Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-26
Buyer: Milton Keynes Council
Country: UK
Region: Milton Keynes
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34121000: Buses | 34121100: Public-service buses | 60100000 | 60112000
Submission deadline: 2016-03-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Milton Keynes requirement for 3 bus routes two of which are new services for newly developed areas of the town.
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Lot 2 comprises a Monday to Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday service operating between Central Milton Keynes and Kingston via Oakgrove. Oakgrove is a new development to the east of Central Milton Keynes currently being built out. The journeys within Lot 2 will compliment journeys on contract service 11/12 between Central Milton Keynes, but will additionally provide a link between Oakgrove and Kingston District Centre.
The contract will be awarded in May for 17 months. Service commencement is 28.8.2016 for 14 months until 28.10.2017.
Lot 3 comprises a Monday to Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday service operating between Central Milton Keynes and Newton Leys, and a separate Monday to Saturday evening, Sunday and Public Holiday service operating between Central Milton Keynes and Bradville. Newton Leys is a large development to the south of Milton Keynes that is currently being built out. Bradville is an established area to the north of Central Milton Keynes. The services within lot 3 replace services currently operated by Arriva under contract to Milton Keynes Council.
The contract will be awarded in May for 17 months. Service commencement date is 28.8.2016 for 14 months until 28.10.2017.
Lot 1 comprises a Monday to Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday service operating between Central Milton Keynes and the Western Expansion Area (WEA) of Milton Keynes. The bus service to the WEA is due to commence in August 2016, but the exact timing will be dependent upon construction and occupation of dwellings. As the WEA is built out and roads are completed and dwellings occupied, the route will be extended further and the frequency will increase as indicated in the Specification of Service. The requirement is that the service will use new vehicles and be of a higher quality than other local bus contracts.
The contract will be awarded in May for 23 months. Service commencement is 28.8.2016 for a period of 20 months, with the option to extend by a further period of 12 months (ending on 27.4.2019).
The Council is looking to tender for 3 bus routes around Milton Keynes. Estimate value of all 3 lots is GBP 1 671 400. This value is broken down into 3 different routes/lots with different contract lengths.
Without prejudice to the remedies provided under Regulation 86 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Council of the Borough of Milton Keynes shall allow a period of at least 10 days to elapse between the date of despatch of its decision notifying its intention to award the contract and the date on which it proposes to enter into a contract. If by midnight at the end of second working day of the above said period the Contracting Authority receives a request in writing from an economic operator who had been sent a notice of being unsuccessful, the Authority shall inform the said economic operator of characteristics and relative advantages of the successful tender. That information shall be provided at least 3 working days before the end of aforesaid 10 days standstill period. Where it is not possible the standstill period shall be extended to allow at least 3 working days between provision of the information and the end of standstill period. Such additional information should be required from the address part 1.1. If an economic operator is not satisfied with the information provided, the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 5) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months). Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages.