Salford City Council : Tender for the provision of a Car Club scheme with Salford

UK-Salford: Road transport services.

Section I: Contracting Authority
   I.1)Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
      Salford City Council
      Unity House, Chorley Road, Salford, M27 5AW, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1616866245, Email: procurement@salford.gov.uk, URL: www.salford.gov.uk
      Attn: Chrisitne Flisk
      Electronic Access URL: www.the-chest.org.uk
      Electronic Submission URL: www.the-chest.org.uk

      Further information can be obtained at: As Above       
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above       
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As Above       
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority:
      Regional or local authority

   I.3) Main activity:
      General Public Services

   I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities:
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: No

Section II: Object Of The Contract: SERVICES
   II.1)Description
      II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Tender for the provision of a Car Club scheme with Salford
      II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: SERVICES         
         Service Category: 2

         Region Codes: UKD3 - Greater Manchester         
      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework or a dynamic purchasing system:The notice involves a public contract                                                       
      
      II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase:
      Road transport services. Transport services (excl. Waste transport). Salford City Council is looking for a suitably qualified operator to provide a car club provision within Salford for Salford City Council staff and elected members. The operator will also provide a scheme based upon a pay as you go membership Car Club that is available to residents and businesses
         
      II.1.6)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
         60100000 - Road transport services.
         
         60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport).
         

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): No       
      II.1.8)Lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: No
      II.1.9)Information about variants:
         Variants will be accepted: No    
   
   II.2)Quantity Or Scope Of The Contract
      II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
      Salford City Council is looking for a suitably qualified operator to provide a car club provision within Salford for Salford City Council staff and elected members. The Car club operator will provide corporate membership initially to approximately 1200 members of staff and have the option to promote personal membership. The council has 4500 members of staff as well as elected members. The operator will also provide a scheme based upon a pay as you go membership Car Club that is available to residents and businesses.      
      
      II.2.2)Options: Not Provided         
         II.2.3)Information about renewals:
            This contract is subject to renewal: Not Provided         
   II.3)Duration Of The Contract Or Time-Limit For Completion      
         Duration in months: 48 (from the award of the contract)

   Information About Lots
               
Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
      III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
      As stated 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:
      Not Provided
      
      III.1.4)Other particular conditions:
         The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions:Yes       
      If Yes, description of particular conditions:
      Salford City Council terms and conditions of contract for services      
   III.2)Conditions For Participation
      III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
         The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 45(1) of Directive 2004/18/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2006 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 45(2) of Directive 2004/18/EC (see also Regulation 23(2) in the PCR 2006) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.
         
         A full list of these criteria are at http://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/project/reasonsForExclusion.html#pcr
         
         Candidates will be required to answer these questions as part of the qualification process. For candidates who are registered overseas, you will need to declare if you have any offences/misconduct under your own countries laws, where these laws are equivalent to the Regulation 23 lists. Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 45(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest for doing so. Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 45(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.
      
      III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity
         Economic and financial capacity - means of proof required:         
         Not Provided
      
      III.2.3)Technical capacity
         Technical capacity - means of proof required         
         Not Provided      
      III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts: Not Provided   
   III.3)Conditions Specific To Service Contracts
      III.3.1)Information about a particular profession:
         Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: No       
      III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service:
         Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: Not Provided
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open
   
   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)Information about electronic auction:
         An electronic auction will be used: No       

   IV.3)Administrative Information
      IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: Not Provided      
      IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: No

      IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:

      Date: 24/11/2014
      Time-limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 14:00
         Payable documents: No       
      
      IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
         Date: 25/11/2014
         Time: 14:00      
      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 Not Provided      
      IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders
         Date: 25/11/2014
         Time: 14:00
         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: 2 year
   VI.2)Information about European Union funds:
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Not Provided      
   VI.3)Additional Information: The contract is for 2 years with the option to extend for up to an additional 2 years. It is intended that the contract will commence on 1.4.2014. Any extensions will be subject to satisfactory performance, continued value for money, local authority requirements and polices, market forces and/or changes in legislation.The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest (www.the-chest.nwce.gov.uk) to conduct the procurement exercise. To gain access to the tender documents, applicants will need to register their details at the following link https://www.the-chest.org.uk . Once registered, applicants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the tender documents. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tenders and accompanying documentation via the Chest on-line portal by 14:00 hours on 25.11.2014. As referred to in IV.3.4. Any clarification/ queries will also need to be submitted via the Chest website.
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https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=116351258
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   VI.4)Procedures For Appeal
      VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
      High Court
      United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1616866245, Email: procurement@salford.gov.uk

      VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals: Not Provided   
   
      VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
            Not Provided

   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 16/10/2014

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