Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Leicestershire County Council
County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield
Leicester
LE3 8RA
UK
Contact person: Mr Adam Mottershead
Telephone: +44 1163055857
E-mail: adam.mottershead@leics.gov.uk
NUTS: UKF
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.leicestershire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.leicestershire.gov.uk
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:
https://procontract.due-north.com
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com
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
Dynamic Purchasing System Agreement (SV5) — (Taxi DPS)
Reference number: DN387063 - Taxi DPS
II.1.2) Main CPV code
60000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Leicestershire County Council (“the Council”) provides transport for a variety of service users including those accessing children and young people’s and adult social care services. Their specific needs are coordinated by our in-house Transport Operations (TO) Service based at County Hall in Leicestershire.
For further details, please see the attached documentation within the project at https://www.eastmidstenders.org/
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
75 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
60130000
60140000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Leicestershire County Council (“the Council”) provides transport for a variety of service users including those accessing children and young people’s and adult social care services. Their specific needs are coordinated by our in-house Transport Operations (TO) Service based at County Hall in Leicestershire.
As long as suppliers can meet the minimum requirements for entry onto the DPS, there are no restrictions on who can or cannot join. There are also no restrictions on when a supplier can apply to join during the period of the DPS.
The intention of the DPS is to appoint suitable operators of taxis to whom LCC will let individual Contracts following a “further competition”; specifically:
— the provision of both a driver and vehicle,
— the operation of taxis of various seating capacities,
— the operation of taxis of various configurations and specifications including wheelchair accessible vehicles,
— the carriage of a variety of service users including children, vulnerable adults and those with Special Educational Needs (SEN),
— the operation of taxi services in and around the County of Leicestershire and City of Leicester,
— the operation of taxis with or without an escort, as required for individual services,
— the operation of Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) services, including those that collect fares.
For the award criteria, please see the documentation found within the project: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/
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
Duration in months: 240
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The DPS will Initially be ran for a 24-month period which the council may look to extend in 24-month increments for a maximum of up to 192 months (8 additional years). (240 months, 10 years in total).
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
II.2.14) Additional information
On occasion, Leicestershire County Council (LCC) may provide information of approved taxi providers to other local authorities, if it receives a request for this assistance/information. It is anticipated that this will be very infrequent and importantly it should be noted that any contractual arrangements made by those other local authorities will be managed and funded by those local authorities, not LCC.
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:
For further details, please see the attached documentation within the project at https://www.eastmidstenders.org/
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
For further details, please see the attached documentation within the project at https://www.eastmidstenders.org/
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 setting up of a dynamic purchasing system
The dynamic purchasing system might be used by additional purchasers
IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used
Additional information about electronic auction:
LCC reserve the right to use an electronic auction.
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:
03/06/2029
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
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
Leicestershire County Council
Leicestershire
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.eastmidstenders.org/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/05/2019