Traffic Scotland Operations and Infrastructure Services Contract

The scope of the Contract comprises compliance with and delivery of all responsibilities, services and works activities as described:

Lot 1 Operations is for the delivery of the Traffic Scotland National Control Centre (and back up facility as may be required). This involves the use of multiple data streams and information sources to pro-actively monitor and support the safe, efficient and resilient operation of the trunk road network, by providing real time traffic and travel information to the public and stakeholders through a wide variety of communication channels.

Lot 2 Infrastructure is for the maintenance of existing, and construction of new or replacement Traffic Scotland equipment generally comprising of all intelligent transport systems related equipment, transmission buildings located on the road network including all Scottish Trunk Roads and part of the non-trunk road, associated communications equipment, computers and operator workstations operated, maintained and developed in the provision of the Traffic Scotland Service.

Economic Operators can tender for one (1) or both Lots, however a maximum of one (1) Lot will be awarded to an Economic Operator.

Where a Successful Economic Operator has submitted a Final Tender for both Lots and their Aggregated Quality and Price Score result in them being the most economically advantageous tenderer in both Lots, they shall be awarded the Lot in which they have attained the greatest difference between their Aggregated Quality and Price Score (measured to two decimal places) and the second placed tenderer’s Aggregated Quality and Price Score (measured to two decimal places). Where there is no such difference, they shall be awarded the Lot with the greatest difference between their price score and the second placed tenderer’s price score.

The remaining Lot shall be awarded to the second placed Economic Operator for that Lot. In the event that there is more than one compliant Final Tender Submission with the same Aggregated Quality and Price Score in second place in the remaining Lot, the Economic Operator with the lowest Price shall be awarded the remaining Lot.