Official UK procurement notice
Earthing and Bonding · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Transport for Wales (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis requirement is needed to enable the successful electrification of the Core Valley Lines. E&B will play a key part in ensuring the safety of all personnel working on or near the rail, and of rail service users and customers once the line sections are energised. An effective E&B system will assist in minimising any identified Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) issues across an installation.
Earthing and Bonding will need to be installed across the route, on all OLE assets, stations, bridges, fences and other metal assets to:
- Ensure personal safety for those located on or about the railway,
- Provide a safe return path for current in the event of an electrical fault,
- Provide a return current path for normal load current; and
- Ensure the correct operation of electrical protection systems.
- Recurrence: if further procurement of these works are required the anticipated date will be 2025
CPV: Construction work for railways and cable transport systems · Electrical installations for railways · Electrical signalling equipment for railways · Railway construction works · Railway signalling works · Railway-track construction materials · Railway-track construction materials and supplies · Railway-track maintenance services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 4 suppliers · 9 bids received (2.3 per place) · 4 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The purpose of this tender is to identify and appoint competent contractors to…AwardedRenewal
The purpose of this tender is to identify and appoint competent contractors to undertake works in relation to Earthing and Boding in a live/working rail environment.
This work is required to provide key installations and allow access to the rail for incumbent TfW Infrastructure Delivery Partners (IDPs) to complete their works, and ensure the network is compliant to standards applicable to an electrified railway.
Mini-competition will be utilised as the primary call-off process under this Framework, with a direct award allocation process reserved for urgent requirements only.
Should the need arise for this work outside of CVL, the Buyer and their subsidiaries reserve the right to utilise this framework for works appropriate to the scope within this framework as long as value for money can be demonstrated. For the avoidance of doubt this may include similar works on alternative lines and locations not within the CVL.
The potential work to be procured via this framework covers E&B works at various locations including:
- Signalling power supplies (FSP)
- Points heating
- Telecoms equipment
- Traction bonding
- Junction lighting
- OCS motorized switches
- Signalling structures & trackside equipment
- Stations
- Depots
- DNO cubicles
- Bridges and other metal/steel structures
- Metal/steel fencing
- Arbitrary metal/steel trackside enclosures
- Third party assets outside the WCB and CVL -Boundaries
- Metal / Steel Handrails
- IBJ’s / IRJ’s
- Sidings
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 (2)
- price: 45%
- Technical and Sustainability: 55%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical and Sustainability: 55%
- Price: 45%
- Suitability
Please refer to ITT tender documentation
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.
- “Earthing and Bonding” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · if further procurement of these works are required the anticipated date will be 2025
- First published
- 21 Mar 2022, 10:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Jul 2022, 10:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 24 Mar 2022 – …
- Authority reference
C000488.00- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-020582- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0319dcFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Please refer to ITT tender documentation
Publisher note: TfW has appointed Amey Infrastructure Wales (AIW) as Managing Agent for works that may be sourced via the framework and are supporting TfW in developing and improving the CVL infrastructure and stations. AIW and TfW Subsidiaries may also utilise the FW for associated works to be carried out on their behalf. This FW seeks to appoint a maximum of four tenderers to undertake Earthing and Bonding Works on the Core Valley Lines and any other Wales and Borders route projects as appropriate. Tender documents will be available via EtenderWales https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/login.do Please refer to project_49783 and ITT_93254- Earthing and Bonding to obtain the tender documentation. Any tenderer queries and responses and any circulars that may be issued during the tender period are to be communicated exclusively via the eTenderWales portal only. All responses will be shared with all tenderers unless the query is deemed confidential or commercially sensitive. Please ensure that any enquiries/clarifications raised via eTenderWales are free of any identifiable information, such as their name or the name of their company. NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. (WA Ref:123544)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 31 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Bid validity
- 1080 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 24 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
24 Mar 2022 → 28 Jul 2022 · 3 dates- Bids opened24 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown31 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published28 Jul 2022, 10:47 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Mar 2022- Deadline moved to 31 Mar 2022, 12:00 BST21 Mar 2022, 10:18 GMT+7 days · was 24 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Status changed to complete28 Jul 2022, 10:47 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 24 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2022 | +7 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 24 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2022 | +7 d |
at suppliers request
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 020582-2022-C000488.00-1
- Signed
- 28 Jul 2022
- Value
- £12,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9bids · 9 electronic | 5 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- Amalgamated Construction LtdFramework contractor
- BCM ConstructionFramework contractor
- Balfour Beatty Rail LimitedFramework contractor
- Keltbray RailFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria