Translink, UK Tender; Contract Notice - railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons

UK-Belfast: railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons

2011/S 151-251335

CONTRACT NOTICE - UTILITIES

Services

SECTION I: CONTRACTING ENTITY

I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)

Translink
3 Milewater Road
Attn: Paul McCollough
BT3 9BG Belfast
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 2890899400
E-mail: paul.mccollough@translink.co.uk

Internet address(es)

General address of the contracting entity www.translink.co.uk and www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk

Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES OF THE CONTRACTING ENTITY

Railway services
Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services

SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT

II.1)DESCRIPTION

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity

Ballast hopper refurbishment.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category: No 27
Main place of performance Northern Ireland.

NUTS code UKN0

II.1.3)The notice involves

A public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) owns and operates a fleet of six ballast hopper wagons. These wagons were delivered to NIR in 1992 and have been in regular service with NIR until now. The wagons are constructed to Irish Gauge which is 5feet and 3 inches wide or 1600mm wide. The wagons have vacuum brakes and ballast is discharged from them by manually operated levers. The wagons normally consist of six but can be operated as a shorter length train.
NIR proposes to refurbish these six wagons by engaging in a contract with a suitably qualified and experienced train engineering company. The contract will require the appointed supplier to carryout the design elements and the refurbishment elements for each of the six vehicles. The refurbishment works will take place at the supplier’s premises.
The main items of work envisaged for the vehicles is summarised as:
— Inspection of each vehicle and production of a refurbishment plan for each vehicle,
— Mechanical design and certification for the refurbishment plan on each vehicle,
— Conversion of the braking system on each vehicle from vacuum to air,
— Design and fitting of permanent lighting (for night time operation) on each vehicle,
— Overhaul of the bogies on each vehicle,
— Cleaning existing paintwork and re-painting each vehicle,
— Production of Operation & Maintenance Documents for the vehicles,
— Transportation of the vehicles from NIR’s Belfast depot to the supplier’s depot and the return of the vehicles to NIR’s Belfast depot on completion,
— Pre-service testing and certification of all vehicles in Belfast before they return to service.
It is NIR’s intention that the refurbishment contract will commence in November 2011 and be completed by September 2012.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

34621000

II.1.7)Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)Division into lots

II.1.9)Variants will be accepted

II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope

See II.1.5.

II.2.2)Options

No

II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME LIMIT FOR COMPLETION

SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION

III.1)CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the grouping of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

III.1.4)Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

III.2)CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met: Please refer to www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk.

III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity

Please refer to www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met Please refer to www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk.

III.2.4)Reserved contracts

III.3)CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS

III.3.1)Execution of the service is reservedto a particular profession

III.3.2)Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service

SECTION IV: PROCEDURE

IV.1)TYPE OF PROCEDURE

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Negotiated
Candidates have already been selected No

IV.2)AWARD CRITERIA

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms ofthe criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to tender or to negotiate

IV.2.2)An electronic auction will be used

No

IV.3)ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting entity

001/0444/11

IV.3.2)Previous publication concerning the same contract

No

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

13.9.2011 - 15:00

IV.3.5)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

Other: Browse to the eSourcing portal: www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk.

IV.3.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.7)Conditions for opening tenders

SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

VI.1)THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT

No

VI.2)CONTRACT(S) RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS

No

VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1. Browse to the eSourcing portal: www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk

2. Click the “click here to register” link,
3. Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”,
4. Enter your correct business and user details,
5. Note the username you chose and click “save” when complete,
6. You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure).
7. Login to the portal with the username/password
8. Click the “PQQs open to all suppliers” link. (These are PQQs open to any registered supplier).
9. Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content,
10. Click the “express interest” button in the “actions” box on the left-hand side of he page. This will move the PQQ over to the “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only).
11. Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “settings and buyer attachments” in the “actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
12. You can now choose to “reply” or “reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
13. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ.
If you require any further assistance the BravoSolution help desk is available Mon Fri (8am – 6pm) on:

— Email: help@bravosolution.co.uk,

— Phone: +44 8003684850 / Fax: +44 2070800480.
N.B.: do not leave completing your PQQ / ITT response until the last minute, late responses shall be rejected.

VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Please see section Vi.4.2

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Translink will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers.
The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:

4.8.2011

Source: TED