Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Transport Scotland
Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road
Glasgow
G4 0HF
UK
Contact person: Stephen Cragg
Telephone: +44 1412727100
E-mail: stephen.cragg@transport.gov.scot
NUTS: UKM82
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.transport.gov.scot
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00099
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Other: Transport
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Traffic, Travel and Transport Data Collection Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for Transport Scotland 2021-2024/5
Reference number: TS/TSA/SER/2021/04
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72314000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Transport Scotland has identified an on-going need for the services of experienced consultants in relation to the collection of traffic, travel and transport data. Transport Scotland, on behalf of Scottish Ministers, wishes to progress a procurement competition for a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement. The Framework Agreement will last a duration of 3 years with a 1-year extension option.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71621000
72314000
71240000
71250000
34972000
71311200
71356300
71356400
71620000
34970000
63712710
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The scope of services for this framework centre around traditional and contemporary methods of collecting traffic, travel and transport data which will include physical collection of live data and provision of historical datasets. The outline services required may include, but shall not be limited to, the following tasks:
a) Provision of temporary automatic traffic counters;
b) Vehicle counts (manual and video);
c) Vehicle occupancy counts (e.g. Bus, Car, Train, Ferry, Air, etc.);
d) Journey time data (including video and GPS)
e) Car parking data (e.g. occupancy and duration of stay);
f) Surveys;
g) Overtaking and platooning data (e.g. using Automatic Number Plate Recognition or Bluetooth)
h) Origin and Destination data (e.g. using Automatic Number Plate Recognition or Bluetooth);
i) Queue Length data (including manual and video);
j) Roadside interview surveys;
k) Public Transport interview surveys;
l) Household Travel interview surveys;
m) Business Travel interview surveys; and
n) Collation of data obtained from counters and other surveys or datasets.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Assessment will be based on tenderer’s approach to execution and delivery of services; providing suitable staff; management of resources and risks; innovation; adding value and community benefits.
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Final tenders will be assessment against evaluation criteria to determine the most economically advantageous submission. Further information will be included in the tender documents.
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Option to extend for 12 months
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 5
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
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
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:
Economic operators must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers kept in the member state of its establishment (as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) 2015) (e.g. registered under Companies House). Economic operators should provide details under SPD Question ref 4A.1.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Economic Operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. To determine these standards, Economic Operators shall:
(a) in response to SPD, Question Ref. 4B.1a provide the specified annual turnover for the last two years of trading, or for the period which
is available if trading for less than two years;
(b) in response to SPD, Question Ref. 4B.6 provide the name, value and/or range of NINE financial criteria for the last two years of
trading, or for the period which is available if trading for less than two years; and
(c) in response to SPD, Question Ref. 4B.5 confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to commencement of the contract the required levels of insurance. In addition to the information requested under (a) and (b), economic operators are required to provide a link/copies of the associated annual accounts as filed at Companies House (or equivalent if not a UK registered company) for the last two years of trading, or for the period which is available if less than two years. This information has been requested to enable Transport Scotland to perform their own assessment and confirm the financial ratios submitted. Ultimately, ensuring the correct score is allocated, and to ensure no misinterpretation. Where there exist differences in ratios, between those provided and those calculated by Transport Scotland, clarification will be sought.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. These are described below:
Evaluation Criteria Ratios (Question Ref. 4B.6)
The financial information received under SPD, Question Ref. 4B.6 shall be evaluated and scored out of 50 by allocating a score against nine individual economic and financial standing evaluation criteria, namely:
1. Acid Test Ratio
2. Cash Interest Cover Ratio
3. Return on Capital Employed
4. Operating Profit Ratio
5. Net Worth
6. Gearing
7. Annual Contract Value to Turnover
8. Filed Accounts
9. Audit Report
The individual scores shall be weighted , with the most recent (“Year 1”) financial statements weighted at 67% and the previous (“Year 2”) statements being weighted at 33%, to form an aggregated score for each of the nine criteria over the two years.
The maximum cumulative score resulting from the summation of the nine economic and financial standing aggregated scores shall be 50 marks. A submission shall be marked as a FAIL and will not be considered further if the score achieved by a Single Economic Operator or a Group of Economic Operators is less than 50 percent of the available marks. The scoring mechanism can be downloaded via the Public
Contracts Scotland portal www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.
Where the submission has been submitted by a Group of Economic Operators, the information submitted by each Group Member will be evaluated in the proportion of the percentage shareholdings or percentage equity/interest of each Group Member and a score determined for such Group of Economic Operators on that basis.
Insurance (Question Ref. 4B.5)
In response to Question Ref. 4B.5 Economic Operators must confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement the following levels of insurance:
Employer’s Liability Insurance = 5 000 000 GBP
Public Liability Insurance = 5 000 000 GBP
Professional Indemnity Insurance = 5 000 000 GBP
In responding to Question Ref. 4B.5a, 4B.5b and 4B.5c of the SPD, where the bidder ticks the box “No, and I cannot commit to obtain it”
they shall be marked as FAIL.
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
The selection criteria are set out in the SPD, Part IV Selection Criteria, section 4C Technical and Professional Ability and section 4D Quality Assurance Schemes and Environmental Management Standards. The requirements relate to:
- Relevant examples of work (including SCORED AND WEIGHTED) statements of bidders' experience) [SPD 4C1]
- Educational and professional qualifications [SPD 4C6]
- Quality assurance [SPD 4D1]
- Environmental Management [SPD 4D2]
The Scottish Ministers additionally require bidders to respond on health and safety management standards.
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
The minimum standard are set out in the SPD, Part IV Selection Criteria, section 4C Technical and Professional Ability and section 4D Quality Assurance Schemes and Environmental Standards.
Selection criteria are marked as PASS/FAIL, with the exception of the SCORED AND WEIGHTED statements of bidders' experience. Full details are given in the SPD.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
It is the Employer’s policy to measure the performance of each Contractor on a regular basis.
In the event that the Contractor’s performance falls below a satisfactory level, the Contractor will be invited to determine a means of rectifying the situation. Repeated or continual service failures may result in suspension or termination of the contract.
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 3
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
27/09/2021
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
25/10/2021
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:
31/03/2022
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
Transport Scotland will conduct the proposed procurement process for the Contract on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. In the event of the conclusion of the contract, it is the intention that the Contract will be entered into between the Scottish Ministers and the 3 most economically advantageous tenderers. Each selected economic operator shall be invited to submit a Tender on the same contract terms. The submission, comprising the completed SPD, shall be submitted via the Public Contracts Scotland portal, by no later than 12:00hrs BST on 27 September 2021.
Economic Operators are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. The Scottish Ministers shall not evaluate any submission received past the specified deadline, unless the delay is caused by a situation out with the control of the economic operator, the determination of which shall be at the sole discretion of the Scottish Ministers. Compliance with achieving the specified deadline is the sole responsibility of the economic operator.
Economic operators which alter their composition after making a submission will be the subject of re-evaluation. Any request by Economic Operators for clarification of any part of the documentation shall be made through the Public Contracts Scotland website. The deadline to submit questions relating to the submission via the Public Contracts Scotland portal is 12:00hrs BST on 15 September 2021.
For this procurement suppliers will be required to undertake a cyber security assessment. This will be conducted using the public sector Cyber Security Procurement Support Tool (CSPST) and more details are contained in the accompanying Supplementary Information Document (SID).
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Website at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/.
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
Download the SPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=659521.
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361
A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:
A summary of the expected community benefits can be found in the Supplementary Information Document. For more information see://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/
(SC Ref:659521)
Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=659521
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Sheriff Clerk's Office
PO Box 23, 1 Carlton Place
Glasgow
G5 9DA
UK
E-mail: glasgow@scotcourts.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/08/2021