Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-05-20
Buyer: Dorset County Council
Country: UK
Region: Dorset CC
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34121000: Buses
Estimated value: 350000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-06-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Dorset Passenger Transport requires Low Floor Wheelchair Accessible 16 Passenger Seat Buses for the transportation of Service Users around Dorset. This will be a 1-off purchase of 5 X Low Floor Wheelchair Accessible 16 Seat Buses. The vehicles will be used to transport disabled, vulnerable and elderly people across a range of age groups around the County of Dorset to Day Care Centres, Residential Homes, Clinics, Hospitals, Schools, NHS and / or Educational Establishments. Vehicles must be easily accessible so passengers in wheelchairs and / or with walking aids can gain access, easily and safely. Vehicles may be used for hire and reward operations therefore each vehicle must comply with current EU and UK Regulations.
Where a bid is submitted as part of consortium or association, the ‘Group’ would be required to nominate a lead partner with whom the contracting authority can contract with or form themselves into a single legal entity.
(a) Is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the Court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) Is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order compulsory winding up the administration by the Court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) Has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) Has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contract authorities can demonstrate;
(e) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(f) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) Is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;
(h) Has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organization, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;
(i) Has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;
(j) Has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;
(k) Has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.
Full specific details are available in the invitation to tender documents that can be obtained from the following website: http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

Eligibility requirements: Any supplier may be disqualified who: (a) Is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the Court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations; (b) Is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order compulsory winding up the administration by the Court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations; (c) Has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct; (d) Has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contract authorities can demonstrate; (e) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority; (f) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority; (g) Is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information; (h) Has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organization, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA; (i) Has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively; (j) Has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities; (k) Has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering. Full specific details are available in the invitation to tender documents that can be obtained from the following website: http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk (a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance; (b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established; Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Full specific details are available in the invitation to tender documents that can be obtained from the following website: http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk A list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past 3 years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: — Where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issues or countersigned by the competent authority, — Where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator; Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Full specific details are available in the invitation to tender documents that can be obtained from the following website: http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
(a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance; (b) The presentation of balance-sheets or extracts from the balance-sheets, where publication of the balance-sheet is required under the law of the country in which the economic operator is established; Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Full specific details are available in the invitation to tender documents that can be obtained from the following website: http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
A list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past 3 years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: — Where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issues or countersigned by the competent authority, — Where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser's certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator; Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Full specific details are available in the invitation to tender documents that can be obtained from the following website: http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk