Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-11-05
Buyer: University of Bristol
Country: UK
Region: Somerset
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34121000: Buses | 34121100: Public-service buses | 60100000 | 60112000
Estimated value: 12000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-12-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The University of Bristol (‘University’) is seeking tenders for the provision of public bus services between the main University Campus in Clifton, Bristol and outlying sites. The University will select one operator for the services from this procurement process.
The University entered into tri-party agreement with the University of the West of England (UWE) and a bus services operator in 2011. This followed a successful U6 bus service pilot in 2010/2011. The Service 16 became a standalone/singular service in September 2014. The contract period for the provision of the current Service 16 ends on the 31.8.2017, therefore the University wishes to re-tender the Service. The Service 16 operates between the Stoke Bishop Transport Hub and the City Centre, via the University Precinct. The service currently has a Peak Vehicle Requirement of eight and operates between 8:00 and +4:30 Mon — Sat and 10 — 19:00 Sunday. A smartcard system was introduced in 2010 along with a point of sales unit at the University. The Service transported 812,000 passengers in 2014/2015 (a 197 % increase since 2010/2011) and it is estimated that 90 % of passenger journeys are made by students. The University aims to provide a high quality transport service for students and staff to travel to their place of study or work as well as high quality transport service to support the Bristol Transport network and benefit not non-university staff or students.
This opportunity is being procured by the University as an open procedure for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘Regulations’). Operators wishing to express an interest in/tender for this opportunity should download, complete and return the tender submission from the website address in section I.3 above. A summary of the scope of this contract is included with the procurement documentation.
The initial contract term will be 60 months. The University may elect to extend the contract by up to 3, 12 month, periods as provided for in the contract. The maximum contract term will be 96 months.
The University reserves the right to request performance and/or financial guarantees (including parent company guarantees). Further information will be set out in the procurement documentation. The University may require successful consortia or group(s) of bidders to form a single legal form or to require a single contractor to take primary liability or to require that each contractor has joint an.
Interested parties must register their interest on the University's online tender portal, https://tender.bris.ac.uk/procontract/bristol/supplier.nsf/frm_home?ReadForm
You will be required to download, complete and submit the tender response by the deadline specified in this notice.
The University will not invite any bidder to tender where any of the reasons detailed in the Public Contract Regulations 2015 are deemed to apply.
All bidders must hold either a UK PSV Operators Licence, or equivalent accreditation in the bidder's member state.
The University may establish alternative legal entities such as subsidiaries to which the benefit and / or obligations of any contract may be transferred.
The University shall have no liability for any costs, expenses, fees or charges (including third party charges) by those expressing interest in and/or pre-qualifying for and/or tendering for this opportunity. No contract (whether implied or otherwise) shall exist between any bidder and the University until such time as a contract is awarded to a successful bidder. The University reserves the right to make any changes to the procurement as it may require at any time with no liability on its part (including to change, suspend, stop or terminate the process and not award a contract and/or to reject any or all bids at any time).
Bidders have the right to appeal as set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The University will allow for a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period between notification of the award decision and the award of the contract. Proceedings under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 are time limited and any such proceedings must be brought in the High Court of England and Wales.


Award value: 12000000