Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Merseytravel
1 Mann Island
Liverpool
L3 1BP
UK
Contact person: Procurement Team
E-mail: procurement@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk
NUTS: UKD7
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.merseytravel.gov.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.the-chest.org.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.the-chest.org.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Public Transport
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Bus Stop Transport Information Poster Installation
Reference number: DN687962
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Merseytravel is seeking a service provider who will be responsible for supplying the following services:
1. The daily collection of bus timetable posters for installation at bus stops across the Merseyside area.
2. The monitoring of bus stop timetable poster quality standards at all bus stops across the Merseyside area.
3. All administrative tasks associated with the above work.
Merseytravel displays timetables at approximately 6200 bus stops.
The contract will be awarded for an initial term of 24 months with an option to extend for a further period of 12 months. The extension will be exercised at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
240 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD7
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Merseytravel is seeking a service provider who will be responsible for supplying the following services:
1. The daily collection of bus timetable posters for installation at bus stops across the Merseyside area.
2. The monitoring of bus stop timetable poster quality standards at all bus stops across the Merseyside area.
3. All administrative tasks associated with the above work.
Merseytravel displays timetables at approximately 6200 bus stops.
The contract will be awarded for an initial term of 24 months with an option to extend for a further period of 12 months. The extension will be exercised at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 30
Price
/ Weighting:
70
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
340 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The contract will be awarded for an initial term of 24 months with an option to extend for a further period of 12 months. The extension will be exercised at the discretion of the Contracting Authority.
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
Merseytravel considers that the Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment Regulations (“TUPE”) may potentially apply on the basis that there is an organised grouping of employees, dedicated to providing these services under the current arrangements. It is the responsibility of the service provider to take their own advice and consider whether TUPE is likely to apply.
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:
05/10/2023
Local time: 11:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
05/10/2023
Local time: 11:00
Place:
The Chest portal
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
VI.3) Additional information
Merseytravel considers that the Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment Regulations (“TUPE”) may potentially apply on the basis that there is an organised grouping of employees, dedicated to providing these services under the current arrangements. It is the responsibility of the service provider to take their own advice and consider whether TUPE is likely to apply.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/09/2023