Public procurement notice: Modification Of A Contract/Concession During Its Term
Published: 2018-03-21
Buyer: Transport Scotland
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 48217000 | 71311200 | 72316000: Data analysis services | 72317000: Data storage services | 72413000: Website design services

Technical requirements: Transport Scotland is an agency of the Scottish Government and contracts in the name of and on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. Transport Scotland has identified the requirement to appoint a contractor for the provision and on-going delivery of back office services, by way of a new Transport Application Back Office (TABO) to assist in the delivery of Scotland’s integrated travel plans (the “Contract”).
Transport Scotland will conduct the proposed procurement process for the contract on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. In the event of the contract award, the contract will be entered into between the Scottish Ministers and the successful tenderer.
The principal objective of the new contract is to commission a contractor to provide, implement, develop and maintain a new dedicated back office system to support the central smart ticketing system.
Furthermore the new system will be capable of (optionally) being enhanced to support future implementation of Account Based Ticketing (ABT).
Seamless transition of the current functionality, in particular on going accurate concessionary reimbursement, shall be a key deliverable.
Enhancements will include improved analysis and reporting, implementation of additional concessionary schemes, processing of commercial journey information, processing of simple ITSO ePurse information, and improved systems for the importing of data and the submission of non smart journey information.
It is intended that the contract will be in place for a period of 48 months. The contract is subject to renewal for two 24 months extensions.
Due to the nature of the system, a single deliverable is required and as such shall not be divided into lots.
The contractor will be procured through a competitive tender procedure, in accordance with the competitive dialogue procedure as proscribed in the public contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
To be considered for this contract economic operators are required to complete the European Single Procurement Document ESPD in accordance with this Contract Notice. Economic operators shall be evaluated in accordance with the public contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, on the basis of information they have provided within the (ESPD).
Further details pertaining to the technical requirement of this procurement are contained within the supplementary information document, which can be accessed via the public contracts Scotland portal www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Transport Scotland will conduct the proposed procurement process for the contract on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. In the event of the contract award, the contract will be entered into between the Scottish Ministers and the successful tenderer.
The Scottish Ministers shall not evaluate any submission received past the specified deadline, unless the delay is caused by a situation out with the control of the economic operator, the determination of which shall be at the sole discretion of the Scottish Ministers. Compliance with achieving the specified deadline is the sole responsibility of the economic operator.
Economic operators which alter their composition after making a submission will be the subject of re-evaluation.
Neither Transport Scotland nor the Scottish Ministers shall be responsible in any way to economic operators as a result of any delay or failure in answering any request for clarification or any decision not to answer a request for clarification (either in full or in part). Absence of a response from Transport Scotland or the Scottish Ministers shall not entitle economic operators to qualify their submission.


Winner: PDMS (UK) Ltd