Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Translink
3 Milewater Road
Belfast
BT3 9BG
UK
Contact person: Rhonda Grouley
Telephone: +44 2890354076
E-mail: rhonda.goruley@translink.co.uk
NUTS: UKN
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.translink.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.translink.co.uk/Corporate/Procurement/
I.6) Main activity
Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Smartpass Bureau Services.
Reference number: 84541 (The Translink Group file ref no 007/0016/15)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
30162000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The following is provided in good faith and is intended only as a preliminary background explanation to the Translink Group's requirement it does not purport to be all inclusive. Translink is seeking to appoint a Bureau Service provider who can deliver the following: *A smartcard issuing Bureau Service *Maintain an associated Card Management System for respective cards issued. *Supply of blank smartcard media (currently Mifare 1K) *Develop Bureau Issuing Service and Card Management System in line with any of Translink's future personalised smartcard products. The aim of this exercise is to appoint a single supplier for this contract. The anticipated start date is August 2017. Dates may be subject to change.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
954 362.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
Main site or place of performance:
Northern Ireland.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The following is provided in good faith and is intended only as a preliminary background explanation to the Translink Group's requirement it does not purport to be all inclusive. Translink is seeking to appoint a Bureau Service provider who can deliver the following: *A smartcard issuing Bureau Service *Maintain an associated Card Management System for respective cards issued. *Supply of blank smartcard media (currently Mifare 1K) *Develop Bureau Issuing Service and Card Management System in line with any of Translink's future personalised smartcard products. The aim of this exercise is to appoint a single supplier for this contract. The anticipated start date is August 2017. Dates may be subject to change.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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 IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2016/S 050-083790
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: 1
Title: 007/0166/16 PQQ Provision of Smartpass Bureau Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
27/10/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ESP Systex Limited
68-74 Holderness Road
Hull
HU9 1ED
UK
Telephone: +44 1482384500
E-mail: daniel.bruno@the-espgroup.com
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 954 362.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Let's work together:
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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.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Please see section VI.3.2
Belfast
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Not Applicable
Belfast
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Please see section VI.3.2
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/01/2017