Award

South Fife Local Bus Services - Contract Extensions

FIFE COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

26 Jan 2022 at 16:44

Award

16 Dec 2021 at 14:35

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for the "South Fife Local Bus Services - Contract Extensions" is organised by Fife Council, a regional authority based in Glenrothes, UK. This contract falls within the public road transport services industry and is currently in the Award stage as of January 26, 2022. The tender is marked as complete, with a total contract value of £1,260,361, providing extensions to existing contracts with incumbent suppliers, Stagecoach East Scotland and Bay Travel, effective until August 13, 2023. The procurement method employed is limited, which permits the award without prior publication of a call for competition due to exigent circumstances.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses, particularly those in the transportation sector, including bus operators and service providers who specialise in public transport. Companies that can demonstrate robust community benefits and fair work practices are likely to be well-suited to compete in this environment. Given the contract extensions, firms capable of adapting to fluctuating demand and utilising data-driven strategies to accurately assess transport needs post-COVID-19 may find a competitive edge.

Find more tenders on our Open Data Platform.
How relevant is this notice?

D3 Tenders Premium

Win More Public Sector Contracts

AI-powered tender discovery, pipeline management, and market intelligence — everything you need to grow your public sector business.

Notice Title

South Fife Local Bus Services - Contract Extensions

Notice Description

Fife Council organises local bus services as permitted by Section 63(2) of The Transport Act 1985. The Council wishes to provide bus services to provide links for communities either not served by the commercial bus network or not served by that network on particular days or at particular times of day. These bus services which are the subject of this Notice are in South Fife. South Fife is an area comprising, though not exclusively so, the boundaries of the former Dunfermline District Council. In general terms, this area is bounded by Kincardine, Saline, Kelty, Cardenden, Aberdour and the Forth Coast between Aberdour and Kincardine. The main urban centres are Dunfermline, Rosyth, Inverkeithing, Dalgety Bay, Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly, Cardenden, Kelty and Ballingry. Services may operate wholly within the South Fife area but are not limited by its boundaries and may operate further afield. On 20th February 2019, Fife Council confirmed to successful operators their place on the framework for the provision of South Fife Local Bus Services. Contracts initially awarded under the framework commenced on 19th August 2019 with an end date of 14th August 2022. Information about the award of the framework and contracts awarded under it was published on 7th March 2019 under references: MAR347581 OCID:ocds-r6ebe6-0000560754. This notice is to extend these existing contracts with the incumbent suppliers for a period of 12 months until 13th August 2023 for the reasons detailed in section IV of this notice.

Lot Information

Lot 1

These contracts are an extension of the existing contracts for the supply of local bus services in South Fife: SF/89-1 North Queensferry - Duloch Park - Dunfermline - Crossford SF/8783 Dunfermline - Duloch Park - Dalgety Bay - North Queensferry / Dalgety Bay - Duloch Park - Dunfermline SF/28-1 QMH - Dunfermline - Steelend - Oakley - High Valleyfield - Kincardine - Falkirk SF/20ALT2-1 Ballingry - Lochore - Lochgelly SF/8 Dunfermline - Culross/Kincardine SF/7D Sandpiper Drive, Duloch Park, Linburn Road, McKay Drive, Glen Nevis Drive, Johnston Crescent, St Leonards Bus Depot, Dunfermline Bus Station, St Leonards Asda, Rosyth, Inverkeithing Rail Station, Ferrytoll, North Queensferry SFOSDTOWN Bus Station - Abbeyview - Fife Leisure Park - Duloch District Centre - Pitcorthie - Bus Station - Bus Station - Touch - Abbeyview - Wedderburn - New Row - James St - Dunfermline Bus Station SFOS81SQMH Queen Margaret Hospital, Halbeath, Kingseat Road, Kingseat, Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly, Ballingry, Kinglassie, Glenrothes College, Glenrothes Bus Station. SF/F6 Steelend Turning Circle, Saline Turning Circle, Carnock Primary School, Milesmark Primary School, Dunfermline Golfdrum Street, Dunfermline Bus Station, Dunfermline James Street, Limekilns Harbour, Charlestown The Elgin Hotel, Crombie Ordanance Road, Rosyth crossroads Queensferry Road, Ferrytoll Park and Ride. SF/7188ALT-1 71 - Kincardine, Culross, High Valleyfield, Crombie, Charlestown, Limekilns, Rosyth, Ferrytoll P&R, Inverkeithing. 88 - Rosyth, Castle Road opp Innova Way, Rosyth, Ferrytoll Road, Ferrytoll Park and Ride, Inverkeithing Square, Inverkeithing Rail Station, Preston Crescent, Spencerfield Road, Spittalfield Crescent, Inverkeithing Hill Street, Whinneyhill Crescent, Struan Drive, Hillfield Crescent, Inverkeithing Square, Preston Crescent, Spencerfield Road, Spittalfield Crescent, Inverkeithing Rail Station, Inverkeithing Hope Street, Ferrytoll Park and Ride, Rosyth, Ferrytoll Road, Castle Road opp Innova Way SF/18-1 Cowdenbeath, Foulford Road, Stenhouse Street, Moss Side Road, Cowdenbeath Fountain, Auchtertool, Kirkcaldy Bus Station, Victoria Hospital. SF/17A17B-1 17A - Cowdenbeath, Mossend Terrace, Rae Street, Moss Side Road, High Street, Stenhouse Street, Foulford Road, Craigbeath Court, Kelty, Cross Church, Westcroft Way. 17B - Mossgreen, Crossgate, Cowdenbeath, Rae Street, Greenback Drive, Young Terrace, Selkirk Avenue, High Street, Craigbeath Court, Kelty, Cross Church, Shiels Cottages, Westcroft Way. SF/4B 4B - Dunfermline Bus Station, Baldridgeburn, Parkneuk, Milesmark, Carnock, Oakley, Comrie, Blairhall. 4C - Dunfermline Bus Station, Baldridgeburn, Parkneuk, Milesmark, Carnock, Oakley, Comrie, Blairhall, Comrie, Saline, Steelend

Procurement Information

Covid-19 has reduced demand so fares information for specifications can't be provided and it's unclear when passenger numbers will return to pre-Covid levels, leading to difficulty in pricing bids because fare levels are unknown. By extending contracts, we have time to obtain more realistic passenger level data. - Covid-19 has prevented us undertaking on-bus passenger surveys, a more effective tool than online ones with regard to response numbers. Recovered passenger levels will enable accurate surveys. - The Covid Support Grant will be revised/ended at some point, which is likely to impact bus operators' income. There is concern that, when the Government support ends, marginal commercial bus routes will be withdrawn, putting pressure on the Council to subsidise replacements. The impact isn't yet known but we wouldn't want any decisions/outcomes to force us to amend/abandon a procurement in the near future. - Delay to implementing the Under 22s Free Travel Scheme leaves unknowns re. provision of passenger and pupil fare estimates and continued uncertainty over what the Government will be funding with regard to pupils on our registered school buses.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03023b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002342-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

60 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)


CPV Codes

60112000 - Public road transport services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,260,361 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
26 Jan 20224 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
6 Oct 20214 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
FIFE COUNCIL
Contact Name
Sarah Cutler
Contact Email
sarah.cutler@fife.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 3451550000

Buyer Location

Locality
GLENROTHES
Postcode
KY7 6GH
Post Town
Kirkcaldy
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM0 Eastern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM01 Clackmannanshire and Fife
Delivery Location
TLM72 Clackmannanshire and Fife

Local Authority
Fife
Electoral Ward
Glenrothes Central and Thornton
Westminster Constituency
Glenrothes and Mid Fife

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

BAY TRAVEL

STAGECOACH EAST SCOTLAND

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)

View full OCDS Record for this contracting process

Download

The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.

{
    "tag": [
        "compiled"
    ],
    "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-03023b-2022-01-26T16:44:02Z",
    "date": "2022-01-26T16:44:02Z",
    "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-03023b",
    "description": "EXTENSION INFORMATION CONTRACT - OPERATOR - ANNUAL PRICE GBP SF/89-1 - Stagecoach - 134,892.00 SF/8783 - Stagecoach - 261,542.00 SF/28-1 - Stagecoach - 103,856.00 SF/20ALT2-1 - Stagecoach - 54,616.00 SF/8 - Stagecoach - 33,628.00 SF/7D - Stagecoach - 87,853.00 SFOSDTOWN - Stagecoach - 156,791.00 SFOS81SQMH - Stagecoach - 97,158.00 SF/F6 - Bay Travel - 67,321.00 SF/7188ALT-1 - Bay Travel - 85,845.00 SF/18-1 - Bay Travel - 15,641.00 SF/17A17B-1 - Bay Travel - 94,901.00 SF/4B - Bay Travel - 66,317.00 (SC Ref:680992)",
    "initiationType": "tender",
    "tender": {
        "id": "11195",
        "legalBasis": {
            "id": "32014L0024",
            "scheme": "CELEX"
        },
        "title": "South Fife Local Bus Services - Contract Extensions",
        "status": "complete",
        "classification": {
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "id": "60112000",
            "description": "Public road transport services"
        },
        "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
        "description": "Fife Council organises local bus services as permitted by Section 63(2) of The Transport Act 1985. The Council wishes to provide bus services to provide links for communities either not served by the commercial bus network or not served by that network on particular days or at particular times of day. These bus services which are the subject of this Notice are in South Fife. South Fife is an area comprising, though not exclusively so, the boundaries of the former Dunfermline District Council. In general terms, this area is bounded by Kincardine, Saline, Kelty, Cardenden, Aberdour and the Forth Coast between Aberdour and Kincardine. The main urban centres are Dunfermline, Rosyth, Inverkeithing, Dalgety Bay, Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly, Cardenden, Kelty and Ballingry. Services may operate wholly within the South Fife area but are not limited by its boundaries and may operate further afield. On 20th February 2019, Fife Council confirmed to successful operators their place on the framework for the provision of South Fife Local Bus Services. Contracts initially awarded under the framework commenced on 19th August 2019 with an end date of 14th August 2022. Information about the award of the framework and contracts awarded under it was published on 7th March 2019 under references: MAR347581 OCID:ocds-r6ebe6-0000560754. This notice is to extend these existing contracts with the incumbent suppliers for a period of 12 months until 13th August 2023 for the reasons detailed in section IV of this notice.",
        "lots": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "description": "These contracts are an extension of the existing contracts for the supply of local bus services in South Fife: SF/89-1 North Queensferry - Duloch Park - Dunfermline - Crossford SF/8783 Dunfermline - Duloch Park - Dalgety Bay - North Queensferry / Dalgety Bay - Duloch Park - Dunfermline SF/28-1 QMH - Dunfermline - Steelend - Oakley - High Valleyfield - Kincardine - Falkirk SF/20ALT2-1 Ballingry - Lochore - Lochgelly SF/8 Dunfermline - Culross/Kincardine SF/7D Sandpiper Drive, Duloch Park, Linburn Road, McKay Drive, Glen Nevis Drive, Johnston Crescent, St Leonards Bus Depot, Dunfermline Bus Station, St Leonards Asda, Rosyth, Inverkeithing Rail Station, Ferrytoll, North Queensferry SFOSDTOWN Bus Station - Abbeyview - Fife Leisure Park - Duloch District Centre - Pitcorthie - Bus Station - Bus Station - Touch - Abbeyview - Wedderburn - New Row - James St - Dunfermline Bus Station SFOS81SQMH Queen Margaret Hospital, Halbeath, Kingseat Road, Kingseat, Cowdenbeath, Lochgelly, Ballingry, Kinglassie, Glenrothes College, Glenrothes Bus Station. SF/F6 Steelend Turning Circle, Saline Turning Circle, Carnock Primary School, Milesmark Primary School, Dunfermline Golfdrum Street, Dunfermline Bus Station, Dunfermline James Street, Limekilns Harbour, Charlestown The Elgin Hotel, Crombie Ordanance Road, Rosyth crossroads Queensferry Road, Ferrytoll Park and Ride. SF/7188ALT-1 71 - Kincardine, Culross, High Valleyfield, Crombie, Charlestown, Limekilns, Rosyth, Ferrytoll P&R, Inverkeithing. 88 - Rosyth, Castle Road opp Innova Way, Rosyth, Ferrytoll Road, Ferrytoll Park and Ride, Inverkeithing Square, Inverkeithing Rail Station, Preston Crescent, Spencerfield Road, Spittalfield Crescent, Inverkeithing Hill Street, Whinneyhill Crescent, Struan Drive, Hillfield Crescent, Inverkeithing Square, Preston Crescent, Spencerfield Road, Spittalfield Crescent, Inverkeithing Rail Station, Inverkeithing Hope Street, Ferrytoll Park and Ride, Rosyth, Ferrytoll Road, Castle Road opp Innova Way SF/18-1 Cowdenbeath, Foulford Road, Stenhouse Street, Moss Side Road, Cowdenbeath Fountain, Auchtertool, Kirkcaldy Bus Station, Victoria Hospital. SF/17A17B-1 17A - Cowdenbeath, Mossend Terrace, Rae Street, Moss Side Road, High Street, Stenhouse Street, Foulford Road, Craigbeath Court, Kelty, Cross Church, Westcroft Way. 17B - Mossgreen, Crossgate, Cowdenbeath, Rae Street, Greenback Drive, Young Terrace, Selkirk Avenue, High Street, Craigbeath Court, Kelty, Cross Church, Shiels Cottages, Westcroft Way. SF/4B 4B - Dunfermline Bus Station, Baldridgeburn, Parkneuk, Milesmark, Carnock, Oakley, Comrie, Blairhall. 4C - Dunfermline Bus Station, Baldridgeburn, Parkneuk, Milesmark, Carnock, Oakley, Comrie, Blairhall, Comrie, Saline, Steelend",
                "hasOptions": false,
                "awardCriteria": {
                    "criteria": [
                        {
                            "name": "Environmental Initiatives",
                            "type": "quality",
                            "description": "3"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Fair Work Practices",
                            "type": "quality",
                            "description": "2"
                        },
                        {
                            "name": "Community Benefits",
                            "type": "quality",
                            "description": "5"
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "price",
                            "description": "90"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "status": "cancelled"
            }
        ],
        "items": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "additionalClassifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "CPV",
                        "id": "60112000",
                        "description": "Public road transport services"
                    }
                ],
                "deliveryAddresses": [
                    {
                        "region": "UKM72"
                    },
                    {
                        "region": "UKM72"
                    }
                ],
                "deliveryLocation": {
                    "description": "South Fife"
                },
                "relatedLot": "1"
            }
        ],
        "procurementMethod": "limited",
        "procurementMethodDetails": "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition",
        "coveredBy": [
            "GPA"
        ],
        "reviewDetails": "Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts: An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.",
        "procurementMethodRationaleClassifications": [
            {
                "scheme": "TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL",
                "id": "D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE",
                "description": "The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive"
            }
        ],
        "procurementMethodRationale": "Covid-19 has reduced demand so fares information for specifications can't be provided and it's unclear when passenger numbers will return to pre-Covid levels, leading to difficulty in pricing bids because fare levels are unknown. By extending contracts, we have time to obtain more realistic passenger level data. - Covid-19 has prevented us undertaking on-bus passenger surveys, a more effective tool than online ones with regard to response numbers. Recovered passenger levels will enable accurate surveys. - The Covid Support Grant will be revised/ended at some point, which is likely to impact bus operators' income. There is concern that, when the Government support ends, marginal commercial bus routes will be withdrawn, putting pressure on the Council to subsidise replacements. The impact isn't yet known but we wouldn't want any decisions/outcomes to force us to amend/abandon a procurement in the near future. - Delay to implementing the Under 22s Free Travel Scheme leaves unknowns re. provision of passenger and pupil fare estimates and continued uncertainty over what the Government will be funding with regard to pupils on our registered school buses."
    },
    "awards": [
        {
            "id": "031428-2021-11195-1",
            "relatedLots": [
                "1"
            ],
            "status": "active",
            "suppliers": [
                {
                    "id": "GB-FTS-5262",
                    "name": "Stagecoach East Scotland"
                },
                {
                    "id": "GB-FTS-13687",
                    "name": "Bay Travel"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "002342-2022-11195-1",
            "relatedLots": [
                "1"
            ],
            "status": "active",
            "suppliers": [
                {
                    "id": "GB-FTS-5262",
                    "name": "Stagecoach East Scotland"
                },
                {
                    "id": "GB-FTS-13687",
                    "name": "Bay Travel"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "parties": [
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-3048",
            "name": "Fife Council",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "Fife Council"
            },
            "address": {
                "streetAddress": "Bankhead Central, Bankhead Park",
                "locality": "Glenrothes",
                "region": "UKM72",
                "postalCode": "KY7 6GH",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "contactPoint": {
                "name": "Sarah Cutler",
                "telephone": "+44 3451550000",
                "email": "sarah.cutler@fife.gov.uk"
            },
            "roles": [
                "buyer"
            ],
            "details": {
                "url": "http://www.fife.gov.uk",
                "buyerProfile": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00187",
                "classifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
                        "id": "REGIONAL_AUTHORITY",
                        "description": "Regional or local authority"
                    },
                    {
                        "scheme": "COFOG",
                        "id": "01",
                        "description": "General public services"
                    }
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-5262",
            "name": "Stagecoach East Scotland",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "Stagecoach East Scotland"
            },
            "address": {
                "streetAddress": "Unit 9 u/f, Castle Business Centre, Queensferry Road, Pitreavie Industrial Estate",
                "locality": "Dunfermline",
                "region": "UKM7",
                "postalCode": "KY11 8NT",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "roles": [
                "supplier"
            ],
            "details": {
                "scale": "large"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-13687",
            "name": "Bay Travel",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "Bay Travel"
            },
            "address": {
                "streetAddress": "3 Glenfield Industrial Estate",
                "locality": "Cowdenbeath",
                "region": "UKM72",
                "postalCode": "KY4 9HT",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "roles": [
                "supplier"
            ],
            "details": {
                "scale": "sme"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-3049",
            "name": "Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court"
            },
            "address": {
                "locality": "Kirkcaldy",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "roles": [
                "reviewBody"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GB-FTS-42099",
            "name": "Fife Council",
            "identifier": {
                "legalName": "Fife Council"
            },
            "address": {
                "streetAddress": "Fife House",
                "locality": "Glenrothes",
                "region": "UKM72",
                "postalCode": "KY7 5LT",
                "countryName": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "contactPoint": {
                "name": "Sarah Cutler",
                "telephone": "+44 3451550000",
                "email": "sarah.cutler@fife.gov.uk"
            },
            "roles": [
                "buyer"
            ],
            "details": {
                "url": "http://www.fife.gov.uk",
                "buyerProfile": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00187",
                "classifications": [
                    {
                        "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
                        "id": "REGIONAL_AUTHORITY",
                        "description": "Regional or local authority"
                    },
                    {
                        "scheme": "COFOG",
                        "id": "01",
                        "description": "General public services"
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "buyer": {
        "id": "GB-FTS-42099",
        "name": "Fife Council"
    },
    "contracts": [
        {
            "id": "031428-2021-11195-1",
            "awardID": "031428-2021-11195-1",
            "status": "active",
            "value": {
                "amount": 1260361,
                "currency": "GBP"
            },
            "dateSigned": "2021-10-07T00:00:00+01:00"
        },
        {
            "id": "002342-2022-11195-1",
            "awardID": "002342-2022-11195-1",
            "status": "active",
            "value": {
                "amount": 1260361,
                "currency": "GBP"
            },
            "dateSigned": "2022-01-26T00:00:00Z"
        }
    ],
    "links": [
        {
            "rel": "canonical",
            "href": "https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000673054"
        }
    ],
    "language": "en",
    "bids": {
        "statistics": [
            {
                "id": "1",
                "measure": "bids",
                "relatedLot": "1",
                "value": 2
            },
            {
                "id": "2",
                "measure": "smeBids",
                "relatedLot": "1",
                "value": 1
            },
            {
                "id": "3",
                "measure": "foreignBidsFromEU",
                "relatedLot": "1",
                "value": 0
            },
            {
                "id": "4",
                "measure": "foreignBidsFromNonEU",
                "relatedLot": "1",
                "value": 2
            },
            {
                "id": "5",
                "measure": "electronicBids",
                "relatedLot": "1",
                "value": 2
            }
        ]
    }
}