Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-05-03
Buyer: Perth & Kinross Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 60112000
Estimated value: 80000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Perth & Kinross Council are seeking to invite passenger vehicle Operators to participate in a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) which will be used to procure transport related ‘service contracts’ operated by Public Service Vehicles (PSV) including but not limited to subsidised local bus services, home to school transport, sports conveyance transport and Community Care transport.
This award notice relates to the establishment of the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) only. The operators listed in the award section have been admitted to the DPS. Separate contract award notices will be published periodically as and when contracts are awarded under the DPS.
Services to be provided mainly in the Perth & Kinross Council Area but may cross boundaries into neighbouring Council areas.
As per the short description, Perth & Kinross Council are seeking to invite passenger vehicle operators to participate in a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) which will be used to procure transport related “service contracts” operated by Public Service Vehicles (PSV).
Operators may join the DPS at any point during its validity if they satisfy the selection criteria and none of the grounds for exclusion apply.
Under the DPS, contracts awarded will be subject to a tendering process (i.e. mini-competition) with all operators who have been admitted to the DPS being invited to tender. Contract awards may arise from the combination of more than one competition and the council will seek to match offers which give the most economically advantageous result for the council.
Variants and options which meet the minimum requirement(s) in a contract specification may be considered if submitted in addition to a compliant bid.
Contracts awarded will be for periods of 3-5 years but the council reserves the right to vary this. The council will have the option, if intimated in the tender documents, to extend contracts beyond their original term.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the public contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Under the DPS, mini-competition tenders will be evaluated to identify which of the eligible tenders will deliver best value for money for the organisation. This will be based on Quality and Price criteria, typically in the proportion of Quality 10:Price 90. This ratio may be varied for individual competitions under the DPS.
Quality criteria will be linked to the subject matter of the contract and be based on the operational delivery of particular elements outlined in the specification.
The Quality criteria will be more precisely formulated at the tender stage and may be varied for individual competitions under the DPS.
This award notice relates to the establishment of the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) only. the operators listed have been admitted to the DPS. Separate contract award notices will be published periodically when contracts are awarded under the DPS.


Winner: A1 Minibus & Coach Services LTD
Award value: 80000000
Number of bids: 31