Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Rail Delivery Group Limited
200 Aldersgate Street
London
EC1A 4HD
UK
Contact person: Mark Earey
E-mail: Procurement@raildeliverygroup.com
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.raildeliverygroup.com/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0796
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.mytenders.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.mytenders.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: rail transport
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Recalibration of the Rail Industry Performance Regine.
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79311400
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Phase 2 of the rail industry performance regime (Schedule 8) recalibration for Control Period 6.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
280 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79311400
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is currently in the process of its 2018 Periodic Review of Network Rail (PR18). This will set the outputs and funding for Network Rail for Control Period 6 (CP6) which will run from 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2024. As part of this process, ORR is reviewing the structure of the Schedule 8 regime. Schedule 8 is the industry performance regime, whereby Train Operating Companies (TOCs) are held financially neutral to the long-term revenue impact of fluctuations in performance which they are not directly responsible for. For the Schedule 8 regime to provide appropriate compensation to TOCs, it is important that the regime is calibrated correctly. In PR18, the Schedule 8 regime will be recalibrated to provide an estimation of the impact of performance on revenue and the relative performance that should be expected from different parts of the network. The PR18 recalibration should also reflect changes to the structure and design of Schedule 8, which ORR concluded on in June 2017.
The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) requires consultants to undertake Phase 2 of the Schedule 8 recalibration for PR18, which will involve the recalibration of the following parameters:
Network Rail Benchmarks.
TOC Benchmarks.
Network Rail Payment Rates.
TOC Payment Rates.
Sustained Poor Performance thresholds.
Consultants will be expected to produce a detailed report documenting the methodology employed, and should provide all models used in the calculations of the finalised parameters. Phase 1 of the Schedule 8 recalibration is currently underway and involves the recalibration of Monitoring Point Weightings (MPWs) and Cancellation Minutes (CMs). Phase 2 will use the finalised MPWs and CMs from Phase 1, and will also involve an audit of the work completed in Phase 1.
The work is required to commence in early November 2017 and be completed by the end of November 2018 by way of a staged process.
This is a technical piece of work, requiring extensive knowledge and experience of the practical operation of Schedule 8, and previous experience of using data sources such as MOIRA, LENNON and PSS.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
280 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
31/10/2017
End:
09/11/2018
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 5
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.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Please see Additional Information section concerning technical ability and knowledge of rail industry systems needed to deliver the project.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.5) Information about negotiation
The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
24/08/2017
Local time: 16:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
08/09/2017
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=200375
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.myTenders.org/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.
(MT Ref:200375).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Rail Delivery Group Limited
200 Aldersgate Street
London
EC1A 4HD
UK
Telephone: +44 2078418024
E-mail: procurement@raildeliverygroup.com
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.raildeliverygroup.com/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/07/2017