Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
131 St Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5JF
UK
Telephone: +44 1413333738
E-mail: procurement@spt.co.uk
NUTS: UKM82
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.spt.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10382
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Transport
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Maintenance and Managed Service of Automated Fare Collection System for SPT
Reference number: 18-047
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50316000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The contract is for Scheidt and Bachmann to provide spares and undertake maintenance and managed service of automated fare collection system for SPT.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
710 688.67
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
50316000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM82
Main site or place of performance:
SPT subway stations and Broomloan Depot, Robert Street, Glasgow G51 3HB.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
A negotiated procedure with Scheidt and Bachmann Gmbh was deemed the only possible route as nobody else is able to provide the spares to the system and hold the servers and intellectual property.
Some of the components are bespoke design for SPT and it would not be appropriate to lot to ensure consistency of product and for trace ability of any future product failures.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
II.2.14) Additional information
Scheidt and Bachmann Gmbh are responsible for all spares.
There is a break clause at year 3.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
SPT has awarded a negotiated contract without prior publication, as per section 33(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (which allows for the absence of competition due to technical reasons).
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 18-047
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
11/12/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Scheidt and Bachmann GmbH
Breite Strasse 132
Mönchengladbach
41238
DE
Telephone: +49 2166266693
Fax: +49 2166266699
NUTS: DEA15
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 710 688.67
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The annual contract price is subject to indexation.
The supplier shall be entitled to subcontract the performance of services to the following companies, or such other companies as may be approved by the purchaser from time to time, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld:
— Scheidt and Bachmann UK, fare collection service division,
— Scheidt and Bachmann Service GmbH (which is a German 100 % subsidiary of Scheidt and Bachmann GmbH),
— Scheidt and Bachmann Slovensko s.r.o
(SC Ref:608617)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
131 St Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5JF
UK
Telephone: +44 1413333786
Internet address(es)
URL: www.spt.co.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/12/2019