Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-04-30
Buyer: Dundee City Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 60400000: Air transport services | 60410000: Scheduled air transport services
Submission deadline: 2019-06-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The supply of a minimum twice daily return air service on weekdays and single return service on Sundays between Dundee Airport and London, as detailed in the specification of requirements. London is here defined as any airport within a 60 minute rail journey from/to a London Zone 1 station and designated as London according to IATA city code.
The financial assessment process for ongoing organisations which have traded for 3 years or longer involves the following key factors which are obtained from a mixture of the accounts supplied with this document together with an independent financial assessment obtained from a reputable credit rating organisation:
The financial assessment for organisations that have recently formed or have been trading for less than 3 years that do not have the historical trading record for established organisations stated above will be based on:
— a 5 year business plan. This is to include a 5 year cash flow forecast, broken down into months for the first year it should highlight future turnover, retained profits and explain any assumptions,
— evidence of external funding arrangements e.g. confirmation of grant offers, bank loans, orders based on new contracts.
If the applicant is a subsidiary, the financial information is required for both the subsidiary and the ultimate parent organisation. A financial assessment will also be performed on the ultimate parent organisation based on the criteria outlined below.
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Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a subcontract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason:
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361
The community benefit requirement for this contract is to deliver a minimum of 2 awareness raising events or curriculum support activities per annum. The Councils Community Benefit Officer will work with the successful bidder to identify an appropriate intervention and provide contact details of relevant support organisations including, Dundee and Angus College, local Universities, Dundee Education Service and where applicable organisations which work with the unemployed. The monitoring of this outcome will be come part of your contract monitoring for this contract.