Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2020-03-20
Buyer: South Tees Site Company Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 50111000: Fleet management and maintenance services
Estimated value: 917308.46 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contracting authority South Tees site Company (STSC) require fleet management services to include reliable vehicle fleet, including maintenance, repairs, recovery service, to ensure that ongoing keep safe operations can be carried out on our top tier COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) site.
UK SBS is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015(as may be amended from time to time) (the ‘Regulations’).
South Tees site Company (STSC) require fleet management services to include reliable vehicle fleet, including maintenance, repairs, recovery service, to ensure that ongoing keep safe operations can be carried out on our top tier COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) site, which will allow the STSC business to remove or minimize the risks associated with vehicle investment, improving efficiency, productivity and reducing our overall transportation and site fleet costs, providing 100 % compliance with government legislation.
The South Tees Site Company (STSC) site covers an area of approximately 8 square miles directly located on the South side of the River Tees between the towns of Redcar and South Bank. The site is accessible from the National road infrastructure via the A1085 Trunk Road and the A66 arterial thoroughfare. In addition the site is also served by a railway station within its boundary. On the site there are a number of operating ventures including, Redcar Bulk Terminal, South Tees Development Corporation and British Steel. STSC is an interim government body that was established in December 2016 by the Government and is responsible for the safe, secure and cost-effective management of the former SSI steelworks site. STSC plays a pivotal role in the safe redevelopment of the South Tees area by working to a ‘make it safe/keep it safe’ strategy.
For full details of the requirement bidders should refer to the tender documents attached to the contracts finder notice where a full scope of works to be completed can be found.
All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts). This procurement will be managed electronically via the Crown Commercial Service’s e-Sourcing Suite.
To participate in this procurement, participants shall first be registered on the e-Sourcing Suite. If bidders have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can bed one online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/emptoris by following the link ‘Supplier eSourcingRegistration’. Please note that, to register, bidders must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
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(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and
(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and in no circumstances will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by any supplier.
If the contracting authority decides to enter into a contract with the successful supplier, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders.
The contracting authority (CA) will continue to utilise the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) for this procurement if the United Kingdom (UK) is able to gain access to the OJEU.
If, however during this procurement process the UK exits the EU and this does not allow for any transitional arrangements of access aligned to the timings of the procurement, the contracting authority will as directed by the UK Governments Cabinet Office (via Crown Commercial Services) utilise the UK Governments own procurement portal to discharge the balance of its statutory obligations associated with this procurement.
(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and
(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by any supplier.


Winner: Runtech (North) Ltd
Award value: 917308.46
Number of bids: 2