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UK-Belfast: scheduling software package
Directive 2004/17/EC
Section I: Contracting entity
I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
For the attention of: Telephone: E-mail: Translink 3 Milewater RoadMichelle Carlisle BT3 9BG Belfast UNITED KINGDOM +44 2890354044michelle.carlisle@translink.co.uk Internet address(es): General address of the contracting entity: www.translink.co.uk Address of the buyer profile:www.translink.co.uk/Corporate/Procurement/ Further information can be obtained from: Internet address: Translink www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk
I.2) Main activity
Railway services Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services
I.3) Contract award on behalf of other contracting entities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1) Description
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:
Provision of a Replacement Vehicle Maintenance System.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Supplies Purchase Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Northern Ireland. NUTS code UKN NORTHERN IRELAND
II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
The notice involves a public contract
II.1.4) Information on framework agreement
II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
Translink, comprising of Northern Ireland Railways, Metro and Ulsterbus is the all-embracing title for integrated public transport operations in Northern Ireland.Translink operates a fleet of some 1 400 buses and coaches based at 20 main depots and 40 train sets to deliver public transport throughout Northern Ireland.To help manage the maintenance of this fleet, Translink uses the Voyager software product. Voyager was introduced in 1999, and runs on servers of the same vintage. Within Ulsterbus and Metro, this product provides fleet database, fleet maintenance management and fleet costing (including wages/labour hours input) functionality. Other functions of the system are to provide essential data for the administration of Fuel Duty Rebate (FDR) and the Translink tyre contract.Within Northern Ireland Railways, this product provides a fleet database and fleet costing functionality. Fleet maintenance management is provided by another NI Railways system (GENIUS). Translink require a competent contractor to provide a fleet management system to replace the existing Voyager software product for both its bus and railway divisions. System Functionality. The proposed Vehicle Maintenance System should provide the following: A. Asset Data – contain a database of details and information about vehicles. This will include parent/child relationships, e.g. vehicle contains engine, gearbox, back axle etc.B. Asset History – adds historical information to the database in terms of work performed, changes in parent/child relationships etc. C. Maintenance System –provide for management of the asset maintenance. It will combine Work Scheduling, Maintenance Status Reporting and Defect Reporting. It also provides details as to maintenance status and (possibly) asset condition. D. Job Costing – enables individual activities on vehicles to be recorded and reported. E. Warranty Tracking/Maintenance Agreements – enables individual warranty periods on vehicles and subsystems to be monitored to promote greater utilisation of warranty provision. F. Other – some specific requirements against certain vehicles, e.g. Fuel and Oil Consumption Reports. The Vehicle Maintenance System will be expected to integrate with other relevant Translink core systems such as IFS (Integrated Finance System), GENIUS, and Target (Payroll System). Other Services. The successful tenderer will be expected to provide Project Management Services to ensure the successful implementation of the Vehicle Maintenance System. General project management will include data migration and train-the-trainer. The successful tenderer will also be expected to review existing processes and recommend changes to maximise benefit realisation. The successful tenderer will be required to provide on-going support and maintenance to the vehicle maintenance system for an initial contract period of 3 years with options to extend for a further 2 three year periods and a 1 one year period.
II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
48332000 Scheduling software package 50111000 Fleet management, repair and maintenance services
II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.1.8) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.9) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: no
II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract
II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2) Information about options
Options: yes Description of these options: Initial contract period of 3 years with options to extend for a further 2 three year periods and a 1 one year period.
II.2.3) Information about renewals
II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:
If required this will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation on www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk
III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
If required this will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation on www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk
III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
If required this will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation on www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk
III.1.4) Other particular conditions:
The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes Description of particular conditions: If required this will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation on www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk
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 the requirements are met: If required this will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation on www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk
III.2.2) Economic and financial ability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: If required this will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation on www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk
III.2.3) Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: If required this will be listed in PQQ and ITT documentation on www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk
III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts
III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts
III.3.1) Information about a particular profession
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures): no
IV.2) Award criteria
IV.2.1) Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to tender or to negotiate
IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used: no
IV.3) Administrative information
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting entity:
Translink file reference 005/0184/11 Bravo project reference 6568
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no (except for a DPS)
IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 24.1.2012 – 15:00 Payable documents: no
IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
24.1.2012 – 15:00
IV.3.5) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
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) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: no
VI.2) Information about European Union funds
The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.3) Additional information:
Let’s work together: Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TranslinkB2B for opportunites worth 30 000 GBP or more. Check out our website atwww.translink.co.uk/Corporate/Procurement/ Participate in tenders at www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk 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 the 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 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 (8:00am – 6:00pm) on: — Email: help@bravosolution.co.uk — Phone: uk +44 8003684850 Phone (outside UK): +44 2033496601. Note: Do not leave completing your PQQ/ITT response until the last minute, late responses shall be rejected. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any contract as a result of this competition. About Translink: Throughout the documentation, both “Translink” and “Group” refer to the same corporate entities. Both shall be taken to comprise the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCO) in addition to its main operating subsidiaries Citybus Ltd, Northern Ireland Railways Company Ltd and Ulsterbus Ltd. Translink provide integrated public transport across Northern Ireland. The organisation is one of Northern Ireland’s largest employers with approximately 4 000 employees and a turnover in excess of 168 000 000 GBP. Over 81 000 000 passenger journeys are made on Translink services each year.
VI.4) Procedures for appeal
VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
please see section VI.4.2 Body responsible for mediation procedures Not Applicable
VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Translink will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. 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
please see section VI.4.2
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
12.12.2011
