QUALIFICATION SYSTEM - UTILITIES

Section I: Contracting Entity

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Main activity or activities of the contracting entity

	Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat
	Electricity
	Exploration and extraction of gas and oil
	Exploration and extraction of coal and other solid fuels
	Water
	Postal services
	Railway services
	Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services
	Port-related activities
	Airport-related activities

Section II: Object of the qualification system

II.1)

Title attributed to the qualification system by the contracting entity

001/0561/15 Civil Engineering Contractor Framework 2016.

II.2)

Type of contract

II.3)

Description of the works, services or goods to be procured through the qualification system

The Project is for the provision of Framework suppliers to provide Civil Engineering works to support the Translink Infrastructure. The following types of structures assets are along the Northern Ireland Railways network — Underline Bridges Viaducts Culverts Tunnels Overline Accommodation Bridges Footbridges Embankments, and Cuttings Rock Cuttings Sea and River Defences Retaining Structures Platform Walls. Miscellaneous Structures Signal Posts, Water Towers, etc. An overview of the type of projects to be undertaken using the Civil Engineering Contractor Framework will be as follows: Bridge, Viaduct, Tunnel, Culvert Works Repair e.g. concrete, steelwork, masonry, etc New Replacement Overline and Underline Bridge structures and decks Waterproofing Cleaning, Blasting, Painting Scour Protection Underwater repairs Sea and River Defences Strengthening e.g. rock armouring, sheet piling, concrete aprons, repointing, etc. Earthworks Embankments and Cuttings Strengthening Repairs e.g. re-grading, soil nailing, etc. Rock Cuttings Strengthening e.g. rock netting, rock bolting, etc, Retaining Structures Construction Repair and Strengthening Station Platforms Construction e.g. new, extensions, etc., Permanent way works Track relay Ballast Cleaning Drainage Cable ducting Sleeper replacement Switch and crossing installation Stressing and welding rails Slab Track Miscellaneous Laneway Construction e.g. new, upgrades, etc. Signalling Works e.g. duct routes, signal base construction, etc. Vegetation management Road reinstatement bitmac, asphalt, gravel General fencing Demolition The various packages of work may be procured under a traditional approach or using a design and build option including novation of designers. Other work not listed may be required as directed by the Client The Framework is not a guarantee of work nor the type of work to be undertaken. The Employer will decide on whether the Framework will be used to procure works or if a different Framework is more relevant.

II.4)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.5)

Contracts covered by this qualification system are covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)

Conditions for participation

III.1.1)

Qualification for the system

If required this will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation on https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

If required this will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation on https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

III.1.2)

Reserved contracts

The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
The execution of the contract is restricted to the framework of sheltered employment programmes

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Award Criteria

IV.1.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Reference number attributed by the contracting entity

The Translink Group file reference 001/0561/15 eTenders NI project reference xxxx

IV.2.2)

Duration of the qualification system

IV.2.3)

Renewal of the qualification system

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

One of more contracts covered by the qualification systems are related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds

VI.2)

Additional Information

Let's work together:

Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TranslinkB2B for opportunites worth 30 000 GBP or more.

Check out our website at www.translink.co.uk/Corporate/Procurement/

Note: Do not leave completing your PQQ/ITT response until the last minute, late responses shall be rejected. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any contract as a result of this competition.

About the Translink Group:

Throughout the documentation, both ‘Translink’ and ‘Group’ refer to the same corporate entities. Both shall be taken to comprise the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHC) in addition to its main operating subsidiaries Citybus Ltd, Northern Ireland Railways Company Ltd and Ulsterbus Ltd.

The Translink Group provide integrated public transport across Northern Ireland. The organisation is one of Northern Ireland's largest employers with approximately 4 000 employees and a turnover in excess of 168 000 000 GBP. Over 81 000 000 passenger journeys are made on Translink Group services each year.

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

The Translink Group will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice