Official UK procurement notice
P-2461 Rail Substitution Bus Services
Authority: Translink (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTranslink requires from time-to-time additional Bus and Coach Vehicles and drivers that will be available at times of both pre-planned and emergency disruption to railway services to cover the Northern Ireland rail network. This will be an initial 5 year contract with possible further extensions for up to 2 years. Anticipated Contract Start Date is March 2023. Your response must be submitted via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) on the eTendersNI portal. Instructions on how to submit your response can be found within the Interactive Walkthrough on the eTendersNI Homepage. No other method of submission will be accepted.
- Recurrence: Q1 2030
CPV: Hire of buses and coaches with driver · Hire of passenger transport vehicles with driver
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£980,000
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)
- Technical: 60%
- Financial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 60
- Financial: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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- 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
- Yes · Q1 2030
- First published
- 7 Dec 2022, 13:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 May 2023, 10:30 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Jan 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-014011- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038b6eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 18 Jan 2023, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
18 Jan 2023 → 17 Jul 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline18 Jan 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened18 Jan 2023, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published17 May 2023, 10:30 BST
- Bids must remain valid until17 Jul 2023, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete17 May 2023, 10:30 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| J K COACHES LTDSMEContract | £1,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · J K COACHES LTDSME
- Signed
- 17 May 2023
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7bids · 7 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Translink LtdReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- J K COACHES LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.