Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-08
Buyer: Transport Scotland
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71311200 | 71311210 | 71318000: Lighting engineering services | 71350000
Estimated value:  GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The anticipated Services instructed under a Task Order could be carried out anywhere within Scotland, although are more likely to be carried out at the offices of Framework Participants or in Buchanan House in Glasgow.
Transport Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Ministers has identified an ongoing need for the services of experienced consultants to carry out services in connection with Transport and Land-Use Modelling and Transport Appraisal and Planning.
Transport Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Ministers wish to progress a procurement competition for a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement divided as follows:
— Lot 3 is for Development, Update and Application of the Transport Economic and Land-Use Model of Scotland (TELMoS); and
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The services for Lot 1 will include general updates to the Transport Model for Scotland (TMfS) including keeping the do-minimum and reference case scenarios up to date.
The scope of Services are also expected to include adding or improving functionality, to either new or existing models, including TMfS, 2
Lot 1 Services will also extend to the application of transport models to inform the assessment and appraisal of polices and projects. This could include the use of the national model any 2
The services for Lot 3 will relate to the development, update and application of TELMoS which is currently based on the Delta modelling software package.
— Preparing an Inception Report which will identify improvements that can be made to the model using existing data sources including the planning policy data which will be gathered in 2016, and setting out further proposed enhancements to the model;
— Updating the model as per the agreed recommendations of the Inception Report and as required throughout the commission as particular projects arise; and
— Using the TELMoS model to provide inputs to the other LATIS models and/or appraise government policies and projects to briefs specified by Transport Scotland.
The scope of services for Lot 2 will relate to the development of the transport appraisal and modelling aspects of business cases for transport programmes and priority projects.
The services include, but are not limited to, undertaking and advising on Transport Appraisal for Programmes and key priority projects in-line with Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) and Transport Scotland's ‘Guidance on the development of business cases in Scotland’. The services also include undertaking and advising on ‘The Strategic Case’ and ‘The Socio-Economic Case’ at the Outline Business Case (OBC) stage of business case development for programmes and key priority projects in-line with the guidance, but not the commercial, financial and management cases.
Lot 4 relates to the provision of services which ensure that the transport planning and project assessment processes relating to the administration of the Scottish strategic transport network conform to current requirements.

Eligibility requirements: (1) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they are not bankrupt or the subject of an administration order, are not being wound-up, have not granted a trust deed, are not the subject of a petition presented for sequestration of their estate, have not had a receiver, manager or administrator appointed and are not otherwise apparently insolvent. (2) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that the candidate, their directors or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the candidate has not been convicted of conspiracy, corruption, bribery or money laundering. Failure to provide such a declaration will result in the candidate being declared ineligible and they will not be selected to participate in this procurement process. (3) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence relating to the conduct of their business or profession. (4) All candidates will be required to produce a certificate or declaration demonstrating that they have not committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of their business or profession. (5) All candidates must comply with the requirements of the State in which they are established, regarding registration on the professional or trade register. (6) Any candidate found to be guilty of serious misrepresentation in providing any information required, may be declared ineligible and not selected to continue with this procurement process. (7) All candidates will have to demonstrate that they are licensed, or a member of the relevant organisation, in the State where they are established, when the law of that State prohibits the provision of the services, described in this notice, by a person who is not so licensed or who is not a member of the relevant organisation. (1) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance. (2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice. As per Pre-qualification Prospectus and Pre-qualification Questionnaire.
(1) All candidates will be required to provide evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance. (2) All candidates will be required to provide a statement, covering the 3 previous financial years including the overall turnover of the candidate and the turnover in respect of the activities which are of a similar type to the subject matter of this notice.
As per Pre-qualification Prospectus and Pre-qualification Questionnaire.