CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Wales Route - Vegetation Management

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Network Rail Wales Route are conducting a pre-market engagement exercise as part of the approach to procuring the services required for the Vegetation Management Framework Agreement. Network Rail would like to engage with the market and potential bidders ahead of the upcoming tender for the aforementioned framework.

The aim of this questionnaire is to gain a better understanding of the capabilities within the market and to gain information about the range of options/solutions that are available. This also provides suppliers with the opportunity to communicate with Network Rail regarding the services available within the market and to inform us about what has worked well in the past for them, and what could be improved going forward. This exercise will aid Network Rail in finalising the tender documentation to ensure that it provides all tenderers with a clear understanding of the requirements and to reduce the number of clarification received during the tender period, in a fair and transparent way.

This document and the information within is being made publicly available to all suppliers who wish to provide Network Rail with their comments in relation to the proposed services, which are listed in the attached document.

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=87864.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Participation in this questionnaire is voluntary and it is therefore not required to provide an answer to all questions, although it would be appreciated if suppliers could answer each question as detailed and honest as possible.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Dual stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

For avoidance of doubt, this is purely a supplier engagement exercise and an expression of interest shall be published on Sell2Wales early 2019.

(WA Ref:87864)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice