Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-30
Buyer: Aberdeen City Council
Country: UK
Region: Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34100000 | 34111200 | 34115200 | 50111000: Fleet management and maintenance services | 50111110
Estimated value: 175000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-01-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The city of Aberdeen requires a Membership based pay as you go Car Club to operate in the city and to be used by the Council employees on council business and the general public.
The city of Aberdeen Council require a pay as you go membership car club to operate in the city, which will be used by the general public and council employees conducting council business.
The council reserves the right to award extension options under any resultant contract, for periods of up to a maximum of 24 months in total.
Tenderer must be a member of Car Plus and provide a copy of their certification to council as part of this tender.
— It is a requirement of this contract that tenderer hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below.
1. Employers Liability Insurance: For this contract the Council requires a minimum Employers Liability Insurance cover to comply with all relevant statutory requirements of 10 000 000 GBP.
3. Professional Indemnity Insurance: It also requires a minimum Public Liability Insurance cover of 5 000 000 GBP.
The council will use the independent Credit scoring organisation Creditsafe to check the financial status of the tenderers and may involve further detailed financial checking /assessment.
Examples of previous work: Bidders will be required to provide 3 recent examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described in part II.2) of the OJEU Contract Notice or the relevant section in the Contract Notice.
Tenderers will be required to confirm details of the technicians or technical bodies who they can call upon, especially those responsible for quality control.
Tenderer is required to provide details of the technical facilities and measures for ensuring quality and the study and research facilities used.
Questions of any nature in relation to this tender exercise and associated documents must be raised using Question and Answer facility provided within this Contract Notice only. Direct communication from an economic operator with any member of staff at Aberdeen city council in relation to this tender exercise is prohibited and may result in that economic operator's exclusion from any further part in the process. Furthermore, any potential errors or omissions within the tender document issued by Aberdeen city council that is/are identified by economic operators must be raised with Aberdeen city council using the Question and Answer facility as soon as it has been identified. If an economic operator submits their tender response having applied their own assumed correction to any document, it may result in the rejection of their tender.
Note: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=472671
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx
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.

Eligibility requirements: Tenderer must be a member of Car Plus and provide a copy of their certification to council as part of this tender.

Award value: 175000