Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, 2nd floor, Pathfinder House, St Mary's Street
Huntingdon
PE29 3TN
UK
Contact person: Miss Chantel Allott
Telephone: +44 1480277180
E-mail: chantel.allott@cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH11
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
2024 Local Bus Services – Contract V4
Reference number: DN749240
II.1.2) Main CPV code
60000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
he Authority is seeking to award a bus service contract to a supplier for the following requirements:
• The supply of local bus services – Contract V4.
• Contract funded with money allocated by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) to support local bus services.
• 12 months.
• Huntingdonshire and South Cambridgeshire.
• Two timetable options – please supply a cost for both.
The Authority has decided to use the accelerated open procedure for this project in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 27 (5) of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
1.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
100 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
34120000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH11
UKH12
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Authority has awarded a bus service contract for the following requirements:
• The supply of local bus services – Contract V4.
• Contract funded with money allocated by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) to support local bus services.
• 12 months.
• Huntingdonshire and South Cambridgeshire.
• Two timetable options – please supply a cost for both.
The Authority has decided to use the accelerated open procedure for this project in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 27 (5) of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ Weighting:
50
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
- Accelerated procedure
Justification:
The current bus operator announced their intention to deregister completely the bus route. Under the 1985 Transport Act if an operator makes this decision the Local Transport Authority has a duty to consider whether it wished to provide alternative services, and if it does decide to is given the powers to procure the services. Operators only have to give the Transport Authority 70 days’ notice of their intention, the first 28 days are confidential. The intention is to retender the bus route they are currently operating to provide replacement services enabling the pubic to access work, education, health and essential shopping and under The Public contracts regulation 27 (5) Where a state of urgency duly substantiated by the contracting authority renders impracticable the time limit laid down in paragraph (2), it may fix a time limit which shall be not less than 15 days from the date on which the contract notice is sent.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-034643
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29/11/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Vectare Limited
Nottingham
NG1 4JA
UK
NUTS: UKF14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 85 680.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/12/2024