UK-Northampton: land transport services and transport via pipeline services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

NORTHAMPTON

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:101434-2008

Publication Date:

Apr 17, 2008

Deadline:

Jun 6, 2008

Buyer:

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT

Original Language:

English

Address:

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT
NORTHAMPTON , Northamptonshire
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.northamptonshire.gov.uk

Notice Type: 2210
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 75/2008
, #
101434-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Northamptonshire County
Council, Sustainable Transport, Riverside House, Riverside Way, Attn:
Janet Wincott, UK-Northampton NN1 5NX. Tel. 016 04 65 44 91. E-mail:
jwincott@northamptonshire.gov.uk. Fax 016 04 65 44 55.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.northamptonshire.gov.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Northamptonshire
County Council for return of tenders. Request for tenders should be made
to Janet Wincott as in 1.1. above, PO Box 290, County Hall, Attn: The Head
of Legal Services, UK-Northampton NN1 1AN.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
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:
UK-Northampton: special needs transport for children and vulnerable
adults.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 2.
Main place of performance: Northamptonshire - Corby, Kettering,
Northampton and Wellingborough Northamptonshire.
NUTS code: UKF23.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): The contract is
for the provision of transportation of children with special needs and
vulnerable adults using county council services, from their homes to their
schools and services in various locations across the CountyLand transport
services and transport via pipeline services.Taxi services.Hire of buses
and coaches with driver. Transport of handicapped persons. Transport of
the elderly.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 60000000, 60113400,
60113500, 60117200, 60115100.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: No.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: The contract periods vary from 2 years
to 4 years. The contract for the Corby and Kettering locations are for 4
years; the contract for Northampton is for 2 years and the contract for
the Wellingborough is for 3 years.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 500 000 GBP.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 24 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
Bidders are required to be holders of a P.S.V. Operators Contractor's
Hackney Carriage or Private Hire Contractor's Licencesby the starting date
of the relevant contract.
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 requirements are met: As set out
in the tender documentation.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: As set out in the tender
documentation.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: As set out in the tender
documentation.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1) Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
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) An electronic auction will be used: No.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
ITTSEN082.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
or descriptive documentPayable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
6.6.2008 - 12:00.
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: Duration in days: 90 (from the date stated for receipt of tender).
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2010 - 2012.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: GO reference: GO 08041425/01.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: NCC will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill
period at the point information on the award of the contract is
communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to
seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract
is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of
the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information
has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the
standstill period. Such additional information should be required from
Janet Wincott contact details as in 1.1. above.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully
resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for
aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by 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). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order
the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend
any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into
the Court may only award damages.
The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties
to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract
is entered into.
VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may
be obtained: Paul White, NCC PO BOX 93, County Hall, UK-Northampton NN1
1AN. E-mail: pwhite@northamptonshire.gov.uk. Tel. 016 04 23 64 65. Fax 016
04 23 71 58.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 14.4.2008.

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