Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Transport for Wales
Southgate House, Wood Street
Cardiff
CF10 1EW
UK
Telephone: +44 2921673434
E-mail: procurement@tfw.wales
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://tfw.gov.wales
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA50685
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Transport Related Services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Transport for Wales - Consultancy Panels
Reference number: TfW137
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71311200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provide specific strategic consultancy services to Transport for Wales to ensure continuity and compliance.
Further information can be found in the PQQ documents attached to the Additional Documents section of this Contract notice on Sell2Wales.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 200 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Consultancy Panels - Strategic Planning and Business Case Development
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71311200
79410000
79411100
90711000
79400000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
The service is to be provided across Wales.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Consultancy Panels tender will be targeted at strategic consultancy services that TfW can call upon to deliver transport services to Wales, these will take a number of forms and will evolve as the organisational remit of TfW grows.
Based on the niche nature of the services, the consultancy panels tender will be released and procured in phases, Phase 1:
Lot 1: Strategic Planning and Business Case Development
(a) Strategic planning and advice
(b) Support for the development of Strategic Outline Cases, Outline Business Cases and Programme Strategic Outline Cases
(c) Support for the development of the Welsh Transport Strategy and associated interventions
(d) Strategic advice on future transport investment
(e) Supporting political stakeholder engagement
Within Lot 1 there will be five separate specialisms required as follows
(1) Impact Assessments
(2) Benefits Realisation and Value for Money
(3) Transport Legislation and Planning (Statutory Requirements)
(4) Environmental Expertise
(5) Transport Technical Expertise
Further information can be found in the PQQ documents attached to the Additional Documents section of this Contract notice on Sell2Wales.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Technical Questions
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 200 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 20
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
Please see attached PQQ documentation in the Additional Documents section of this Contract notice on Sell2Wales.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Consultancy Panels - Strategic Stakeholder Engagement and Communications
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71311200
79400000
79410000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
The service is to be provided across Wales.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Consultancy Panels tender will be targeted at strategic consultancy services that TfW can call upon to deliver transport services to Wales, these will take a number of forms and will evolve as the organisational remit of TfW grows.
Based on the niche nature of the services, the consultancy panels tender will be released and procured in phases, Phase 1:
Lot 2: Strategic Stakeholder Engagement and Communications
(a) Development and delivery of strategic engagement programmes
(b) Co-ordination and facilitation of project meetings and regional workshops
(c) Political engagement and communications strategy development
(d) Preparation of communications materials and briefings to stakeholders including TfW, WG, Network Rail, bus operators and other external key project level stakeholders.
Further information can be found in the PQQ documents attached to the Additional Documents section of this Contract notice on Sell2Wales.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Technical Questions
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 200 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
It is envisaged that TfW will award Lot 2 to a maximum number of three suppliers.
Please see attached PQQ documentation in the Additional Documents section of this Contract notice on Sell2Wales.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 12
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
16/12/2019
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
20/01/2020
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
CY
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:
24/02/2020
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
The recurrent procurement exercise is anticipated to be every 2 years.
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
For Information Only - Within the ITT documentation to be submitted at a later date Lot 1 - Strategic Planning and Business Case Development - applicants may only apply for two of the specialisms within this lot.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=97195.
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
(WA Ref:97195)
The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Transport for Wales
Southgate House, Wood Street
Cardiff
CF10 1EW
UK
Telephone: +44 2921673434
Internet address(es)
URL: http://tfw.gov.wales
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/11/2019