UK-Birmingham: hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

MPIRMIGCHAM

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:255507-2008

Publication Date:

Oct 4, 2008

Deadline:

Nov 10, 2008

Buyer:

BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL

Original Language:

English

Address:

BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL
BIRMINGHAM , Birmingham
United Kingdom

Web Site:

www.birmingham.gov.uk/procurement

Notice Type: 2220
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Contract notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 193/2008
, #
255507-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Restricted procedure
Type of Bid Required: Global or partial tender
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Birmingham City Council,
Council House, Victoria Square, Attn: Mrs Manjit Samrai, UK-Birmingham B1
1BB. Tel. 012 13 03 03 49. E-mail: procurement_info@birmingham.gov.uk. Fax
012 13 03 73 22.
Internet address(es):
Address of the buyer profile: www.birmingham.gov.uk/procurement.
Further information can be obtained at: Birmingham City Council, Corporate
Procurement Services, PO Box 10680, Lancaster Circus, Attn: Susan Tassa,
UK-Birmingham B4 7WB. Tel. 012 13 03 01 42. E-mail:
procurement_info@birmingham.gov.uk. Fax 012 13 03 73 22. URL:
www.birmingham.gov.uk/procurement.
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for
competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at:
Birmingham City Council, Corporate Procurement Services, PO Box 10680,
Lancaster Circus, Attn: Mrs Manjit Samrai, UK-Birmingham B4 7WB. Tel. 012
13 03 03 49. E-mail: procurement_info@birmingham.gov.uk. Fax 012 13 03 73
22. URL: www.birmingham.gov.uk/procurement.
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Birmingham City
Council, Corporate Procurement Services, PO Box 10680, Lancaster Circus,
Attn: Mrs Manjit Samrai, UK-Birmingham B4 7WB. Tel. 012 13 03 03 49.
E-mail: procurement_info@birmingham.gov.uk. Fax 012 13 03 73 22. URL:
www.birmingham.gov.uk/procurement.
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-Birmingham: provision of transport services - t23.
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: Birmingham.
NUTS code: UKG31.
II.1.3) The notice involves: The establishment of a framework agreement.
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with
several operators.
Maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 100.
Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 4
Justification for a framework agreement, the duration of which exceeds
four years: 2 year period with an option to extend for a further 2 years.
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the
framework agreement:
Estimated value excluding VAT: 70 000 000 GBP.
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Transport of
children with special educational needs from home to school. Transport of
vulnerable adults, councillors and officers of the Council.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 60170000, 60130000,
60172000, 60171000, 60000000, 60120000, 60140000, 60100000.
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: No.
II.2) QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope: This framework may be used by other UK
public sector contracting authorities or central purchasing bodies.
II.3) DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION: Starting:
1.4.2009. Completion: 31.3.2013.
INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS
LOT NO 1
TITLE: UK-Birmingham: lot 1 - (Birmingham wards) private hire and hackney
carriage
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Transport of children with special educational
needs from home to school. Transport of vulnerable adults, councillors and
officers of the council (Birmingham Wards).
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 60000000.
LOT NO 2
TITLE: UK-Birmingham: lot 2 - city wide mini buses, 28-29 seater low floor
wheelchair accessible buses (private hire and psv) including wheelchair
accessible vehicles
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: Transport of children with special educational
needs from home to school. Transport of vulnerable adults city wide.
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 60000000.
LOT NO 3
TITLE: UK-Birmingham: lot 3 - dedicated home to school transport service
1) SHORT DESCRIPTION: This service is for the dedicated home to school
transport for 3 Birmingham Special Schools. 1) Wilson Stuart School 2)
Calthorpe School 3) Victoria School Transport services \(excl. Waste
transport\).
2) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 60000000.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1) CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required: The contracting authorities
reserve the right to require deposits, guarantees, bonds or other forms of
appropriate security.
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or
reference to the relevant provisions regulating them: This will be in the
tender documents.
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.
No special legal form is required but in the case of group bidders the
authority requires that a prime service provider assumes primary liability
for the group and that each organisation in the group accepts joint and
several liability.
III.1.4) Other particular conditions to which the performance of the
contract is subject: Yes.
When executing the contract in the UK the successful tenderer will be
required to comply with the recommendations of the code of practice for
the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Promotion of Equality of
Opportunity in Employment published by The Commission for Racial Equality.
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: In
accordance with Articles 45 to 50 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulations
23 to 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set out in the
pre-qualification questionnaire from the address in section 1.1.
III.2.2) Economic and financial capacity: Information and formalities
necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: In accordance with
Article 47 of Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 24 of the Public
Contracts Regulations 2006 and as set out in the pre-qualification
questionnaire available from the address in I.1.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As set out in the
pre-qualification questionnaire.
III.2.3) Technical capacity: Information and formalities necessary for
evaluating if requirements are met: In accordance with Article 48 to 50 of
Directive 2004/18/EC and Regulation 25 of the Public Contracts Regulations
2006 and as set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire available from
the address in I.1.
As set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As set out in the
pre-qualification questionnaire.
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:
Yes.
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 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:
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
T23.
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: 3.11.2008 - 17:00.
Payable documents: no.
IV.3.4) Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
10.11.2008 - 17:00.
IV.3.5) Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to
selected candidates: 9.12.2008.
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: Yes.
Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Approximately every
4 years.
VI.2) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU
FUNDS: No.
VI.3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Organisations wishing to be considered for
a tendering opportunity must notify the City Council of their interest by
no later than Monday 3.11.2008. In return organisations will be sent a
pre-qualification document which must be completed and returned by no
later than Monday 10.11.2008. The questionnaire provided by the City
Council will ask service providers to indicate their economic and
financial standing, technical ability and appropriate skills, efficiency,
experience, reliability and provide satisfactory policy and documentation
for race relations, health and safety and sustainability. The information
provided in response to this questionnaire will be used as part of a
pre-tender evaluation in order to select a shortlist of potential service
providers to be invited to tender. Where consortia or group of
organisations wish to express an interest in this project each
organisation responsible for the provision of services will be expected to
complete a questionnaire. Organisations should note that if and when this
requirement is offered to tender, this may be done in whole or in part via
electronic means using the Internet. When executing the contract in the UK
the successful tenderer will be required to comply with the
recommendations of the Code of Practice for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination and the Promotion of Equality of Opportunity in Employment
published by the Commission for Racial Equality. Further information is
available from Susan Tassa on 0121 303 01 42, email:
susan_e_tassa@birmingham.gov.uk.
GO reference: GO 08100137/01.
VI.5) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 1.10.2008.

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