Public Bus DPS

Concepts

• public bus dps
• lewes
• transport services
• chichester
• reigate
• surrey county council
• east sussex county council
• new public contract regulations
• public contract directives
• term of the dps

Location

South East England:

Description

Surrey County Council began operating the Public Bus DPS in January 2015 and issued a OJEU notice prior to that in November 2014. In January 2017 East Sussex County Council and West Sussex County Council join the DPS and will be procuring Public Bus services through it. The purpose of this updated notice is to inform the market of this change, and of the change to the term of the DPS. The DPS has been designed to be compliant with new Public Contract Regulations and Public Contract Directives 2015 and as of 1.2.2017 will begin operating under the new regulations. The new regulations impose no limit on the term of a DPS and so it will last for up to 22 January 2025.

Total Quantity or Scope

Surrey County Council, East Sussex County Council and West Sussex County Council will be procuring their requirements for the provision of public bus services through this Dynamic Purchasing System.

CPV Codes

• 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Indicators

• An E-Auction may be used.
• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.
• Professional qualifications are sought.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This DPS will be available to public sector South East public sector bodies as per the list below: http://localgovernmentexecutive.co.uk/councils/region/10 Public sector organisations who wish to use it should note the following: I. Evaluation of Surrey suppliers is done currently by Surrey. However if the partner Contracting Authority wishes to invite new suppliers of their own to apply to the DPS, these will be evaluated by them. II. To call-off from the DPS, the Contracting Authority should either: - Obtain access to In-Tend or Proactis and run mini competitions themselves, at their own cost - Use our in house Procurement team to run mini competitions. This will be subject to an administrative cost per tender, depending on the size/time-scale of the tender. The Contracting Authority must take responsibility for the issuing and signing of all contract documents. SCC expects a regular exchange of supplier performance data with the Contracting Authority.