Transport Focus: Strategic Road Users Survey (SRUS)

UK-Manchester: Research services.
Section I: Contracting Authority
      I.1) Name and addresses
             Transport Focus
             Piccadilly Gate, Store Street, Manchester, M1 2WD, United Kingdom
             Tel. +44 3001230860, Email: tenders@transportfocus.org.uk
             Contact: Murray Leader
             Main Address: www.transportfocus.org.uk
             NUTS Code: UKD
      I.2) Joint procurement
      The contract involves joint procurement: No.
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not provided       
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes.
      I.3) Communication
      The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Manchester:-Research-services./5XMWN92Y65
      Additional information can be obtained from: address as in Annex A.I:
      Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address       
      Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at: Not provided
      I.4) Type of the contracting authority
            Body governed by public law
      I.5) Main activity
            General public services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
      II.1.1) Title: Strategic Road Users Survey (SRUS)       
      Reference Number: Not provided
      II.1.2) Main CPV Code:
      73110000 - Research services.

      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
      II.1.4) Short description: Since April 2015 Transport Focus has had responsibility for representing the interests of users of the Strategic Road Network in England. We work closely with Highways England, the Department for Transport (DfT), the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and many other road industry stakeholders.       
      II.1.5) Estimated total value:
      Value excluding VAT: 750,000       
      Currency: GBP
      II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No       
   
II.2) Description
      
      II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      Not Provided       
      II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UKH EAST OF ENGLAND
      UKF EAST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
      UKG WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
      UKJ SOUTH EAST (ENGLAND)
      UKK SOUTH WEST (ENGLAND)
      UKD NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
      UKC NORTH EAST (ENGLAND)
      
      II.2.4) Description of procurement: The core survey objective for SRUS, which Transport Focus has an obligation to fulfil, is:
•To provide a reliable measure of user satisfaction, to be used by ORR to monitor Highways England’s performance against the target set for it by DfT. This requires a confidence interval for the annual overall satisfaction result within +/- 1.0%.
•To provide insight to help Highways England understand user experience and what it needs to do to improve it, with robust data generated for as many individual SRN roads as possible.
•To deliver additional insights through data analysis projects.
      II.2.5) Award criteria:
            Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents            
      II.2.6) Estimated value:
      Value excluding VAT: Not provided       
      Currency: Not provided       
      II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system:
      Start: 01/04/2020 / End: 31/03/2022       
      This contract is subject to renewal: Yes       
      Description of renewals: Depending on funding potentially a) a two-year extension 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2024, and a further one-year extension up to 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025.
      
      II.2.10) Information about variants:
      Variants will be accepted: No
      II.2.11) Information about options:
      Options:       No             
      Description of options: Not provided
      II.2.12) Information about electronic catalogues:
      Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue: No
      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds:
      The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No       
      Identification of the project: Not provided             
      II.2.14) Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5XMWN92Y65       


Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial And Technical Information
   III.1) Conditions for participation
      III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
      List and brief description of conditions:          
      Please see uploaded tender    
      III.1.2) Economic and financial standing       
      List and brief description of selection criteria:
      Please see uploaded tender    
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :       
      Not Provided    
      III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
      List and brief description of selection criteria:       
      Not Provided      
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required (if applicable) :          
      Not Provided   
      III.1.5) Information about reserved contracts (if applicable)   
      The contract is reserved to sheltered workshops and economic operators aiming at the social and professional integration of disabled or disadvantaged persons: No       
      The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes: No    
      
   III.2) Conditions related to the contract
      III.2.1) Information about a particular profession    
      Reference to the relevant law, regulation or administrative provision:          
      Not Provided    
      III.2.2) Contract performance conditions       
      Please see uploaded tender          
      III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
      Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract: No

Section IV: Procedure
   IV.1) Description OPEN
      IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open   
   
   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system    
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement - NO    
         In the case of framework agreements justification for any duration exceeding 4 years: Not Provided    
   
   
   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction:
      An electronic auction will be used: No
      Additional information about electronic auction: Not provided
   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No       
   IV.2) Administrative information
      IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure:
         Notice number in the OJ S: Not provided       
      IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
       Date: 04/11/2019 Time: 17:00
            
      IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English,       
      IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: Not Provided      
      IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders:
         Date: 04/11/2019
         Time: 17:00
      

Section VI: Complementary Information
   VI.1) Information about recurrence
   This is a recurrent procurement: Yes    
   Estimated timing for further notices to be published: Not provided
   VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
   Electronic ordering will be used No       
   Electronic invoicing will be accepted No       
   Electronic payment will be used No       
   VI.3) Additional Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Manchester:-Research-services./5XMWN92Y65

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/5XMWN92Y65
   VI.4) Procedures for review
   VI.4.1) Review body:
             Transport Focus
       7th floor Piicadilly Gate, Store Street, Manchester, M1 2WD, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 3001230860, Email: tenders@transportfocus.org.uk
   VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
Not provided
   VI.4.3) Review procedure
   Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:    
    Not Provided    
   VI.4.4) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
Not provided
   VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 23/09/2019

Annex A
   I) Addresses and contact points from which further information can be obtained:
       TransportFocus
       3rd floor Fleetbank House, 2-6 Salisbury Square, London, EC4Y 8JX, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 3001230843, Email: tenders@transportfocus.org.uk
       Main Address: www.transportfocus.org.uk
       NUTS Code: UKD