Traffic Scotland Systems Contract (TSSC)

Transport Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Ministers has identified the requirement to appoint a suitably experienced Economic Operator to operate the Traffic Scotland Systems Contract hereinafter referred to as “The Contract”. The initial Contract term is five (5) years from the commencement of service date with an option to extend for up to a further two (2) years at one (1) year periods at the Scottish Ministers discretion. The estimated contract value (including the total extension period) is 47,000,000 GBP. The actual contract value will be dependent upon the volume of ordered works issued during the contract term and any extension period. The Contract terms and conditions will be based on the Scottish Government ICT model Services contract as amended by Transport Scotland. Each successful Economic Operator shall be invited to submit a tender on the same Contract terms. The contractor will be procured through a competitive tender procedure in accordance with the competitive dialogue procedure, in accordance with Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. To be considered for the Contract, Economic Operators are required to complete the Single Procurement Document (SPD) in accordance with this Contract Notice. Economic Operators shall be selected to participate in accordance with Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, based on the information they have provided within the SPD. The SPD can be downloaded via the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk) The scope of the Contract relates to the provision of support, maintenance, modernisation and development of the Traffic Scotland systems that deliver the Traffic Scotland Service. The Traffic Scotland Service plays a pivotal role in the safe, efficient and effective operation of the trunk road network. The service relies on Intelligent Transport Systems, Web based Information Systems, Databases, supporting ICT systems and IP communications orientated computer systems to enable the collection and distribution of real-time traffic information relating to incidents and events taking place on the Scottish trunk road network. Additional information: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations.