TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF BUS PRIORITISATION CONSULTANCY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

A Tender Notice
by DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
14 month
Value
£587K
Sector
TRANSPORT
Published
28 Oct 2021
Delivery
05 Jan 2022 to 28 Feb 2023
Deadline
26 Nov 2021 12:00

Concepts

Location

Tayside

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

Following on from a successful bid to Transport Scotland’s Bus Partnership fund the Tayside Bus Alliance requests the consultants to undertake full Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) appraisals for 20 bus priority corridors in the Tayside Bus Alliance area. These appraisals will focus on bus priority measures and support objectives set down in the grant award. Although the Tayside Bus Alliance are the project leads, Transport Scotland are the funding agency and therefore continued engagement with them during the process is essential. Dundee City Council are the lead authority in the procurement and contract award of this piece of work. There is also a separate cost option for an independent project manager (lot 2) and this will be assess separately from the main STAG appraisal work (lot 1).

Lot Division

1 Bus Prioritisation
  • Value: £497K

The Tayside Bus Alliance is the pre-cursor organisiation to developing a Bus Service Improvement Partnership under the 2019 Transport Act. The geographical area comprises the council areas of Angus, Dundee City, Perth& Kinross and North East fife. The main aim for the Consultants commission is to bring forward bus priority STAG appraised proposals for 20 corridors and options that satisfy the following outcomes and that can be taken forward for future delivery

Award Criteria
Understanding of the brief 20
Methodology 30
Relevant Experience 25
Project Management 20
Community Benefits 3
Fair Work Practices 2
price 30
2 Independent Project Management – Client Representative
  • Value: £90K

The independence of the Project manager is critical and they will act as the client representative and manage all aspects of Tayside Bus Alliance for the Bus Partnership Fund STAG appraisal and associated initiatives. The Project Manager’s focus will be on the delivery and management of Bus Partnership Fund STAG Appraisal, including liaison with all partners in the Tayside Bus Alliance, negotiation of Match in Kind measures and development of the Alliance into a BSIP within all required timelines

Award Criteria
Local / Regional Experience 30
Public Transport / Bus Priority / STAG Knowledge 30
Project Management 25
Qualifications 10
Community Benefits 3
Fair Work Practices 2
price 30

CPV Codes

  • 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Indicators

  • This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
  • Renewals are not available.
  • Professional qualifications are sought.
  • Staff qualifications are relevant.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=671773. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Detailed within the tender document (SC Ref:671773)

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