Provision of School and Local Transport Services in Cowal and Bute.
Contract notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
Argyll and Bute Council
Kilmory
Contact point(s): Customer Services
For the attention of: Boguslawa Symonowicz, Purchasing Officer
PA31 8RT Lochgilphead
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1546604195
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1546604434
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00063
Electronic access to information: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Further information can be obtained from: Argyll and Bute Council
Kilmory
PA31 8RT Lochgilphead
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1546604194
Fax: +44 1546604411
Internet address: http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: Argyll and Bute Council
Kilmory
Contact point(s): Customer Services
For the attention of: Boguslawa Symonowicz, Purchasing Officer
PA31 8RT Lochgilphead
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1546604195
Fax: +44 1546604434
Internet address: http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Section II: Object of the contract
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: Cowal and Bute (Argyll and Bute, Scotland).
NUTS code UK
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=286401
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.60112000
Range: between 4 000 000 and 4 300 000 GBP
Description of these options: 2.1.2 The contract will be let for a period of 3 years, from20.4.2014 until 15.4.2017, with the option to extend for another 1 plus 1 years.
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Section IV: Procedure
Section VI: Complementary information
Tenderers are permitted to bid for one or as many routes identified per Appendix 1 as they wish as part of an optional packaged bid as hereinafter described.
This Tender document comprises six parts and 2 separate attachments:
Part 1: Instructions to Tenderers
Part 2: Conditions of Contract
In which the relevant terms and conditions relating to the Contract or contracts are expressed.
Part 3: Service Specification
In which Argyll and Bute Council details the Contractor's responsibilities for the Provision of School and Local Transport Services in Cowal and Bute
Part 4: Structure and Format of Proposal
Contains the Questionnaires and a comprehensive checklist of all routes which are the subject of this tender at page 65.The Tenderer must complete the questionnaires in this section as part of their response to the Provision of School and Local Transport Services in Cowal and Bute
Part 5: Tender Assessment and Evaluation
In which Argyll and Bute Council describes the procedure it will employ for evaluating the Tenders received.
Part 6: Submission Checklist
Offers a checklist of all the information that the Tenderer needs to complete/provide as a minimum to ensure a compliant Tender.
Attachment 1a: Pricing Submission Package which contains:
- the individual route specification,
- The pricing schedule together with the Form of Tender. - must be completed as part of the response.
Appendix 1B: Optional Tender
- If applicable, the tenderer should complete this document if the intention is to bid for more than one route. Please note this Form must be submitted in addition to document submitted for each individual contract detailed in Attachment 1a -Pricing Submission Package.
(SC Ref:286401)