Pre-Market Engagement - Supply and Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

NITHC/Translink currently operate 29 car park locations throughout Northern Ireland. Translink/NITHC are looking to explore options for the supply, Install and maintenance of Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations within each of these sites. There is also a possibility of other sites being included during the initial contract period.

The purpose of the Pre-Market Engagement process is to obtain information that provides the most efficient way of installing and managing EV charging points.

Translink/NITHC are also seeking information on how the EV Charging Station can be monitored via a remote location in their offices which is most likely in Belfast City Centre.

The initial contract will be for the supply and installation of EV Charing Stations. Further to information received during the Pre-Market Engagement process an option for further maintenance may be included. 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 Supply of. Transfers and Vinyls and associated design work . . 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 give an accurate timeframe for this requirement.