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: Carl Walters
E-mail: wcpcompetition@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
West Coast Partnership
II.1.2) Main CPV code
60200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The contract to operate the West Coast Partnership from December 2019 to 2031.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 156 310 484.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
60210000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD
UKG
UKI
UKL
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The West Coast Partnership will combine the existing InterCity West Coast rail services between London Euston, the West Midlands, north-west England, north Wales and Scotland with the development and introduction of services on the new high speed network, High Speed 2 (HS2).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: The criteria and principle set out in Section 7 of the ITT dated March 2018 available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/west-coast-partnership-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
II.2.14) Additional information
The value shown in Section II.1.7) covers the period to 2026 only.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted 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:
2016/S 222-405733
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
27/08/2019
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
First Trenitalia West Coast Ltd
50 Eastbourne Terrace
London
W2 6LG
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
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
London
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: www.justice.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/10/2019