Official UK procurement notice
Fitment of European Train Control Systems (ETCS) to an existing fleet including compatability surveys, concept design, First in Class (FiC), fleet installation activity and maintenance
Authority: FIRST TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDesign and Supply of ETCS equipment to existing rolling stock including new driver machine interface - associated materials - integrated software and maintenance services
CPV: Installation services (except software) · Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock; railways traffic-control equipment · Railway transport services · Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1In preparation for any infrastructure improvements along the North Transpennine Route…Awarded
In preparation for any infrastructure improvements along the North Transpennine Route that may including signalling upgrades with ETCS, any rolling stock that operates on this route will need to be fitted with corresponding compatible on-board ETCS equipment, First Transpennine Express Limited (TPE) intends to award a contract to Siemens Mobility for the design, supply and fitment of ETCS equipment and its associated materials, maintenance and technical service to its Class 185 trains.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Aug 2021, 12:36 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2021, 12:36 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-019026- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights; Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
(e) in the case of supply contracts for additional deliveries by the original supplier which are intended whether as a partial replacement of supplies or installations or as the extension of supplies or installations, where a change of supplier would oblige the utility to acquire supplies having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance;
The supplier, who currently provides a full turnkey maintenance and technical support service for these trains within their own maintenance depots retain the intellectual property for any software integration to the train's management system and to eliminate all risks associated with the procurement of equipment that would need to be fully integrated to the existing train's management system, TPE intend to award a sole supplier with Siemens Mobility for the Class 185 trains.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Contract 019026-2021-1 · supplier not published
- Signed
- 6 Aug 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.