Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-08-19
Buyer: Cambridgeshire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48813000: Passenger information systems | 48813200 | 50000000
Estimated value: 5000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-09-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Cambridgeshire County Council Real Time Passenger Information (RTPI) Service and Maintenance Agreement.
Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) and consortium invite Tenders for the supply of goods and services in respect of Real Time Passenger Information services. This includes the supply of a RTPI hosted platform by the Contractor as a software service, GPRS journey time central system, supply and install or decommission of RTPI equipment and the maintenance, including software and both new and existing hardware, of the complete RTPI system to the set response standards and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
The primary requirement of this contract is to put in place a system that will deliver high quality bus RTPI. In order to do this, the Consortium wish to maintain the existing RTPI system while having the ability to expand when required. The RTPI system must therefore be capable of ongoing expansion as more displays and outputs are potentially deployed.
In addition to the Consortium members, this Framework is also open to all of Local Government Shared Services (LGSS) including:
i) Partners and other organisations delegating services and or functions to LGSS (currently CCC, Milton Keynes Council and Northamptonshire County Council, Norwich City Authority and Northampton Borough Council) who participate in LGSS' shared services venture;
iii) Any city, district, borough or other local authority within the counties of any LGSS partner authority (currently Cambridgeshire County, the City of Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire County) including Northamptonshire Partnership Homes;
v) Any school, academy, university or other educational establishment within the counties of any LGSS partner authority (currently Cambridgeshire County, Northamptonshire County and Milton Keynes); and
The Framework agreement will be for a period of 48 months. Consortium Members intend to enter into a call off contract, under the Framework agreement for an initial period of 60 months, with an optional extension for up to a further 36 months.
The Authority would like to inform all potential providers that the CPV coding used in the contract notice is for indicative purposes only and providers are advised to refer to Section II.1.4) for a short description of the requirements. The Council reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award any framework and does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender or any tender received or to call for new tenders if it is considered necessary without liability. The Council shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any tenderer in connection with the completion and return of the information requested or in the completion and submission of any tender. The contracting authority considers that this framework agreement may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, the framework will be awarded solely on the basis of the most economically advantageous tenders. The Council believes that TUPE may apply.
The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the Contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the Contracting Authority before the Contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from (refer to address in Part I.1). If an appeal regarding the award of Contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Chapter 6) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly where a Contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the Contract has been entered into the Court may order the ineffectiveness of a Contract where serious breach have occurred in addition to any fine. The Court may instead provide for alternative penalties either contract shortening fines or both.

Eligibility requirements: As specified in Questionnaire 1.1(i) and 1.1(ii).

Award value: 5000000