Public procurement notice: Dynamic Purchasing System
Published: 2019-12-19
Buyer: Scottish Borders Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 34120000: Motor vehicles for transport of persons | 60112000 | 60120000
Estimated value: 110000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2029-01-09
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The contracting authorities are seeking to invite passenger vehicle operators to participate in a dynamic purchasing system (DPS) which will be used to procure transport related ‘service contracts’ operated by public service vehicles (PSV), taxis, accessible wheelchair vehicles and minibuses including but not limited to subsidised local bus services, home to school transport, sports and excursion conveyance transport, NHS and community care transport.
The contracting authorities are committed to reducing carbon emissions from the delivery of all contracted services and recognise that operators can assist with continuous improvement of our sustainability commitments.
This notice is supplementary to notice ID NOV338351 DOcument ID 561895 published on 26.11.2018 which was the initial advert for the establishment of this DPS. This new notice allows operators to continue to apply to join the DPS through its lifetime.
This lot will be used to procure transport related ‘service contracts’ operated by taxi vehicles with up to 8 seats.
Operators may join the DPS at any point its validity if they satisfy the selection criteria and none of the grounds for exclusion apply.
Under the DPS, contracts awarded will be subject to a tendering process (mini-competition) with all operators who have been admitted to the DPS being invited to tender. Contract awards may arise from the combination of more than 1 competition and the contracting authority will seek to match offers which give the most economically advantageous result.
ESPD Question: Part 2D — Subcontracting: bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract to be called-off under the proposed DPS.
If you intend to subcontract any share of the contract to third parties on whose capacity you rely on to satisfy the selection criteria, you must secure that each subcontractor completes a separate ESPD (Scotland) response.
After the end date of the DPS, no further contracts can be awarded. Contracts can be awarded prior to the end of the DPS and may carry on beyond the end date of the DPS.
Contracts will be awarded for various durations from the DPS. The contracting authorities have the option, if intimated in the tender documentation, to extend contracts beyond the original term.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
This lot will be used to procure transport related ‘service contracts’ operated by accessible vehicles able to carry 1-4 wheelchairs.
Operators may join the DPS at any point during its validity if they satisfy the selection criteria and none of the grounds for exclusion apply.
Under the DPS, contracts awarded will be subject to a tendering process (mini-competition) with all operators who have been admitted to the DPS being invited to tender. Contract awards may arise from the combination of more than 1 competition and the contracting authority will seek to match offers which give the most economically advantageous result.
ESPD Question Part 2D Subcontracting: bidders will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract to be called-off under the proposed DPS.

Eligibility requirements: Bidders must ensure that all vehicles used for any contract awarded from the DPS fully complies with all requirements as detailed within Schedule 2 Conditions of contract.

Award value: 110000000