CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Passenger Transport - Establishment Notice

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

This is a notification of Cardiff's DPS - ERFX1004452 Title: Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Passenger Transport Services that was established in 04/05/2018

Cardiff Council has established a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of high quality and cost effective Passenger Transport via the Proactis portal.

https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login

This DPS is split in to the lots detailed below:

- Lot 1: Buses 17 seats or larger

- Lot 2: Minibuses 8 to 16 seats

- Lot 3: Taxi with regular driver and passenger assistant (if required)

- Lot 4: Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles

- Lot 5: Ad Hoc Taxis

- Lot 6: Children and Adult Services

- Lot 7: Miscellaneous Requests

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

This DPS is split in to the lots detailed below:

- Lot 1: Buses 17 seats or larger

This Lot covers the requirements of the council for bus services for vehicles 17 seats and over.

- Lot 2: Minibuses 8 to 16 seats

This Lot covers all Passenger Carrying Vehicle (PCV) and Section 19 licensed minibuses that require a regular Driver and, in most cases, a Passenger Assistant on every journey.

- Lot 3: Taxi with regular driver and passenger assistant (if required)

This Lot covers all taxi contracts up to 8 seats (and specially adapted vehicles licensed as Private Hire Vehicles). All contracts will require a regular driver and some contracts will also require a regular passenger assistant to support the passengers.

- Lot 4: Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles

This Lot covers all Passenger Carrying Vehicle (PCV) and Section 19 licensed minibuses that have been Specially Adapted to carry

wheelchairs and that require a regular Driver and, in most cases, a Passenger Assistant on every journey.

- Lot 5: Ad Hoc Taxis

This specification covers all taxi bookings that do not require a regular driver.

There are two elements to this Lot:

- One-off requests for a taxi from A to B

- Regular bookings of a taxi once a day/week etc to transport clients from their home addresses to training venues or appointments, and return whereby a different driver can be allocated for each journey.

- Lot 6: Children and Adult Services

This Lot covers all transport contracts for vehicles up to 16 seats (and specially adapted vehicles licensed as Passenger Carrying Vehicle (PCV) for vulnerable children, vulnerable adults, clients with Additional Learning needs (ALN) and other clients for whom the Council is required to arrange transport, normally door to door (unless specified).

- Lot 7: Miscellaneous Requests

This Lot covers all miscellaneous transport needs required by the Council not covered in the first 6 lots. Any such requests will be detailed at time of tender.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

This is a notification of Cardiff's DPS - ERFX1004452

Title: Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Passenger Transport Services that was established in 04/05/2018

All documentation which can be accessed via:

https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

ERFX1004452

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Please note: This is a notification of Cardiff's Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Passenger Transport Services that was established in 04/05/2018.

Project number: ERFX1004452

All contractors who wish to participate must register and access the ITT via the portal below:

https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login

Proactis Title: Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Passenger Transport Services

Proactis Reference: ERFX1004452

Steps to Register:

a) Click on the link above

b) To register - click the 'register' link

- Enter the information requested on the page and click register.

- An activation email will be sent to the email address of the primary contact.

- Click the link in your email to activate the account

- You will then be prompted to enter further organisational information relating to your organisation.

Please note that if your company is already registered on the portal then an automatic email will be sent to the primary account user's email address.

(WA Ref:104871)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice