Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Transport
Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 4DR
UK
Contact person: Wijanty Tijono
E-mail: wijanty.tijono@dft.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-transport
I.6) Main activity
Other: Transport
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
East Midlands Rail Franchise
II.1.2) Main CPV code
60200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The contract to operate the East Midlands Rail Franchise from August 2019 to August 2027.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
755 351 630.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
60210000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
UKF
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The East Midlands franchise will principally serve destinations on the Midland Main Line (MML) between London St Pancras and Corby, Nottingham and Sheffield. Key intermediate stations include Bedford, Luton Airport, Luton, Wellingborough, Kettering, Leicester and Derby. The franchise also provides regional and local connectivity to destinations in the east and west of the region including Liverpool, Manchester, Crewe, Lincoln, Cleethorpes, Skegness and Norwich.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: The criteria and principle set out in Section 7 of the invitation to tender dated June 2018 available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/east-midlands-franchise-2018-invitation-to-tender
/ Weighting: see ITT
Price
/ Weighting:
see ITT
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
Negotiated with call for competition
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 140-288986
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
09/05/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Abellio East Midlands Ltd
St Andrew's House, 18-20 St Andrew's Street
Londom
EC4A 3AG
UK
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:
: 755 351 630.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The contract, the award of which is the subject of this contract award notice, is a service concession contract subject to Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23.10.2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 1191/69 and 1107/70. Accordingly, and without prejudice to the application of Article 3 of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31.3.2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (the ‘Directive’), its award is not subject to the Directive and the publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the EU is entirely voluntary.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079476000
Internet address(es)
URL: www.justice.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/06/2019