Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Translink
Procurement Department
Belfast
BT2 7LX
UK
E-mail: procurement@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
P-3051 Supply of Heavy Duty Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions
II.1.2) Main CPV code
31700000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Translink are seeking to establish a Single Supplier Framework aimed at delivering a cost effective and agile means to supply heavy duty electric vehicle chargers and back-end software management primarily to charge public transport vehicles. 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:
60 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
31710000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Translink are seeking to establish a Single Supplier Framework aimed at delivering a cost effective and agile means to supply heavy duty electric vehicle chargers and back-end software management primarily to charge public transport vehicles. 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: Technical
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Financial
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The Framework documentation includes options for alternative charger types or connection types. This is to capture any emerging technological developments and to meet legislative or other Net-Zero policy targets as well as any changes encountered by Ulsterbus during the framework, and therefore, the provision of Alternative Charger types is included within the published ‘Scope and Specification ‘for this tender.
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
Initial Framework term 3 years with options to extend by up to 5 x 1 year periods.. The estimated value of the total life of the Framework is £60m GBP.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated with call for competition
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with a single operator.
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:
2024/S 000-023047
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
23/09/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 11
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 11
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
SBRS GmbH
Huenxer Strasse 149
Dinslaken
46537
DE
E-mail: tender@sbrs.com
NUTS: DE
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 60 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/09/2026