Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-10-25
Buyer: North Ayrshire Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34121000: Buses
Estimated value: 550000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-11-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Council’s current fleet of wheelchair accessible buses are utilised by Social Care Service users throughout the area for a range of educational and care related activities. Provision of 6 wheelchair accessible buses is now required urgently to replace the current fleet vehicles. The contract start date will be in January 2020 and will remain in place until completion of the phased delivery of the vehicles or July 2020 at the latest.
— new 20 seat plus driver (21 Seat) ultra-low floor side and rear entry accessible minibus. Must have space/facility to securely accommodate a minimum 3/4 wheelchair occupants leaving a minimum 4 passenger seats. Ultra-low floor, high roof, twin entry bus, all steel construction where possible (or acceptable alternative) with suitable sound and thermal insulation,
— total flexibility within the saloon for multiple combinations of seating/wheelchair space is paramount,
— vehicles built to this specification must satisfy the relevant requirements of the motor vehicle (construction and use) and the public service vehicle (condition of fitness, equipment and use) regulations and DPTAC specification in line with the DDA. All construction and fittings must meet latest vehicle type approval legislation.
If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.
Bidders will be required to have a minimum ‘general’ yearly turnover of [1 100 000] GBP for the last [3] years:
Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up/started trading.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Motor vehicle insurance in accordance with the provisions of the current Road Traffic Act 1988 to a minimum indemnity limit of 5 000 000 GBP.
Bidders will be required to provide a minimum of 2 examples, within the last 3 years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described in Part II.2.4) of this contract notice. The experience provided will be for projects of a similar value, size and scope.
Bidders must provide 2 satisfactory references from 2 different contracts within the last 3 years on the reference templates provided in the instruction to tenders document. References should be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar nature, value scope and size. Completed reference templates must be uploaded into the general attachments area of the qualification envelope. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 3 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.
Bidders will be required to confirm details of the technicians or technical bodies who they can call upon, especially those responsible for quality control.
Bidders will be required to demonstrate that they have (or have access to) the appropriate technical facilities, study and research facilities and quality measures to deliver the types of requirements detailed in II.2.4) in this contract notice.
Bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.
1) The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent); or

Eligibility requirements: If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established.

Award value: 550000