Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Translink
Procurement Department
Belfast
BT2 7LX
UK
Contact person: michael.kerrtranslink.co.uk
E-mail: michael.kerr@translink.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.6) Main activity
Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
SV0204 Infrastructure Training and Assessment (Pway)
II.1.2) Main CPV code
50200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) wish to employ the services of a supplier to provide training and competency assessment for internal staff on a variety of disciplines associated with Track maintenance along the Northern Ireland Railways network. Training and assessment of staff in all permanent way related activities including but not limited to the following:
• inspection
• maintenance
• technical standards
• vegetation management including chain saws
• use of powered equipment
• additional all of the above activities to be undertaken in line with Network Rail and NIR adopted standards, quality assurance and best practice. Your response must be submitted via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) on the eTendersNI portal. Instructions on how to submit your response can be found within the Interactive Walkthrough on the eTendersNI Homepage. No other method of submission will be accepted.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 600 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
50220000
63711000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) wish to employ the services of a supplier to provide training and competency assessment for internal staff on a variety of disciplines associated with Track maintenance along the Northern Ireland Railways network. Training and assessment of staff in all permanent way related activities including but not limited to the following:
• inspection
• maintenance
• technical standards
• vegetation management including chain saws
• use of powered equipment
• additional all of the above activities to be undertaken in line with Network Rail and NIR adopted standards, quality assurance and best practice. Your response must be submitted via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) on the eTendersNI portal. Instructions on how to submit your response can be found within the Interactive Walkthrough on the eTendersNI Homepage. No other method of submission will be accepted.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 30
Cost criterion: Financial
/ Weighting: 70
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:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 019-043219
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/05/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Bridgeway Consulting Ltd
Bridgeway House
Nottingham
NG2 1DP
UK
E-mail: tom.foster@bridgeway-consulting.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 600 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/05/2020