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UK-Darlington: public road transport services

Request For Proposals

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   DARLINGTON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:153463-2009
Publication Date:   Jun 5, 2009
Deadline:   Jul 27, 2009
Buyer:   DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL
DARLINGTON, Darlington
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.darlington.gov.uk

Goods, Works and Services

 

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Notice Type: 2210 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 106/2009, #153463-2009
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Darlington Borough Council,
Town Hall, Feethams, Contact: Corporate Procurement Unit, Attn: Kevin
Draisey, UK-Darlington DL1 5QT. Tel. +44 1325380651. E-mail:
kevin.draisey@darlington.gov.uk. Fax +44 1325382032.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.darlington.gov.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.mytenders.org/search/
Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0381.
Further information can be obtained at: Darlington Borough Council, The
Beehive, Lingfield Point, McMullen Road, Contact: Transport Policy, Attn:
Simon Houldsworth, UK-Darlington DL1 1RW. Tel. +44 1325388701. E-mail:
simon.houldsworth@darlington.gov.uk. Fax +44 1325388724. URL:
www.darlington.gov.uk.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
Darlington Borough Council, The Beehive, Lingfield Point, Contact:
Transport Policy, Attn: Simon Houldsworth, UK-Darlington DL1 1YN. Tel. +44
1325388701. E-mail: simon.houldsworth@darlington.gov.uk. Fax +44
1325388724. URL: www.darlington.gov.uk.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Darlington Borough
Council, Town Hall, Feethams, Contact: Legal Services, Attn: Borough
Solicitor, UK-Darlington DL1 5QT. Tel. +44 1325380651. Fax +44 1325382032.
URL: www.darlington.gov.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Darlington Supported Bus Services.
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: Darlington, County Durham, UK.
NUTS code: UKC13.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Darlington
Borough Council is looking to contract with one or more providers of
public bus services to deliver Supported Bus Services across the Borough.
The contracts will cover a period of 5 years with options to extend the
contract for up to a maximum of 5 x 12 month periods, and will have an
estimated total value of up to 1 500 000 GBP.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional
information please visit the myTenders Web Site at
http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=61796.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 60112000, 60172000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.1.8) Division into lots: Yes.
Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.
II.1.9) Variants will be accepted: Yes.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Estimated contract value of up to 1 500
000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: Yes.
Description of these options: Option to extend contract for up to a
maximum of 5 x 12 month periods.
Number of possible renewals: Range: between 1 and 5.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 60 (from the award of the contract).
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: DBC0919a-23
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Glebe Road - Town Centre- The Broadway.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 60112000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Monday - Saturday.
LOT NO 2
TITLE: DBC0918a-6a/b
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Town Centre - Harrowgate Hill - Whinfield.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 60112000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Daily evening (PH).
LOT NO 3
TITLE: DBC0904a-4
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Town Centre - Minors Crescent.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 60112000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Monday - Friday early morning.
LOT NO 4
TITLE: DBC0911b-12
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Town Centre - Hurworth - Neasham.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 60112000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Monday - Saturday evening (PH).
LOT NO 5
TITLE: DBC0911d-12
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Town Centre - Durham Tees Valley Airport.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 60112000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Saturday morning.
LOT NO 6
TITLE: DBC0911e-12
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Town Centre - Hurworth - Neasham.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 60112000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Sunday.
LOT NO 7
TITLE: DBC0913a-30/31a
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Town Centre - Skerne Park/Albert Hill and Mowden
Circulars.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 60112000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Monday - Saturday evening (PH).
LOT NO 8
TITLE: DBC0913b-30/31a
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Town Centre - Skerne Park/Albert Hill and Mowden
Circulars.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 60112000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: Sunday.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: Joint and several liability.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
Disability Discrimination Act compliance, all buses used in the delivery
of the services must be low-floor easy access buses.
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: (1) All
candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration
demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an
administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust
deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of
their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed
and are not otherwise apparently insolvent;
(2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors, or any
other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the
candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery, or
money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the
candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to
participate in this procurement process;
(3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal
offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession;
(4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or
declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave
misconduct in the course of their business or profession;
(5) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in
providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not
selected to continue with this procurement process;
(6) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a
member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are
established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the
services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or
who is not a member of the relevant organisation.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (1) All candidates will
be required to provide a reference from their bank;
(2) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant
professional risk indemnity insurance;
(3) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3
previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate
and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type
to the subject matter of this notice;
(4) All candidates will be required to provide statements of accounts or
extracts from those accounts relating to their business.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Minimum Public Indemnity
insurance of 5 000 000 GBP;
Minimum Emplyers Liability insurance of 5 000 000 GBP.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
(1) A statement of the candidate's average annual number of staff and
managerial staff over the previous 3 years;
(2) A statement of the principal goods sold or services provided by the
supplier or the services provider in the past 3 years, detailing the dates
on which the goods were sold or the services provided; the consideration
received; the identity of the person to whom the goods were sold or the
services were provided;
(3) A statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to
the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract.
III.3) CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
Yes.
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.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.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Other
previous publications
Notice number in OJ: 2008/S 199-264421 of 14.10.2008.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
27.7.2009 - 12:00.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Services are broken down into 8 lots,
each lot being 1 specific route. Some routes are being re-tendered
following a previous tender exericse, and some routes are new.
(MT Ref: 61796).
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: Following the evaluation of tenders, Darlington Borough
Council will incorporate a minimum of 10 calendar days standstill period:
this period will commence from the point that the information on the award
of the contract is communicated to all 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 this 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 the person referenced in the above
address (part 1.1) If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not
been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006
No 5) / Utilities Contracts Regulations (SI 2005 No 6) (delete as
appropriate) 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.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 3.6.2009.
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