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PROJECT TITLE: UK-Poole: school bus services

Project number: 2008/S 48-066494

Type: CONTRACT NOTICE - Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

 

I.1)

NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):

 

Borough and County of the Town of Poole, Transportation Services, St Johns House, Serpentine Road, Attn: Mr M. Hughes, UK-Poole BH15 2DX. Tel.  (44-1202) 26 22 41. E-mail: m.hughes@poole.gov.uk. Fax  (44-1202) 26 20 91.

 

Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

 

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).

 

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Head of Legal and Democratic Services, Borough of Poole, Civic Centre, UK-Poole BH15 2RU. Tel.  (44-1202) 63 36 33.

 

I.2)

TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:

 

Regional or local authority.

General public services.

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no.

 

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

 

II.1)

DESCRIPTION

 

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

 

UK-Poole: local school bus services to 3 schools.

 

II.1.2)

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:

 

Services.

Service category: No 2.

Main place of performance: Within the Borough of Poole.

 

II.1.3)

The notice involves:

 

A public contract.

 

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement:

 

Duration of the framework agreement: Duration in year(s): 3

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement:

Estimated value excluding VAT: 1 200 000 GBP.

 

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s):

 

School bus services.

 

II.1.6)

Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):

 

60113100.

 

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):

 

Yes.

 

II.1.8)

Division into lots:

 

Yes.

Tenders should be submitted for: one or more lots.

 

II.1.9)

Variants will be accepted:

 

Yes.

 

II.2)

QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT

 

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope:

 

II.2.2)

Options:

 

II.3)

DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:

 

Starting: 1.9.2008. Completion: 31.8.2011.

 

INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS

 

LOT NO 1 TITLE: UK-poole: school bus service for parkstone grammar

1)

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

 

School bus services.

 

2)

COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV):

 

60113100.

 

3)

QUANTITY OR SCOPE:

 

6 buses required morning and afternoon to transport children to and from school.

 

4)

INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION:

 

Starting: 1.9.2008 Completion: 31.8.2011.

 

5)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS:

 

LOT NO 2 TITLE: UK-poole: school bus services for poole grammar school

1)

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

 

School bus services.

 

2)

COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV):

 

60113100.

 

3)

QUANTITY OR SCOPE:

 

5 buses required morning and afternoon to transport children to and from school.

 

4)

INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION:

 

Starting: 1.9.2008 Completion: 31.8.2011.

 

5)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS:

 

LOT NO 3 TITLE: UK-poole: school bus services for st. mary's r.c. school

1)

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

 

School bus services.

 

2)

COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV):

 

60113100.

 

3)

QUANTITY OR SCOPE:

 

3 buses required morning and afternoon to transport children to and from school.

 

4)

INDICATION ABOUT DIFFERENT DATE FOR DURATION OF CONTRACT OR STARTING/COMPLETION:

 

Starting: 1.9.2008 Completion: 31.8.2011.

 

5)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LOTS:

 

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

 

III.1)

CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT

 

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required:

 

III.1.2)

Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:

 

Monthly in arrears.

 

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

 

Joint and several liability.

 

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:

 

Yes.

Must hold a PSV operators licence.

 

III.2)

CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION

 

III.2.1)

Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:

 

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;

(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;

(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;

(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;

(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;

(h) has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;

(i) has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26 May 1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;

(j) has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;

(k) has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10 June 1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.

 

III.2.2)

Economic and financial capacity:

 

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (b) the presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established;

(c) a statement of the undertaking's overall turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last three financial years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available.

 

III.2.3)

Technical capacity:

 

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: (a) (i) a list of the works carried out over the past five years, accompanied by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to the rules of the trade and properly completed. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting authority direct;(ii) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: - where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, - where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator;

(h) a statement of the tools, plant or technical equipment available to the service provider or contractor for carrying out the contract;

PSV operators licence.

 

III.2.4)

Reserved contracts:

 

No.

 

III.3)

CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS

 

III.3.1)

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:

 

Yes.

Holders of PSV operators licence.

Transport Act 1985.

 

III.3.2)

Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:

 

No.

 

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

 

IV.1)

TYPE OF PROCEDURE

 

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure:

 

Open.

 

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:

 

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue:

 

IV.2)

AWARD CRITERIA

 

IV.2.1)

Award criteria:

 

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.

 

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used:

 

No.

 

IV.3)

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

 

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

 

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:

 

No.

 

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

 

Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 21.4.2008 - 10:00.

Payable documents: no.

 

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:

 

28.4.2008 - 14:00.

 

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:

 

IV.3.6)

Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:

 

English.

 

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:

 

Until: 1.9.2008.

 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders:

 

Date: 28.4.2008 - 14:01.

Place: As in 1.1.3 above at the above date and time or as soon as practicable thereafter.

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: yes.

Member or Members of the Council designated for the purpose by the Council, and any duly authorised officers.

 

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

 

VI.1)

THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:

 

Yes.

Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 2011.

 

VI.2)

CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:

 

No.

 

VI.3)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

 

GO reference: GO 08030643/01.

 

VI.4)

PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

 

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures:

 

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals:

 

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Borough of Poole will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be required from the address at i.1 above. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfuly resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No. 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a briech of the rules to take action in the High Court. Any such action must be brought promptly (generaly within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered in to the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authotity to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered in to the Court may only award damages. (The purpose of the standstill period refered to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered in to).

 

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:

 

VI.5)

DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 6.3.2008. 

 

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