Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Aberdeen City Council
Woodhill House, Westburn Road
Aberdeen
AB16 5GB
UK
Telephone: +44 1467530600
E-mail: jamewatt@aberdeencity.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM50
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00231
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Other: Transportation
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Design, Development and Deployment of a Transport Journey Planning Tool
Reference number: 000-HUQP8633
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72212000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This commission is to design, develop and deploy an interactive multimodal journey planning tool for the Aberdeen City Region, which incorporates operational data sets into the journey planning process, ready for launch in February 2020.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
249 750.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71311200
72220000
72246000
72266000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM50
Main site or place of performance:
Aberdeen.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Aberdeen is one of the several living lab cities for Civitas’ Horizon 2020 Portis project aimed at encouraging sustainable urban mobility. Aberdeen City Council has begun to implement a transport strategy as part of the Civitas Portis to improve the city’s transport system. The scope of this particular project is part of the European Union (EU) Civitas Portis Project and as such this procurement receives funding through the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, under the grant agreement 690713. The EU is however not participating as a contracting authority in this procurement.
This commission is to design, develop and deploy an interactive multimodal journey planning tool for the Aberdeen City Region, which incorporates operational data sets into the journey planning process, ready for launch in February 2020. The successful tenderer shall subsequently design augmentations to this first iteration of the product by means of a co-design process. This co-design process shall be undertaken through engagement with potential users of the journey planning tool, across a range of transport interests and demographic groups, carrying out a series of at least 2 further ‘design sprints’ informed by this process. Design extensions to the core product shall be reviewed against the overall Civitas Portis project objectives, and the objectives of this specific measure, by the successful tenderer. Following the delivery of these key milestones, the successful tenderer shall assume post-deployment system management and support services for the tool. Further ‘design sprints’ to enhance the functionality of the tool will also be considered. In this respect it is expected that the successful tenderer shall develop the journey planning tool using an agile methodology, with the first iteration of the core product developed in a manner which allows additional features of the tool to be developed and deployed in agile design ‘sprints’.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Bidders invited to tender shall provide day rates per staff member for optional post-deployment design ‘sprints’, and subsequent functionality updates to the journey planning tool, separately and clearly within the pricing schedule, along with estimated resource requirements for such ‘sprints’.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
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:
2019/S 154-380133
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 000-HUQP8633
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/12/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ember Technology Ltd
8 Pentland House
Glenrothes
KY6 2AH
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 249 750.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:609282)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Aberdeen City Council
Woodhill House, Westburn Road
Aberdeen
AB16 5GB
UK
Telephone: +44 1467530600
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/01/2020