary:
CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): The Highways Agency, 4th
floor, Wharfe Wing, Lateral, 8 City Walk, Contact: Corporate Operational
Procurement, Attn: John Barnett, UK-Leeds LS11 9AT. Tel. 011 32 83 65 07.
E-mail: john.barnett2@highways.gsi.gov.uk. Fax 011 32 83 66 25.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.highways.gsi.gov.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
National or federal agency/office.
Other: Transport.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: yes.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
UK-Birmingham: traffic radio services.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category No 27.
Main place of performance: National, but the contract will be managed from
our Birmingham office.
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The Highways
Agency is an executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT) and is
responsible for operating, maintaining and improving the strategic trunk
road network in England on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport.
In 7/2005, the DfT announced new Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets
that focus on improving journey time reliability on the strategic road
network. In 12/2006 the Traffic Radio Business Case received ministerial
approval, an initiative to help road users plan journeys. The Traffic
Radio service will include: (1) provision of an end to end (traffic
announcer to transmitter service) high quality up to date traffic radio
information service operating 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 52 weeks
per year; (2) broadcast content covering the Highways Agency's motorway
and trunk road network and including high level information on critical
events affecting the network; (3) a regionalised service to be made
available to the customer across England on local DAB multiplexes streamed
via the Internet and on temporary low power AM/FM broadcasts at Highways
Agency selected roadworks and major events; (4) a service compiled using
Highways Agency derived traffic information via a central link with the
National Traffic Control Centre as a primary source; (5) a dip-in dip-out
style Traffic Radio service offering information not entertainment so will
not compete with existing radio stations; (6) a Traffic Radio service
providing only strategic information leaving more detailed localised
information to existing radio station traffic bulletins; (7) an expandable
service may be further rolled out on DAB across Transport for London,
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; (8) supplier adherence to all Ofcom
requirements and regulations; (9) supplier provision of a managed service
and as such taking full responsibility for all aspects of delivery,
management and maintenance; (10) provision of monthly reports to the
Highways Agency on service availability, exception reports highlighting
any issues that occurred within the project and undertake quarterly
service reviews; (11) supplier responsibility for validation of data to
ensure the service remains current and correct; (12) supplier
responsibility to adapt the service in line with customer requirements, as
per recommendations from Highways Agency on-going market research.
Television and radio broadcast transmission services. Radio broadcast
transmission services. Radio broadcasting services. Radio broadcasting
services.Television and radio broadcast transmission services.Radio
broadcast transmission services.Radio broadcast transmission
services.Radio broadcasting services.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 64228000, 64228200,
92211000.
II.1.6) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
II.2) TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s): Value: 13 977 547 GBP.
Excluding VAT.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Restricted.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: Lowest price.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction was used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the Contracting Authority: HA
114/2/1103.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Contract
notice
Notice number in OJ: 2007/S 136-167900 of 18.7.2007.
SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT
TITLE: UK-Leeds: traffic radio service.
V.1) DATE OF CONTRACT AWARD: 3.4.2008.
V.2) NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED: 3.
V.3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Global Traffic Network (UK) Ltd, 179 Great Portland Street,
UK-London W1W 5LS. E-mail: kim.applegarth@globaltrafficnet.com. URL:
www.globaltrafficnetwork.com.
V.4) INFORMATION ON VALUE OF CONTRACT Initial estimated total value of
the contract:
Value: 13 977 547,26 GBP.
Excluding VAT.
V.5) THE CONTRACT IS LIKELY TO BE SUB-CONTRACTED: Yes. Value or
proportion of the contract likely to be sub-contracted to third parties:
Not known.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY
COMMUNITY FUNDS: No.
VI.2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: GO reference: GO 08040901.
VI.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 8.4.2008.

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