Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
London Borough of Hounslow
Hounslow House, 7 Bath Road
Hounslow
TW3 3EB
UK
E-mail: procurement@hounslow.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/ViewMaker209Form2?projectId=6101e9f1-33cc-ef11-8133-005056b64545&projectEventId=b3016000-4acc-ef11-8133-005056b64545
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/ViewMaker209Form2?projectId=6101e9f1-33cc-ef11-8133-005056b64545&projectEventId=b3016000-4acc-ef11-8133-005056b64545
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Other: Parking Services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
London Borough of Hounslow Parking Early Engagement Expression Of Interest
Reference number: DN757788
II.1.2) Main CPV code
63712400
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
London Borough of Hounslow have a number of parking contracts that expire in 2025/26 financial year, including:
- the main enforcement contract
- cashless parking
- back-office software contract
- sundry support contracts (e.g. printing, posting, scanning)
There may be the option to include other contracts including environmental enforcement and some back office processing services.
Suitable suppliers are invited to a virtual informal market engagement via Teams. The supplier event will take place in January/February 2025. Suppliers will be allocated individual sessions. The exact schedule will be confirmed at a later date, depending upon the number of suppliers that wish to attend. Please specify three dates and time options between insert dates that are suitable for you, and we will endeavour to support this, although we cannot guarantee you will be allocated the date/time chosen.
Please contact procurement via the portal by 12noon on 24/01/2025 if you are interested in attending. Note: We are happy to receive dates from next week.
Agenda
Suppliers will be allocated a presentation slot, with the length confirmed in advance dependent on the service or services to be covered.
Suppliers should focus on:
- achieving best value
- delivering innovation and continuous improvement for the Council
- proposals for delivering a Net Zero Carbon (NZC) service
- providing a case study which demonstrates the ability to achieve the above in a comparable setting
Q and A session with pre-released questions as set out below.
1. Please talk us through the latest technology you have used to reduce workforce costs and how savings can be achieved over the duration of the contract. What % savings do you think could be achieved year on year based on improved productivity and innovation?
2. Please advise what you would consider to be the optimum contract term for you to be able to invest in this contract and for LBH to achieve continual value for money, broken down into initial term/extensions/break clauses opportunities? Noting that the use of the CCS TTAS lot 6 framework constrains this to a maximum of 7 years and the Council wishes to ensure equipment is refreshed during this period if an extension is granted.
3. Please talk us through your companies Net Zero Carbon Emissions policy and how you implement this operationally on contracts, to include examples of all/majority electric fleet and other carbon savings.
4. Please comment on which additional services you feel would 'fit' this contract and why this will achieve best value for the Council? Please discuss all services referenced in the first paragraph of this e-mail and detail your experience on these.
5. Please advise us of anything else you think would be beneficial in the drafting of this specification and contract.
Note as this is an informal event there is scope to deviate from these and further questions may be asked based upon responses provided.
Please complete the attached booking with your preferred date and time, and return via the portal messaging.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
London Borough of Hounslow have a number of parking contracts that expire in 2025/26 financial year, including:
- the main enforcement contract
- cashless parking
- back-office software contract
- sundry support contracts (e.g. printing, posting, scanning)
There may be the option to include other contracts including environmental enforcement and some back office processing services.
Suitable suppliers are invited to a virtual informal market engagement via Teams. The supplier event will take place in January/February 2025. Suppliers will be allocated individual sessions. The exact schedule will be confirmed at a later date, depending upon the number of suppliers that wish to attend. Please specify three dates and time options between insert dates that are suitable for you, and we will endeavour to support this, although we cannot guarantee you will be allocated the date/time chosen.
Please contact procurement via the portal by 12noon on 24/01/2025 if you are interested in attending. Note: We are happy to receive dates from next week.
Agenda
Suppliers will be allocated a presentation slot, with the length confirmed in advance dependent on the service or services to be covered.
Suppliers should focus on:
- achieving best value
- delivering innovation and continuous improvement for the Council
- proposals for delivering a Net Zero Carbon (NZC) service
- providing a case study which demonstrates the ability to achieve the above in a comparable setting
Q and A session with pre-released questions as set out below.
1. Please talk us through the latest technology you have used to reduce workforce costs and how savings can be achieved over the duration of the contract. What % savings do you think could be achieved year on year based on improved productivity and innovation?
2. Please advise what you would consider to be the optimum contract term for you to be able to invest in this contract and for LBH to achieve continual value for money, broken down into initial term/extensions/break clauses opportunities? Noting that the use of the CCS TTAS lot 6 framework constrains this to a maximum of 7 years and the Council wishes to ensure equipment is refreshed during this period if an extension is granted.
3. Please talk us through your companies Net Zero Carbon Emissions policy and how you implement this operationally on contracts, to include examples of all/majority electric fleet and other carbon savings.
4. Please comment on which additional services you feel would 'fit' this contract and why this will achieve best value for the Council? Please discuss all services referenced in the first paragraph of this e-mail and detail your experience on these.
5. Please advise us of anything else you think would be beneficial in the drafting of this specification and contract.
Note as this is an informal event there is scope to deviate from these and further questions may be asked based upon responses provided.
Please complete the attached booking with your preferred date and time, and return via the portal messaging.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
End:
18/07/2031
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
06/02/2025
Local time: 13:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
06/02/2025
Local time: 13:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
London Borough of Hounslow
Hounslow
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/01/2025