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Contract Award

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   DARLINGTON
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:264937-2009
Publication Date:   Sep 24, 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: 2280 - Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 184/2009, #264937-2009
Referenced Document Number: 264421-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Contract awards
Type of Bid Required: Not applicable
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender
Successful Bidder: NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Arriva North East, Admiral Way, Doxford International Business
Park, UK-Sunderland SR3 3XP.
Scarlet Band, Station Road, West Cornforth, UK-Ferryhill DL17 9LA.

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CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Darlington Borough Council,
Town Hall, Feethams, Contact: Transport Policy, Chief Exec.
(Regeneration), Attn: Simon Houldsworth, UK-Darlington DL1 5QT. Tel. +44
1325388701. E-mail: simon.houldsworth@darlington.gov.uk. Fax +44
1325388724.
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.
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 2009-2014.
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.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Darlington is
looking to contract with one or more providers of public bus services to
deliver Supported Bus Services across the borough. The services are broken
into 5 lots, 4 covering specific services and 1 covering a number of
smaller service variations/extensions. It is expected that the vehicles
used in delivery of the services will have seating for at least 23 people.
The contracts will cover a period of 5 years and have a total contract
value of up to 3 000 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 60112000, 60172000.
II.1.6) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.2) TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s): 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: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of
1. Price. Weighting: 80 %.
2. Quality (References). Weighting: 20 %.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Contract
notice
Notice number in OJ: 2008/S 199-264421 of 14.10.2008.
SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT
TITLE: Darlington Supported Bus Services 2009-2014.
V.1) DATE OF CONTRACT AWARD: 3.3.2009.
V.2) NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED: 4.
V.3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Arriva North East, Admiral Way, Doxford International Business
Park, UK-Sunderland SR3 3XP.
TITLE: Darlington Supported Bus Services 2009-2014.
V.1) DATE OF CONTRACT AWARD: 3.3.2009.
V.2) NUMBER OF OFFERS RECEIVED: 4.
V.3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: Scarlet Band, Station Road, West Cornforth, UK-Ferryhill DL17
9LA.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (MT Ref:62807).
VI.3) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL:
VI.3.2) 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.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 23.9.2009.
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