Awarded contract

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for TfGM

  • Transport for Greater Manchester
  • Derbyshire County Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-006679

Published 31 March 2021, 2:39pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Transport for Greater Manchester

Transport for Greater Manchester, 2, Piccadilly Place,

Manchester

M1 3BG

Contact

Mr Imran Lobania

Email

imran.lobania@tfgm.com

Telephone

+44 1612441831

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD3 - Greater Manchester

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.tfgm.com

Buyer's address

http://www.tfgm.com

one.1) Name and addresses

Derbyshire County Council

Matlock

DE4 3AG

Email

jenny.price2@derbyshire.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKD3 - Greater Manchester

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.derbyshire.gov.uk/home

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Other activity

Facilitation of Public Transport


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for TfGM

Reference number

DN457297

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 34000000 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Procurement of a supplier for the supply, installation, maintenance and (at TfGM's option) decommissioning of Intelligent Transportation Systems across Greater Manchester, along with an associated data platform to allow TfGM access to data outputs.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £600,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKD3 - Greater Manchester
  • UKF1 - Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

TfGM is looking to appoint a Supplier to provide services relating to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) through further competition conducted under the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) framework RM1089 TMT2 Lot 14 who will meet TfGM, DCC and DCiC requirements.

A supplier will be awarded based on the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) offer. The contract length has been determined by an internal strategy of 3 years initial term with an option to extend for a period 1 year twice following the initial year (3+1+1).

TfGM, DCC and DCiC undertake traffic monitoring using a variety of technologies and approaches including:

• Permanent monitoring at automatic traffic counting sites located throughout the TfGM, DCC and DCiC areas. In general, these consist of inductive loops or piezo based sensing to provide traffic volumes and vehicle class and speed

• Where journey time information is required these consist of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) or more usually Bluetooth sensors

• Temporary surveys consisting of radar, pneumatic tube or camera technologies

• TfGM, DCC and DCiC use C2-Cloud by Drakewell to store, manipulate and report. Further details will be provided in Appendix D: Specification.

This contract will help to support:

• the provision of data and analysis to support the movement of road users within and across regions

• asset management information requirements

• highways operations

• cross boundary collaboration and data sharing with stakeholders and 3rd parties where required

• Highways policy and strategy development and monitoring

Principles:

• In general, the assets that this contract will support are first line maintenance managed by the TfGM, DCC and DCiC in-house resource, unless requested otherwise, subject to prevailing guarantees/warranties.

• TfGM, DCC and DCiC will agree a standardised approach to the collation of information to interface with the successful contractor

• An SLA will be developed and agreed with the successful contractor in order to manage contract performance.

• Contracts will be agreed directly with each of the respective Transport Authorities.

• TfGM, DCC and DCiC may already have existing contracts/work orders in place to carry out some of the existing works and services specified within this tender. Although as much notice will be given, any such contract will be honoured, but the p organisation may make the decision if appropriate to use this contract to carry out some of those works and services if required.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Qualitative Scored Elements / Weighting: 60

Cost criterion - Name: Quantitative Scored Elements / Weighting: 40

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2020/S 001-111111


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

31 March 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Q-FREE (BRISTOL) UK LIMITED

Edinburgh

EH6 7BD

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKD3 - Greater Manchester
National registration number

SC185690

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £600,000

Lowest offer: £600,000 / Highest offer: £1,000,000 taken into consideration


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Transport for Greater Manchester

Manchester

Country

United Kingdom