Passenger Transport Services

Concepts

• passenger transport
• newport
• torfaen
• caldicot
• newport city council
• passenger transport services
• taxi services
• participating councils passenger transport requirements
• transport
• provision of passenger transport services

Location

Monmouthshire and Newport: Newport City Council, Monmouthshire County Council and Torfaen County Borough Council

Description

The continued development of a Dynamic Purchasing System for the participating Councils passenger transport requirements including local bus services. Newport City Council (NCC) is inviting tenders initially on behalf of Newport City Council, Monmouthshire County Council (MCC) and Torfaen County Borough Council (TCBC) from suitably licenced and experienced contractors to join the existing Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of passenger transport services as detailed in the tender documents; these services being for taxi, minibus, coach and local bus service provision. The DPS is utilised mainly to secure transport for transporting children to and from school, for transporting children and adults within the social care system, and for securing local bus services for the public.

Lot Division

Renewal Options

Note - whilst the above duration states 60 months, the DPS will be utilised by the Contracting Authorities until it is deemed to no longer offer a suitable solution to procure passenger transport requirements. Therefore the DPS may run for longer than 60 months.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 60130000 - Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
• 60120000 - Taxi services
• 60140000 - Non-scheduled passenger transport
• 60170000 - Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
• 60112000 - Public road transport services

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** IMPORTANT NOTE - This contract notice is to inform any interested suppliers that the opportunity to join the existing DPS is open. If you are an existing supplier on the DPS for Passenger Transport Services you should not apply again and should ignore this notice. Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender 1. Register your company on the etenderwales portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk - Click the “Suppliers register here” link - Agree to the terms and conditions and click “continue” - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) 2. Express an Interest in the Project - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the “PQQs Open to All Suppliers” link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant PQQ (pqq_32448 available from 14th February 2018) to access the content. - Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the page. - This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) - Click on the PQQ code to access the content 3. Responding to the tender - You can now choose to “Create Response” or “Decline to Respond” (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ - There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) If you require any further assistance use the online help, or the BravoSolution help desk is available Mon – Fri (8am – 6pm) on: - email: help@bravosolution.co.uk - Phone: 0800 368 4850 NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=128183 Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: Social value measures in procurement and contracts are currently being implemented in NCC, and going forward successful suppliers may be asked to report on social value delivery against contracts awarded through this DPS. This requirement also includes a commitment to work with NCC to look at measures to reduce the carbon impact of providing passenger transport services across the City and local area. This may include such elements as Carbon Reduction Plans, and measures to assist the drive to carbon Net Zero in Wales. (WA Ref:128183) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.