Official UK procurement notice
Bus Franchising and Metrolink Joint Digital Mobile Radio Reference Number: 20222621
Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGMCA & TfGM require a highly reliable, fault tolerant and scalable Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) system to meet the initial and future voice and low volume data communications joint needs of the TfGM Bus and Tram operations.
The Bus network for the Greater Manchester area, are being brought under local control and will be run by TfGM, on behalf of GMCA.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Installation services (except software) · Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment · Telecommunications services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Bus network for the Greater Manchester area, are being brought under local control…RenewalPublished value£11,882,000
The Bus network for the Greater Manchester area, are being brought under local control and will be run by TfGM, on behalf of GMCA.
TfGM of behalf of GMCA, will undertake an Open Procurement and appoint a single Service Provider to design, build, support and maintain the TfGM DMR System.
The initial contract duration would be 84 months, with 2 extensions available the duration of the first extension is for 24 months and the second is a 12-month extension.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Technology: 25%
- Implementation: 20%
- Ongoing Maintenance & Support: 20%
- price: 30%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (5)
- Technology: 25
- Implementation: 20
- Ongoing Maintenance & Support: 20
- Social Value: 5
- Price: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Dec 2022, 10:59 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Dec 2022, 10:59 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Jan 2023 – …
- Authority reference
DN642702- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-035035- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: GMCA and TfGM is looking to establish a contract for a Service Provider to design, build, maintain and support the GMCA and TfGM Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) System. The DMR System consists of: a) the DMR Network: including the Common Control Nodes (CCN) and the logging recorders in the Metrolink Trafford and Queens Road Depots, at least 14 base station transmitters sites, at least 12 Radio Frequency over Fibre (RFoF) repeaters sites and the associated backhaul network and internet services; b) LTE (Long Term Evolution – 3G, 4G & 5G) Service provided by the UK Public Cellular Network providers as a fallback. c) gateways and interfaces to third-party systems, such as telephony, AVL and etc. d) cloud hosted management, monitoring, support and maintenance tools and sub-systems. e) initially up to 2100 vehicle radio terminals and 300 portable handheld radio terminals, collectively referred to as DMR Terminals; and f) initially up to 65 Dispatcher Consoles. The procurement will be via an Open procedure and is anticipated to have a contract commencement date of the 3rd May 2023.The contract would commence in early May 2023.The initial contract duration would be 84 months, with 2 extensions available the first at 24 months and the second at 12 months in duration. All Tenderers must express their interest in this opportunity via the e-tendering portal Pro-Contract the details of the opportunity can be located in the Pro-Contract portal under reference DN642702 via URL: https://procontract.due-north.com.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
12 Dec 2022 → 27 Jan 2023 · 3 dates- Notice published12 Dec 2022, 10:59 GMT
- Submission deadline27 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened27 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Transport for Greater ManchesterContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria