Official UK procurement notice
TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF BUS PRIORITISATION CONSULTANCY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Authority: Dundee City Council (Local council)
Following on from a successful bid to Transport Scotland’s Bus Partnership fund the Tayside Bus Alliance requests the consultants to undertake full Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) appraisals for 20 bus priority corridors in the Tayside Bus Alliance area. These appraisals will focus on bus priority measures and support objectives set down in the grant award. Published lot titles: Bus Prioritisation; Independent Project Management – Client Representative.
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionFollowing on from a successful bid to Transport Scotland’s Bus Partnership fund the Tayside Bus Alliance requests the consultants to undertake full Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) appraisals for 20 bus priority corridors in the Tayside Bus Alliance area. These appraisals will focus on bus priority measures and support objectives set down in the grant award. Although the Tayside Bus Alliance are the project leads, Transport Scotland are the funding agency and therefore continued engagement with them during the process is essential. Dundee City Council are the lead authority in the procurement and contract award of this piece of work.
There is also a separate cost option for an independent project manager (lot 2) and this will be assess separately from the main STAG appraisal work (lot 1).
CPV: Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£586,800 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 2 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Bus PrioritisationPublished value£496,800
The Tayside Bus Alliance is the pre-cursor organisiation to developing a Bus Service Improvement Partnership under the 2019 Transport Act. The geographical area comprises the council areas of Angus, Dundee City, Perth& Kinross and North East fife.
The main aim for the Consultants commission is to bring forward bus priority STAG appraised proposals for 20 corridors and options that satisfy the following outcomes and that can be taken forward for future delivery
Lot #2Independent Project Management – Client RepresentativePublished value£90,000
The independence of the Project manager is critical and they will act as the client representative and manage all aspects of Tayside Bus Alliance for the Bus Partnership Fund STAG appraisal and associated initiatives. The Project Manager’s focus will be on the delivery and management of Bus Partnership Fund STAG Appraisal, including liaison with all partners in the Tayside Bus Alliance, negotiation of Match in Kind measures and development of the Alliance into a BSIP within all required timelines
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Bus Prioritisation | 100 | 30 | |
| 2 · Independent Project Management – Client Representative | 100 | 30 |
- Suitability
Listed within the tender document
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 3 points.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 28 Oct 2021, 08:55 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Oct 2021, 08:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 26 Nov 2021 – …
- Authority reference
PROC/CD/11/21- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-026982- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=671773. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://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. Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Detailed within the tender document (SC Ref:671773)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 26 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
28 Oct 2021 → 5 Jan 2022 · 4 dates- Notice published28 Oct 2021, 08:55 BST
- Submission deadline26 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened26 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts5 Jan 2022
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Dundee Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria