Official UK procurement notice
Contract Award Notice- Remote Condition Monitoring for Track Buckle Risk and Detection
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA Design Contest was completed under regulations 94-97 of the Utilities Contract Regulations 2016 (UCR 2016). Following the completion of this Design Contest, a phase of negotiations was completed with the Design Contest winners in line with regulation 50 (J) of the UCR 2016, allowing the direct award of the proposed contracts within this procurement.
The Track Buckle Risk and Detection Design Contest was completed via BravoNR between 18th November 2022 and 5th January 2023. The outcome of this Design Contest was that 6 participants were selected as Design Contest Winners in line with the Design Contest Criteria and Scoring.
Solutions will be tested on a test-rig and if successful will then go onto be trialled on a piece of live railway. These trials will help improve safety on the railway alongside preventing train delay situations caused by the track buckles which have not been identified earlier. The desired solution associated with this trial is part of a safety critical inspection to prevent the occurrence of a track buckle. Wrong-side failure of the associated system may lead to unsafe track geometry and impaired track performance, with the risk of disruption of the train service, collision, derailment and potential injury or loss of life.
CPV: Miscellaneous transport equipment and spare parts · Railway-track inspection services · Railway-track maintenance services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Track rails · Track-alignment machinery
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).
Refer to the Network Rail Criteria and Scoring document. This can be accessed via the following link.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Nov 2022, 09:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Jun 2023, 13:52 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-016720- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038732Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Dec 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
19 Dec 2022 → 13 Jun 2023 · 2 dates- Submission deadline19 Dec 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Notice published13 Jun 2023, 13:52 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Jun 2023- Status changed to complete13 Jun 2023, 13:52 BST
- Buyer details updated13 Jun 2023, 13:52 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSRailTechSME, OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED, RailSense Solutions LtdSME, THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, Wisen Innovation UK LtdSME, Yeltech Ltd.SMEjoint award | — | 10 Feb 2023 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14bids · 1 from abroad | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
6 commercial parties on the notice- DSRailTechAwarded supplier
- Ove Arup & PartnersAwarded supplier
- RailSense Solutions LtdAwarded supplier
- University of LeedsAwarded supplier
- Wisen Innovation UK LtdAwarded supplier
- Yeltech Ltd.Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.