Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Essex County Council
County Hall, Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
UK
Contact person: Ms Abbey Wellington
Telephone: +44 333
E-mail: abbey.wellington@essex.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.essex.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.essex.gov.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Home/About
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Home/About
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
CO0437 - Data Management System
Reference number: DN706093
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This exercise seeks to procure a Data Management System for the effective management of bus route and timetable data, ensuring Essex County Council can deliver its statutory duties.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72220000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Essex County Council (ECC) currently uses a Data Management System to manage and maintain the Greater Essex Dataset, which is a dataset of all bus routes (and associated timetables) for every legally registered local bus service in Essex, Southend and Thurrock. From this system, weekly uploads to data.essex.gov.uk are carried out in a variety of formats to support various in-house and external strategic planning data needs.
ECC is therefore undertaking a tender under FTS procedures for an initial five-year-contract from 01 April 2025 to 31 March 2030, with the option to extend for a further 3 years (1+1+1). The specification is set out in six areas of functionality:
1. Data Management System Core
2. National Public Transport Access Nodes (NaPTAN)
3. Geographic Information System (GIS)
4. Artwork Outputs
5. Reporting
6. System performance & Security
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
225 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/04/2025
End:
31/03/2030
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Option to extend for a further 3 years (1+1+1).
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-000680
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
19/08/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
19/08/2024
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court, Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/07/2024