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Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   LIVERPOOL
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:63451-2010
Publication Date:   Mar 3, 2010
Deadline:   Apr 9, 2010
Buyer:   MERSEYSIDE PASSENGER TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   MERSEYSIDE PASSENGER TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE
LIVERPOOL, Merseyside
United Kingdom
Web Site:   www.merseytravel.gov.uk

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Notice Type: 21M0 - Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 43/2010, #63451-2010
Contract Nature: Supply contract
Procedure Type: Competitive dialogue
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

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CONTRACT NOTICE
Supplies
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Merseyside Passenger Transport
Executive, 24 Hatton Garden, Attn: Secretary to the Executive, Liverpool
L3 2AN, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1512275181. Fax +44 1512362457.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.merseytravel.gov.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: Merseyside Passenger Transport
Executive, 24 Hatton Garden, Attn: Helen Cheetham, Liverpool L3 2AN,
UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1513301197. E-mail:
helen.cheetham@merseytravel.gov.uk. Fax +44 1512550610. URL:
www.merseytravel.gov.uk.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive, 24 Hatton Garden, Attn: Helen
Cheetham, Liverpool L3 2AN, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1513301197. E-mail:
helen.cheetham@merseytravel.gov.uk. Fax +44 1512550610. URL:
www.merseytravel.gov.uk.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Merseyside Passenger
Transport Executive, 24 Hatton Garden, Attn: Helen Cheetham, Liverpool L3
2AN, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1513301197. E-mail:
helen.cheetham@merseytravel.gov.uk. Fax +44 1512550610. URL:
www.merseytravel.gov.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
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:
Public Transport Real Time Information Systems Including on-bus ICT
equipment and Back Office Systems.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Supplies.
A combination of purchase, lease, rental and hire purchase.
NUTS code: UKD5.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Duration of the framework
agreement: Duration in year(s): 4.
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement:
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 5 000 000,00 and 14 000 000,00 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Merseyside
Passenger Transport Executive (operating as "Merseytravel"), as a partner
of the Bus Board Technology Group, intend to follow the competitive
dialogue procurement method to achieve a framework agreement for the
provision of Public Transport Real Time Information Systems Including
on-bus ICT equipment and Back Office Systems.
Merseytravel intends to establish a Framework Agreement with one or more
suppliers for the provision of systems for both the management and
delivery of public transport RTI data across all modes of transport.
Merseytravel intends to adopt an open standards based approach to the
delivery of software solutions across all its business operations and is
looking for suppliers to contribute solutions in an integrated and
standards based environment. It is the contracting authority’s intention
that the Framework Agreement resulting from the Competitive Dialogue
procedure will include provision for the following Lots:-.
Lot 1: IP Based Wide Area Network.
Lot 2: Transport Knowledge Base.
Lot 3: On-Vehicle Systems.
Lot 4: RTI – Central Control System (RTI-CCS).
Lot 5: RTI Passenger Services (RTI-PS).
Lot 6: IP Based Customer Information Equipment.
Lot 7: Professional Services.
At the final tender stage the remaining bidders will be encouraged to bid
for one or more of the Lots above. Bidders who are successful at the
tender stage will be placed on the framework and will be able to offer
solutions to Merseytravel for the duration of the framework agreement (4
years). It is Merseytravel’s intention to make the resulting framework
agreement available to other UK Passenger Transport Executives and local
transport authorities. This intention implies no commitment on behalf of
other transport authorities to access the framework at any time.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 48000000, 48100000.
II.1.7) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
No.
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: Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive
(operating as "Merseytravel") intend to follow the competitive dialogue
procurement method to achieve a framework agreement for the provision of
Public Transport Real Time Information Systems Including on-bus ICT
equipment and Back Office Systems.
Merseytravel intends to establish a Framework Agreement with one or more
suppliers for the provision of systems for both the management and
delivery of public transport RTI data across all modes of transport.
Merseytravel intends to adopt an open standards based approach to the
delivery of software solutions across all its business operations and is
looking for suppliers to contribute solutions in an integrated and
standards based environment. It is the contracting authority’s intention
that the Framework Agreement resulting from the Competitive Dialogue
procedure will include provision for the following Lots:-.
Lot 1: IP Based Wide Area Network - This Lot would deliver an IP based
wide area network covering at a minimum the Merseyside and Halton areas
and will potentially extend into adjacent areas where bus services cross
the authority boundary. (estimated value of this lot is 500 000 GBP to 1
500 000 GBP).
Lot 2: Transport Knowledge Base - This Lot will deliver a major business
intelligence system to Merseytravel and will support the management of
integrated transport provision on Merseyside. (estimated value of this lot
is 500 000 GBP to 1 500 000 GBP).
Lot 3: On-Vehicle Systems - This Lot would deliver the required on vehicle
elements of the Merseyside RTI system and on vehicle elements of
associated ICT systems required by Merseytravel and bus operators.
(estimated value of this lot is 1 000 000 GBP to 3 000 000 GBP).
Lot 4: RTI – Central Control System (RTI-CCS) - This Lot would deliver the
central systems hosted at Merseytravel to manage the bus based RTI system
including the receipt and processing of all data feeds to enable real time
arrival predictions to be made across the entire network. (estimated value
of this lot is 500 000 GBP to 1 500 000 GBP).
Lot 5: RTI Passenger Services (RTI-PS) - This Lot would provide for a
system that will draw upon all available information resources but
primarily the RTI-CCS and Rail RTI feeds to deliver consolidated and
intelligent multi modal information to passengers. (estimated value of
this lot is 500 000 GBP to 1 500 000 GBP).
Lot 6: IP Based Customer Information Equipment - This Lot would provide
for a range of IP based customer information equipment including screens
and audio announcement facilities. It is envisaged that customer
information equipment will be sited in a variety of places across the
network including bus stops, bus / rail stations, and key public transport
locations. (estimated value of this lot is 1 000 000 GBP to 3 000 000
GBP).
Lot 7: Professional Services - This Lot will provide for the resources
Merseytravel will require in pulling the overall design, transition and
operation of the system together. (estimated value of this lot is 1 000
000 GBP to 2 000 000 GBP).
At the final tender stage the remaining bidders will be encouraged to bid
for one or more of the Lots above. Bidders who are successful at the
tender stage will be placed on the framework and will be able to offer
solutions to Merseytravel for the duration of the framework agreement (4
years). It is Merseytravel’s intention to make the resulting framework
agreement available to other UK Passenger Transport Executives and local
transport authorities. This intention implies no commitment on behalf of
other transport authorities to access the framework at any time.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 5 000 000 and 14 000 000 GBP.
II.2.2) Options: No.
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: IP Based Wide Area Network
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This Lot would deliver an IP based wide area
network covering at a minimum the Merseyside and Halton areas and will
potentially extend into adjacent areas where bus services cross the
authority boundary. The IP network must provide secure and reliable data
communications facilities required to underpin the proposed delivery of
RTI to customers and partners alike.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 48000000, 48100000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: This Lot would deliver an IP based wide area
network covering at a minimum the Merseyside and Halton areas and will
potentially extend into adjacent areas where bus services cross the
authority boundary. The IP network must provide secure and reliable data
communications facilities required to underpin the proposed delivery of
RTI to customers and partners alike. The estimated value is between 500
000 GBP and 1 500 000 GBP. It is envisaged this lot shall be a single
party framework agreement.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 500 000 and 1 500 000 GBP.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: It is envisaged this lot will be a
framework agreements with an estimated value above; the period will be 4
years with a single party participant to this lot.
LOT NO 2
TITLE: Transport Knowledge Base (TKB)
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This Lot will deliver a major business intelligence
system to Merseytravel and will support the management of integrated
transport provision on Merseyside.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 48000000, 48100000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: This Lot will deliver a major business intelligence
system to Merseytravel and will support the management of integrated
transport provision on Merseyside. The estimated value is between 500 000
GBP and 1 500 000 GBP. It is envisaged this lot shall be a single party
framework agreement.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 500 000 and 1 500 000 GBP.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: It is envisaged this lot will be a
framework agreements with an estimated value above; the period will be 4
years with a single party participant to this lot.
LOT NO 3
TITLE: On-vehicle systems
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This Lot would deliver the required on vehicle
elements of the Merseyside RTI system and on vehicle elements of
associated ICT systems required by Merseytravel and bus operators.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 48000000, 48100000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: This Lot would deliver the required on vehicle
elements of the Merseyside RTI system and on vehicle elements of
associated ICT systems required by Merseytravel and bus operators. The
estimated value is between 1 000 000 GBP and 3 000 000 GBP. It is
envisaged this lot shall be a multi party framework agreement.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 3 000 000 GBP.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: It is envisaged this lot will be a
framework agreements with an estimated value above; the period will be 4
years with multi party participants to this lot.
LOT NO 4
TITLE: Real Time Information – Central Control System (RTI-CCS)
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This Lot would deliver the central systems hosted
at Merseytravel to manage the bus based RTI system including the receipt
and processing of all data feeds to enable real time arrival predictions
to be made across the entire network.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 48000000, 48100000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: This Lot would deliver the central systems hosted
at Merseytravel to manage the bus based RTI system including the receipt
and processing of all data feeds to enable real time arrival predictions
to be made across the entire network. The estimated value is between 500
000 GBP and 1 500 000 GBP. It is envisaged this lot shall be a single
party framework agreement.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 500 000 and 1 500 000 GBP.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: It is envisaged this lot will be a
framework agreements with an estimated value above; the period will be 4
years with a single party participant to this lot.
LOT NO 5
TITLE: RTI Passenger Services (RTI-PS)
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This Lot would provide for a system that will draw
upon all available information resources but primarily the RTI-CCS and
Rail RTI feeds to deliver consolidated and intelligent multi modal
information to passengers.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 48000000, 48100000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: This Lot would provide for a system that will draw
upon all available information resources but primarily the RTI-CCS and
Rail RTI feeds to deliver consolidated and intelligent multi modal
information to passengers. The estimated value is between 500 000 GBP and
1 500 000 GBP. It is envisaged this lot shall be a single party framework
agreement.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 500 000 and 1 500 000 GBP.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: It is envisaged this lot will be a
framework agreements with an estimated value above; the period will be 4
years with a single party participant to this lot.
LOT NO 6
TITLE: IP Based Customer Information Equipment
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This Lot would provide for a range of IP based
customer information equipment including screens and audio announcement
facilities. It is envisaged that customer information equipment will be
sited in a variety of places across the network including bus stops, bus /
rail stations, and key public transport locations.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 48000000, 48100000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: This Lot would provide for a range of IP based
customer information equipment including screens and audio announcement
facilities. It is envisaged that customer information equipment will be
sited in a variety of places across the network including bus stops, bus /
rail stations, and key public transport locations. The estimated value is
between 1 000 000 GBP and 3 000 000 GBP. It is envisaged this lot shall be
a multi party framework agreement.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 3 000 000 GBP.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: It is envisaged this lot will be a
framework agreements with an estimated value above; the period will be 4
years with multi party participants to this lot.
LOT NO 7
TITLE: Professional Services
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This Lot will provide for the resources
Merseytravel will require in pulling the overall design, transition and
operation of the system together.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 48000000, 48100000.
3) QUANTITY OR SCOPE: This Lot will provide for the resources
Merseytravel will require in pulling the overall design, transition and
operation of the system together. The estimated value is between 1 000 000
GBP and 2 000 000 GBP. It is envisaged this lot shall be a multi party
framework agreement.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 000 000 and 2 000 000 GBP.
5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS: It is envisaged this lot will be a
framework agreements with an estimated value above; the period will be 4
years with multi party participants to this lot.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: Detailed in the invitation to
tender.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: Detailed in the
invitation to tender.
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
whom the contract is to be awarded: In the case of a group of bidders, any
successful tenderer to any framework agreement will be a legal personae
known to the contracting authority and will be held jointly and severally
liable for the performance of any contract awarded under the framework
agreement.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
The Contracting Authority is a partner of the Bus Board Technology Group
and its partners shall be involved in the procurement process.
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: Suppliers
are required to request the following for completion and submission to the
Contracting Authority:
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Descriptive Document.
Outline Technical Architecture.
Draft RTI Strategy - December 2009.
RTI Standard Strategy.
Requests for pre-qualification questionnaires and additional documentation
must be made out to the person detailed in Annex A.1 (by email
CON2155E@merseytravel.gov.uk) and completed and returned (by email
CON2155E@merseytravel.gov.uk) before 17:00 on the 9.4.2010.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Suppliers are required
to request the following for completion and submission to the Contracting
Authority:
Pre-qualification questionnaire.
Descriptive Document.
Outline Technical architecture.
Draft RTI Strategy - December 2009.
RTI standard strategy.
Requests for pre-qualification questionnaires and additional documentation
must be made out to the person detailed in Annex A.1 (by email
CON2155E@merseytravel.gov.uk) and completed and returned (by email
CON2155E@merseytravel.gov.uk) before 17:00 on the 9.4.2010.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met:
Suppliers are required to request the following for completion and
submission to the Contracting Authority:
Pre-qualification questionnaire.
Descriptive document.
Outline technical architecture.
Draft RTI strategy - December 2009.
RTI standard strategy.
Requests for pre-qualification questionnaires and additional documentation
must be made out to the person detailed in Annex A.1 (by email
CON2155E@merseytravel.gov.uk) and completed and returned (by email
CON2155E@merseytravel.gov.uk) before 17:00 on the 9.4.2010.
III.2.4) Reserved contracts: No.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Competitive dialogue.
IV.1.2) Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to
tender or to participate: Envisaged minimum number: 3. Maximum number: 13
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: The
Contracting Authority shall apply the criteria set out in the Public
Contract Regulations 2006 to select the operators to be invited to
competitive dialogue stages.
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 yes.
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:
CON2155E.
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: 19.3.2010 - 17:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
9.4.2010 - 17:00.
IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
drawn up: English.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT: No.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: Yes.
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): The Contracting Authority has
a provisional agreement to secure 250 000 GBP European Region Development
Funding (ERDF) Objective 1 for the entire project should any call off
under the framework agreements be required.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Suppliers who wish to express an interest
are required to request the following for completion and submission to the
Contracting Authority:
Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
Descriptive Document.
Outline Technical Architecture.
Draft RTI Strategy - December 2009.
RTI Standard Strategy.
Requests for pre-qualification questionnaires and additional documentation
must be made out to the person detailed in Annex A.1 (by email
CON2155E@merseytravel.gov.uk) and the pre-qualification questionnaire
completed and returned (by email CON2155E@merseytravel.gov.uk) before
17:00 on the 9.4.2010. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to
award any contract as a result of this tendering process. The Contracting
Authority is not responsible for any costs incurred by interested
candidates in respect of this procurement.
The values provided in Sections II.1.4 and in respect of each lot at
Section II.2.1 and Annex B are only estimates for the Contracting
Authority. The framework agreement lots will be either single or
multi-party agreements dependant on the outcome of the competitive
dialogue phases. It is envisaged that the total contract value of all
Agreements (including any other public bodies - see below) is estimated at
100 000 000 - 140 000 000 GBP. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any
business through this framework agreement.
The Contracting Authority wishes to establish a framework agreement which
other Contracting Authorities will be entitled to call off under. These
will include but not be limited to:
Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority and any subsidiary companies of
the Contrtacting Authority.
West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority.
West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive.
South Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority.
South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive.
Tyne & Wear Integrated Transport Authority.
Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive.
West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority.
West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive.
Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority.
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive; as created under the
Transport Act 1968 and 1985.
Central Government Departments, Executive Agencies and NDPBs.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/
index.htm
Local Authorities.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/Localcouncils/
AToZOfLocalCouncils/DG_A-Z_LG.
VI.4) PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Merseyside Passenger
Transport Executive, 24 Hatton Garden, Liverpool L3 2AN, UNITED KINGDOM.
E-mail: Paul.Hart@merseytravel.gov.uk. Tel. +44 1513301133. URL:
http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 26.2.2010.
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