Supported Transport Services and Associated Activity.
Prior information notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Oxfordshire County Council
County Hall, New Road
Contact point(s): Simon Walkden
OX1 1ND Oxford
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 7748921109
E-mail:
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
General public services
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no
Section II.B: Object of the contract (Supplies or services)
II.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Supported Transport Services and Associated Activity.
II.2)Type of contract and place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 2: Land transport services [2], including armoured car services, and courier services, except transport of mail
Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire.
NUTS code UKJ14
II.3)Information on framework agreement
The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement: no
II.4)Short description of nature and quantity or value of supplies or services:
The Council is looking to establish an Innovation Partnership to research and develop solutions for the management and provision of Supported Transport in Oxfordshire, including management/delivery of statutory school and social transport transport, non-statutory transport, associated administration, and undertaking of unspecified commercial activity to offset fixed costs. Please additional information below.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 150 000 000 and 200 000 000 GBP
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 150 000 000 and 200 000 000 GBP
Lots
This contract is divided into lots: noII.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
60100000
II.6)Scheduled date for start of award procedures
II.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.8)Additional information:
Oxfordshire County Council currently spends over 22 000 000 GBP per year on community transport:
- Taking students to and from school;
- Transporting social care clients;
- Assessing service user needs;
- Managing the 3rd party provider market and procuring transport services;
- Running an in-house fleet;
- Working with the community and voluntary sector to build capability and capacity.
Over the last 2-3 years the Council has reshaped its services to bring them together in one central team ‘the transport hub’ and have released significant savings through the Supported Transport Change Programme.
OCC recognises that technology is changing rapidly, the transport sector is going through unprecedented change, that they way that we deliver services today won't be the way we need to deliver them in tomorrow's world. Not every request for statutory transport needs to result in a driver and vehicle taking a student to school, we can promote independence and look for innovative solutions so that service users are given a range of transport offers to meet their needs.
The Council is looking for an external partner (or partners) to collaborate to design a new innovative service. This service will seek out new ways to deliver these responsibilities to a high standard, but ‘how’ the service delivers these services is completely open. Similarly, whatever else the service chooses to do to generate income or deliver community value add is completely open.
A few key things are fixed. The Council is looking for the new service to leverage the scale of its spend and staffing to take on relevant commercial activity to offset the high costs of delivering statutory transport. OCC want to shape and build capacity in the external provider market whilst retaining the in house capacity and resilience to ensure a competitive and responsive market place overall. The Council wants to improve how demand is modelled and managed. It is envisaged that the new service is set up with a profit share approach so that partners both benefit from the efficiencies and improvements that are delivered.
For these reasons we are looking to use the Innovation Partnership (IP) procedure.
- Taking students to and from school;
- Transporting social care clients;
- Assessing service user needs;
- Managing the 3rd party provider market and procuring transport services;
- Running an in-house fleet;
- Working with the community and voluntary sector to build capability and capacity.
Over the last 2-3 years the Council has reshaped its services to bring them together in one central team ‘the transport hub’ and have released significant savings through the Supported Transport Change Programme.
OCC recognises that technology is changing rapidly, the transport sector is going through unprecedented change, that they way that we deliver services today won't be the way we need to deliver them in tomorrow's world. Not every request for statutory transport needs to result in a driver and vehicle taking a student to school, we can promote independence and look for innovative solutions so that service users are given a range of transport offers to meet their needs.
The Council is looking for an external partner (or partners) to collaborate to design a new innovative service. This service will seek out new ways to deliver these responsibilities to a high standard, but ‘how’ the service delivers these services is completely open. Similarly, whatever else the service chooses to do to generate income or deliver community value add is completely open.
A few key things are fixed. The Council is looking for the new service to leverage the scale of its spend and staffing to take on relevant commercial activity to offset the high costs of delivering statutory transport. OCC want to shape and build capacity in the external provider market whilst retaining the in house capacity and resilience to ensure a competitive and responsive market place overall. The Council wants to improve how demand is modelled and managed. It is envisaged that the new service is set up with a profit share approach so that partners both benefit from the efficiencies and improvements that are delivered.
For these reasons we are looking to use the Innovation Partnership (IP) procedure.
The Council intends to issue a separate Contract Notice to commence the process but providers can visit the Council's buyers profile www.businessportal.southeastiep.gov.uk to see further information, register an initial interest and ask questions through the portal.
It is expected that the Innovation Partnership could have a term of up to 7 years although some subsequent services may continue beyond this period.Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Information about reserved contracts
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
VI.3)Information on general regulatory framework
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
20.10.2016