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UK-Stafford: special-purpose road passenger-transport services 2010/S 3-002997

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General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   STAFFORD
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:2997-2010
Publication Date:   Jan 6, 2010
Deadline:   Feb 19, 2010
Buyer:   STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
STAFFORD, Staffordshire CC
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.staffordshire.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: 3/2010, #2997-2010
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Open procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global tender
Awarding Criteria: Lowest price

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Staffordshire County Council,
Development Services Directorate, Riverway, Attn: Adrian Hunt, Stafford
ST16 3TJ, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1785276731. E-mail:
adrian.hunt@staffordshire.gov.uk. Fax +44 1785276788.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.staffordshire.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: As in above-mentioned
contact point(s).
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:
Local bus service - Penkridge/Cannock/Lichfield area and home to school
transport services - Cannock/Stone area and special education needs
transport - Cannock/Burton/Lichfield/South Staffordshire area.
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: Staffordshire.
NUTS code: UKG24.
II.1.3) The notice involves: A public contract.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): General
transport services Mid/Southern Staffordshire - T771.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 60130000, 60112000.
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: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: Provision of transport services in the
Mid/Southern Staffordshire area.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 520 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Duration in
months: 36 (from the award of the contract).
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Payments may be made
following acceptance by the banking agents of the County.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: No special legal form is required by
the grouping of suppliers but each supplier will be required to become
jointly or severally responsible for the contract before acceptance.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: No.
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: The
requirements for minimum economic, financial and technical capacity will
be included in the tender documents.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: See III.2.1.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: See III.2.1.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
See III.2.1.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
See III.2.1.
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.
III.3.2) Legal entities should indicate the names and professional
qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
IV.1.3) Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or
dialogue: Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of
solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: Lowest price.
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:
T771.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No.
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: 18.2.2010 - 17:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
19.2.2010 - 13:00.
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 month(s): 03 (from the date stated for receipt of
tender).
IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders: Date: 19.2.2010 - 13:00.
Place: Development Services Directorate, Riverway, Stafford, ST16 3TJ,
UNITED KINGDOM.
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Three years.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The successful tenderer will be required to
have an operational base within 20 miles of the Staffordshire border by
the commencement of the contract.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals: The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10
calendar day standstill period (or 15 days where non-electronic or fax
methods are used) at the point that an award decision notice is
communicated to tenderers. The award decision notice will specify the
criteria for the award of the contract/framework agreement, the reasons
for the decision, including the characteristics and relative advantages,
the name and score of the successful tender; and will specify when the
standstill period is expected to end or the date before which the
contracting authority will not conclude the contract/framework agreement.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract/framework agreement has not
been successfully resolved, the Public Contracts (Amendment) Regulations
2009 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of
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). The Court may order the setting aside of the award
decision or may order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and
may award damages. If a framework agreement has been entered into the
Court may make a declaration of ineffectiveness or may order that the
duration of any relevant specific contract be shortened and additionally
may award damages. The time limit for seeking such a declaration is
generally 30 days from notification of the award (either by award decision
notification or contract award notice depending upon the circumstances) or
otherwise 6 months.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 5.1.2010.
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