C1071 Road/Rail Plant and Equipment

Before embarking on the procurement, Translink wish to engage with the marketplace to gather intelligence which will inform the Procurement Strategy for this contract which will involve seeking a supplier to Supply, Operate and maintain an RRV fleet to include RR Excavators, RR Trailers and other items of Road Rail Plant currently being investigated for use on NIR capital works programmes and projects. Translink plans to hold a virtual interview with each interested supplier lasting no longer than 30 minutes at the end of November 2021 - exact dates to be arranged. Interested suppliers are requested to email their contact details to Mike Kerr at michael.kerr@translink.co.uk NO LATER THAN Friday 12th November 2021. Additional information: Suppliers registering their interest in participating in this exercise should note that: . . 1. This Notice is to initiate a market engagement and. information gathering exercise and does not indicate the start of a procurement exercise. It is instead intended to act as an informal market research document providing a brief synopsis of Translinks’ future requirements. This document is not intended to provide. a definitive list of requirements.. 2. We intend to invite interested suppliers to discuss Road/Rail Plant and Equipment . 3. This. document is not a tender specification nor request for quotation. Translink is merely investigating market opportunities at this stage. without entering into any contractual or financial commitments. . . 4. Please note, progress in the project will be subject to the availability. and timing of funding. If this requirement is given financial approval, it will be tendered under the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016.. Any documents, discussions, presentations, demonstrations, or clarifications submitted for. this Market Research will not be considered. as any part of the tender exercise. If Translink does decide to proceed with a competitive tender process, a separate detailed tender. specification document will be produced as part of that process.. . 5. Nothing in this advertisement or any other documents or information. provided by Translink or any of its advisers or agents is to be construed as implying a commitment by Translink to place any Contract, now. or in the future with any participating supplier in respect of the requirement under. consideration.. . 6. Translink takes no responsibility. for any actions or decisions taken, costs incurred or commitments made by interested parties in responding to this notice or by being. involved in any subsequent discussions in this market engagement and information gathering exercise.. . 7. At this stage it is not possible. to given an accurate timeframe for this requirement