Dorset County Council: Dynamic Purchasing System For Provision Of Passenger Transport (September to November 2013)

UK-Dorchester: Public road transport services.

Preliminary Questions
   This notice is covered by:
      Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting Authority/Entity
   Title: UK-Dorchester: Public road transport services.
   I.1)Name, Addresses And Contact Point(s):
      Dorset County Council
      County Hall, Colliton Park, Dorchester, DT1 1XJ, United Kingdom
      Tel. +44 1305221262, Fax. +44 1305221267, Email: d.r.mcdonald@dorsetcc.gov.uk, URL: http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
      Contact: David McDonald, Attn: David McDonald
      Electronic Access URL: http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
      Electronic Submission URL: http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
   
   I.2)Type of the contracting authority and main activity or activities:
      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
   II.1)Title Attributed To The Contract By The Contracting Authority/Entity: Dynamic Purchasing System For Provision Of Passenger Transport (September to November 2013)   
   II.2)Type Of Contract: SERVICES
   II.3)Short Description Of The Specific Contract:
   Public road transport services. Taxi services. Non-scheduled passenger transport. Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver. Hire of passenger cars with driver. Hire of buses and coaches with driver. The Dorset County Council Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the Provision of Passenger Transport incorporates 4 Lots. This is a list of the contract requirements that are anticipated to be required during the period of 01 September 2013 to 30 November 2013. All providers selected to the relevant lot of the DPS will be invited to submit tenders for specific contract requirements. The award of contracts will be made wholly on an evaluation of the price tendered and the successful tender will be the lowest bid received.

Lot 1: Public Transport (vehicles over 16 seats)
1. Dorchester – Bere Regis – Lychett Matravers – Poole
5 return journeys between Dorchester & Poole, Mondays to Saturdays
1 return journey between Winterbourne Kingston & Dorchester, Mondays to Saturdays
Schooldays journey between Poole and Lychett Minster.
Additional short workings to give an hourly service between Lychett Matravers and Poole, Saturdays only
Estimated value of service – £188,000 per annum
Estimated length of contract – September 2013 to late July 2016 (possible extension for up to one year)

2. (Route 212) Dorchester- Maiden Newton - Yeovil
Timetable and Journey details to be confirmed
Specific vehicle size to be confirmed but will need to exceed 16 seats.
Estimated value of service – £43,600 per annum
Estimated length of contract – January 2014 to late July 2016

Lot 2: Bus and Coach Transport (vehicles over 8 seats)
No specific contract requirements are anticipated for Lot 2 during the period of this notice.

Lot 3: Specially Adapted Vehicle Transport
Various. Wheelchair accessible vehicle transport for special education needs children to attend school, looked after children to attend school or visits to family, and for vulnerable adults to attend day care centres.
Anticipated 6 routes to be required with estimated value of each route - £75,000
Estimated length of contracts – Various from 1 to 4 years

Lot 4: Taxi Transport
Various. Routine taxi transport for home to school transport for mainstream school children, special education needs children to attend school, looked after children to attend school or visits to family, and for vulnerable adults to attend day care centres.
Anticipated 30 routes to be required with an estimated value of each route - £35,000
Estimated length of contracts – Various from 1 to 4 years

In addition to the requirements listed above the DPS may be used to tender urgent transport routes that arise during the period of this notice. This may include tenders for immediate transport requirements that have a significant social impact, or where an existing provider fails to deliver a route with immediate effect.
   
   II.4)Common Procurement Vocabulary:
      60112000 - Public road transport services.
      
      60120000 - Taxi services.
      
      60140000 - Non-scheduled passenger transport.
      
      60170000 - Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver.
      
      60171000 - Hire of passenger cars with driver.
      
      60172000 - Hire of buses and coaches with driver.
      
   
   II.5)Quantity Or Scope Of The Specific Contract:      
   Estimated range of the combined value of all contracts listed in this notice is between £2,000,000 to £2,500,000 GBP               
      Range between: 2,000,000 and 2,500,000
      Currency: GBP
         
   
Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1)Type Of Procedure
      IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open      
      IV.2.2)An electronic auction will be used: No    
   IV.2)Administrative Information
      IV.2.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority/entity: SWCE-97PHQ6      
      IV.2.2)Previous publication providing more information about the dynamic purchasing system:      
         Notice number in OJ: 2013/S 38 - 60204 of 22/02/2013         
      IV.2.3)Time limit for submission of indicative tenders for the specific contract
         Date: 23/08/2013
         Time: 10:00
      IV.2.4)Language(s) in which tenders may be drawn up:         English

Section VI: Complementary Information
   VI.1)Additional Information:
   To be included in the invitation to tender for the specific contract requirements listed in this notice, providers must submit a successful indicative tender for selection on to the relevant lot of the DPS for Provision of Passenger Transport before 10:00am Friday 23 August 2013.
All compliant indicative tenders received after this date will be admitted on to the DPS but will not be invitated to tender for the specific contracts detailed in this notice.

The following website contains all details required to submit an indicative tender for selection to the DPS: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

1.   From the left hand side of the screen select the “Opportunities” option
2.   In the middle of the screen press “Search Latest Opportunities”
3.   In the Organisations drop down field select “Dorset County Council”, then press search
4.   Among the available opportunities you will see, “Dynamic Purchasing System for Provision of Passenger Transport”, select this opportunity
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=69755396
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   VI.2)Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 07/08/2013