Home to school transport - taxi, taxibus, minibus (including wheelchair accessible vehicles).

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Southern Education and Library Board
3 Charlemont Place The Mall
Contact point(s): Purchasing Unit
For the attention of: Linda Best
BT61 9AX Armagh
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2837512549
E-mail:
Fax: +44 2837512491

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.selb.org

Further information can be obtained from: Southern Education and Library Board
3 Charlemont Place The Mall
Contact point(s): Contracts Section, Purchasing Unit
For the attention of: Linda Best
BT61 9AX Armagh
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2837512549
E-mail:
Fax: +44 2837512491
Internet address: www.selb.org

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Southern Education and Library Board
3 Charlemont Place The Mall
Contact point(s): Contracts Section, Purchasing Unit
For the attention of: Linda Best
BT61 9AX Armagh
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2837512549
E-mail:
Fax: +44 2837512491
Internet address: www.selb.org

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Southern Education and Library Board
3 Charlemont Place The Mall
For the attention of: The Receipts Officer, Registry Section
BT61 9AX Armagh
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 2837512200

I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
Education
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
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:
Home to school transport - taxi, taxibus, minibus (including wheelchair accessible vehicles).
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Service category No 2: Land transport services [2], including armoured car services, and courier services, except transport of mail
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Mainly within the Southern Education and Library Board's area. Some runs may be to locations outside the Board's area.

NUTS code UKN05

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Transport of pupils, including those with disabilities, to and from school within the Southern Education and Library Board's area. Some runs may be required outside the Board's area.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

60120000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no
II.1.8)Lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9)Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Transport of pupils, including those with disabilities, to and from school by taxi, taxibus and minibus during the period of the contract. Approximate annual expenditure is 1 650,00,00 GBP over a considerable number of operators. The contract is for a one year period.
II.2.2)Information about options
Options: no
II.2.3)Information about renewals
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Starting 1.8.2012. Completion 31.7.2013

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
None.
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
None.
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
None.
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: Full details of requirement are in tender document.
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: None.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
None.
III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts
III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Legal persons 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)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
50964
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document
Payable documents: no
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
18.6.2012 - 16:00
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
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders

Place:

Southern Education and Library Board.

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3)Additional information
VI.4)Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Please see VI.4.2 below

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Southern Education and Library Board 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.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully 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 breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. if the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages.
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
30.4.2012