Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-25
Buyer: Bristol City Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 30123100 | 30144200 | 30144400 | 34000000 | 48110000
Estimated value: 8000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-04-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Bristol City Council (BCC) on behalf of the Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire Council and North Somerset Council is seeking to tender the supply, installation, commissioning, maintenance and fault rectification of Passenger Ticketing Information Points at the MetroBus stops which shall contain a number of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) elements. The Passenger Information Point will have at the top a colour display screen for real time information (RTI) and a lower interactive touch-screen. The top RTI display will take a RTIG-SIRI data feed from the existing RTI supplier.
Bristol City Council (BCC) on behalf of the Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire Council and North Somerset Council is seeking to tender the supply, installation, commissioning, maintenance and fault rectification of Passenger Ticketing Information Points at the MetroBus stops which shall contain a number of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) elements. These elements include:
One display for real time information (RTI) for passengers, including RNIB REACT3 audio functionality;
A second display with an interactive touch-screen for product vending selection, other transport, local council and other website/portal information; At least one smartcard reader;
An emergency help point for passengers with a two-way voice link to an emergency control centre (ECC).
The purpose of these Passenger Ticketing Information Points are to house these elements together so they are customer-focused, clear easy to see and use, are a focal point / stop marker and to present them in a common MetroBus design style.
The specification is also for additional in-shelter RTI displays to be fitted to some MetroBus shelters.
The Contractor for the Passenger Ticketing Information Points and in shelter RTI displays shall provide the Council and their project partners with:
A Content Management System (CMS) to configure and manage the information on the information displays at the Passenger Ticketing Information Points including messaging;
A Fault and Consumables Management System (FCMS) which shall include remote monitoring of the Passenger Ticketing Information Points, fault reporting and fault progress and resolution tracking functionality, and remote monitoring of the levels of ticketing consumables; and
An Audit Management System (AMS) to keep track of Passenger Ticketing Information Points use, payments received and smartcards / tickets issued.
The Councils reached a joint decision that splitting the goods and service requirements into ‘Lots' would fail to provide a full integrated service for the delivery of a complex transportation and technological project, at the same time and provide value for money for the councils and their Citizens.
This decision is based upon the need for the new contract to be in place with an organisation or consortium that can provide a full integrated service in order to deliver the complex needs of the project that will consist of multiple projects and work streams: civil engineering, construction of bus stops, smartcard ticketing products, bus operator etc.
The Councils, therefore, require a single point of contact for the new contract. This could be provided by 1 organisation or a consortium that can work with the three different councils in order to deliver very demanding transport solutions within a short duration that meet each of the local authorities' communities’ needs.
The Authority reserves the right to request appropriate securities relevant to the risk and proportionate to the contract value. Further details will be given in the Invitation to Tender documents.

Eligibility requirements: In accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the Invitation to Tender and Evaluation Award Criteria. Also; (1)The Council reserves the right to exclude a Bidder if: (a) the Bidder has not confirmed that Blacklists are not used by or on behalf of the Bidder; and/or (b) the Council is not satisfied that the Bidder has demonstrated that adequate measures are in place to ensure that Blacklists are not used by or on behalf of the Bidder. (2) The Council reserves the right to exclude a Bidder if the Council is not satisfied that adequate self-cleaning has been carried out following: (a) an adverse finding by a court or tribunal or other public body exercising similar functions regarding the use of a Blacklist by or on behalf of a Bidder; (b) an admission by the Bidder of the use of a Blacklist by or on behalf of the Bidder. Please refer to the online Questionnaire documentation and the on-line questionnaire for more details (including a definition of ‘Blacklist’ and guidance regarding self-cleaning). In accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the Invitation to Tender and Evaluation Award Criteria. In accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the Invitation to Tender and Evaluation Award Criteria. In accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the Invitation to Tender and Evaluation Award Criteria. In accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the Invitation to Tender and Evaluation Award Criteria.
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In accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and as set out in the Invitation to Tender and Evaluation Award Criteria.