Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-31
Buyer: Bridgend County Borough Council
Country: UK
Region: Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34114400: Vans | 34121000: Buses | 34121300 | 34121400 | 34144910
Estimated value: 2142000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-09-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of public transport for the general public, from and to various locations mainly within the County Borough of Bridgend using buses. The authority will award contracts on a route by route (Service Number) basis. See Tender Documents for details.
The provision of public transport to the general public from and to various locations mainly within the County Borough of Bridgend using buses. The authority will award contracts on a route by route (Service Number) basis. See Tender Documents for details. See the Service Number list with corresponding Contract Numbers below:
B456/3, SN:16, Bridgend to Blaengarw via Heol-y-Mynydd and Braichcymmer, Monday to Saturday (daytime only).
B456/5, SN:65/66, Bridgend to Talbot Green via Heol-y-Cyw, Monday to Saturday, (daytime and evening).
Due to the uncertainty of budgets going forward, it is prudent of the authority to plan and award the contract(s) on a Route by Route basis for a period of one (1) year (with options to extend for periods of up to twelve (12) months each, and up to a maximum extension period available of forty-eight (48) months commencing on 1.11.2016.
Tenderer(s) meeting the Qualification requirements and offering the ‘Most Economically Advantageous Tender(s)’ received on the basis of 100 % price and 0 % quality will be awarded a contract(s).
Opened by members of Cabinet Services and Corporate Procurement in the presence of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor.
1. Please note that the ‘Estimated Value’ field is an indication of the overall value of this contract notice which is inclusive of all eleven (11) Service Numbers/Routes and is based on the authority's historic expenditure. Tenderers should note that the ‘Estimated Value’ is not a guarantee of any future expenditure to be made by the authority.
2. The Tenderer is advised that pressures exerted by Welsh Government upon the authority's future operating budgets may result in the need for the authority to cancel some contracted Bus Routes. It is therefore essential that operators do not rely solely on the potential business generated by this series of contracts to invest in new vehicles and if they do it shall be done entirely at their own risk.
3. Due to the uncertainty of budgets going forward, it is prudent of the authority to plan and award the contract(s) on a Route by Route basis for a period of one (1) year (with options to extend for periods of up to twelve (12) months each, and up to a maximum extension period available of forty-eight (48) months commencing on 1.11.2016. Please refer to 2 above.
Note: the authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=49250


Award value: 2142000