Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Surrey County Council
Woodhatch Place,11 Cockshot Hill, Woodhatch
REIGATE
RH2 8EF
Contact
Rob Gilmour
robert.gilmour@surreycc.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ26 - East Surrey
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
East Sussex County Council
Lewes
james.cooper@eastsussex.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ - South East (England)
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
West Sussex County Council
Chichester
james.skilling@westsussex.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ - South East (England)
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Public Bus DPS
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Surrey County Council began operating the Public Bus DPS in January 2015 and issued a OJEU notice prior
to that in November 2014. In January 2017 East Sussex County Council and West Sussex County Council join
the DPS and will be procuring Public Bus services through it. The purpose of this updated notice is to inform the
market of this change, and of the change to the term of the DPS.
The DPS has been designed to be compliant with new Public Contract Regulations and Public Contract
Directives 2015 and as of 1.2.2017 will begin operating under the new regulations. The new regulations impose
no limit on the term of a DPS and so it will last for up to 22 January 2025.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £28,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ - South East (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Surrey County Council, East Sussex County Council and West Sussex County Council will be procuring their
requirements for the provision of public bus services through this Dynamic Purchasing System.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £28,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
End date
22 January 2025
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions
Any such requirements will be included in procurement documents
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system
four.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used
Additional information about electronic auction
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to use an electronic auction during the procurement process.
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: 2017/S 020-033510
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
22 January 2025
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
six.3) Additional information
This DPS will be available to public sector South East public sector bodies as per the list below:
http://localgovernmentexecutive.co.uk/councils/region/10
Public sector organisations who wish to use it should note the following:
I. Evaluation of Surrey suppliers is done currently by Surrey. However if the partner Contracting Authority wishes to invite new suppliers of their own to apply to the DPS, these will be evaluated by them.
II. To call-off from the DPS, the Contracting Authority should either:
- Obtain access to In-Tend or Proactis and run mini competitions themselves, at their own cost
- Use our in house Procurement team to run mini competitions. This will be subject to an administrative cost per tender, depending on the size/time-scale of the tender.
The Contracting Authority must take responsibility for the issuing and signing of all contract documents. SCC expects a regular exchange of supplier performance data with the Contracting Authority.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
surrey County Council
Reigate
Country
United Kingdom