Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2022-05-23
Buyer: The City of Edinburgh Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30237475 | 34924000 | 34970000 | 34972000 | 34996300
Submission deadline: 2022-06-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ERDF

Technical requirements: As part of the Smart Cities programme, the City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) is seeking a competent contractor to deliver the Intelligent Infrastructure project.
1.	Delivery of a cloud based Urban Traffic Management & Control (UTMC) system which makes use of data from disparate systems to control Intelligent Transport System (ITS) assets.
2.	Refurbishment of existing Variable Message Signs (VMS) (upgrade electrical and electronic equipment within existing enclosure); approximately 22 VMS existing signs and full integration with the UTMC system
4.	Purchase of a floating car journey time monitoring system to supply data on the major 12 routes into Edinburgh with full integration to the UTMC system
6.	UTMC system to receive traffic, cycle and pedestrian count data from the council’s video analytics platform for approximately 30 sites, fully integrated with the UTMC system
The City of Edinburgh Council reserves the right to procure repeat requirements of a similar nature without any further call for competition pursuant to Article 32(5) of Directive 2014/24/EU and Regulation 33(8)(a) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF); Scottish Cities Alliance smart cities initiative; ‘Scotland’s 8th City - the Smart City’
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A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/
You must select a community benefits from the menu and deliver those benefit(s) reflective to the contract value i.e. if you are awarded a contract for 758,765 GBP you must select and deliver benefits up to 150 points. You can should you wish, deliver more than the minimum points value.
You must deliver Community Benefits offer within the initial contract period (5 years), the points will be divided by 5, for instance 150/5 = 30 your organisation must deliver minimum of 30 points of benefits annually (you can if you wish deliver more).
Suppliers should note that each extension value will also be used for Community Benefits, calculate the estimated extension value and associate points i.e. if the extension value is 115,000 GBP then you must deliver benefits up to 30 points.   You must deliver all extension Community Benefits within the first 12 months of the extension.