United Kingdom-Maidstone: Software programming and consultancy services

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Title	United Kingdom-Maidstone: Software programming and consultancy services
OJEU (High Value)	293580-2020
Type	Prior information notice with call for competition
Date Published	2020-06-24
Deadline	2020-07-10 12:00:00
Nature Of Contract	Service contract
Awarding Authority
Procedure

Description :

PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE Notification type: This notice is a call for competition Section I: Contracting authority I.1) Name and addresses: Official name: Kent County Council Postal address: Sessions House Town: Maidstone Postal code: ME14 1XQ Country: UK Contact person: Mr Todd Davis E-mail: Todd.Davis@kent.gov.uk NUTS code: UKJ4 Main address: http://www.kent.gov.uk Address of the buyer profile (URL): http://www.kent.gov.uk Communication I.3) Procurement documents (URL):https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/ Additional Information I.3.4) Additional information can be obtained from: I.3.6)Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/ I.4) Type of the contracting authority: REGIONAL AUTHORITY Main Activity I.5.1) Main Activity: GENERAL PUBLIC SERVICES Section II: Object of Contract Title: SC20007 — Travel Optimisation Services Reference number: DN481338 II.1.4) Short description This contract will be awarded by competitive procedure with negotiation without further publication of a call for competition and interested economic operators are hereby invited to express their interest and completing the SQ which can be downloaded from the Kent Business Portal. Opportunity Kent County Council (KCC) is seeking a single supplier of an optimising service to enable it to transform the delivery of home to school travel, with particular – though not exclusive – focus on children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Outcome KCC spends approximately GBP 33 m a year providing transport to and from school/college for about 5 000 children and young people with SEND. The number of passengers and costs continue rising and the successful supplier’s solution needs to satisfy both the following criteria: • a meaningful and sustainable diminishing cost of provision of this transport, measured on a like-for-like resource reduction: drivers, vehicles and passenger assistants. The selection questionnaire • maintaining and where feasible improving service quality, measured by impact on the children and young people expressed through: passengers, carers and schools (e.g. SENCOs) Summary requirements The successful supplier will need to demonstrate its track record in using a digital system to cluster SEND passengers into Optimal Travel Groups (OTGs) which may be competitively tendered to passenger transport operators. Required capability shall include: • scalable to process up to 7 000 SEND passengers; • detailed GDPR-compliant database stored on the cloud; • live and archive segmentation; • operable and configurable by KCC and the system supplier; • operations, configuration and design service partnering with KCC to deliver enhanced quality throughout the contractual period; • validated shareability of each passenger in an OTG; • varying OTG size based on SEND behavioural mitigation and social distancing requirements; • production of optimal routing options per OTG, applying timing constraints and route restriction rules; • accommodation of driver and passenger assistant requirements and restrictions; • output viewer: production of detailed tables and maps by OTG and by passenger; • long term planning as well as continual updating to accommodate passenger churn. To express an interest in this opportunity please follow the following link: External Portal Detected (Private Hosting) - Please note that access to this portal will be provided free of charge. II.01) Estimated value excluding VAT: GBP 500000 Information about lots II.1.6) This contract is divided into lots: no Description: Item/Lot 1 NUTS code: UKJ44 NUTS code: UKJ45 NUTS code: UKJ46 II.1.4) Short description Opportunity Kent County Council (KCC) is seeking a single supplier of an optimising service to enable it to transform the delivery of home to school travel, with particular – though not exclusive – focus on children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Outcome KCC spends approximately GBP 33 m a year providing transport to and from school/college for about 5 000 children and young people with SEND. The number of passengers and costs continue rising and the successful supplier’s solution needs to satisfy both the following criteria: • a meaningful and sustainable diminishing cost of provision of this transport, measured on a like-for-like resource reduction: drivers, vehicles and passenger assistants • maintaining and where feasible improving service quality, measured by impact on the children and young people expressed through: passengers, carers and schools (e.g. SENCOs) Summary requirements The successful supplier will need to demonstrate its track record in using a digital system to cluster SEND passengers into Optimal Travel Groups (OTGs) which may be competitively tendered to passenger transport operators. Required capability shall include: • scalable to process up to 7,000 SEND passengers; • detailed GDPR-compliant database stored on the cloud; • live and archive segmentation; • operable and configurable by KCC and the system supplier; • operations, configuration and design service partnering with KCC to deliver enhanced quality throughout the contractual period; • validated shareability of each passenger in an OTG; • varying OTG size based on SEND behavioural mitigation and social distancing requirements; • production of optimal routing options per OTG, applying timing constraints and route restriction rules; • accommodation of driver and passenger assistant requirements and restrictions; • output viewer: production of detailed tables and maps by OTG and by passenger; • long term planning as well as continual updating to accommodate passenger churn. To express an interest in this opportunity please follow the following link: External Portal Detected (Private Hosting) - Please note that access to this portal will be provided free of charge. II.2.5) Award criteria: II.02.07) Duration in months 48 II.2.7.5) This contract is subject to renewal: yes II.2.7.6) Description of renewals: To be confirmed but likely to be 1 year + 1 year. The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds): no Section IV: Procedure IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Competitive Negotiation IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation IV.2.1) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate IV.2.2) Date 2020-07-10 IV.2.2) Local time 12:00 Section V: Complementary information Review body: Official name: Kent County Council Town: Maidstone Country: UK Section VI Date of dispatch of this notice : 2020-06-19

CPV Codes

72200000; Software programming and consultancy services;