Pre-Market Engagement - Supply of Transfers and Vinyls and associated design work

Official notice

Authority: Translink (Central government)

Services

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2022from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Before embarking on the procurement, Translink wish to engage with the marketplace to gather intelligence which will inform the Procurement Strategy for this contract which will involve seeking a supplier to provide a service to supply a range of transfers and vinyls primarily for the bus and train fleets and also have the capability to produce design options. Translink plans to hold a virtual interview with each interested supplier at the end of May 2022- exact dates to be arranged. Interested suppliers are requested to email their contact details to Mike Kerr at [email protected] NO LATER THAN 3pm Thursday 19th May 2022.

CPV: Miscellaneous business-related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Translink have a requirement for a company to provide a service to supply a range of…Planned

Translink have a requirement for a company to provide a service to supply a range of transfers and vinyls primarily for the bus and train fleets and also have the capability to produce design options. Up to 5 year initial term of contract. 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

Delivery: Northern Ireland

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
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: 5 May 2022, 16:26 BST
Last source update: 5 May 2022, 16:26 BST
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-011746
Classification (CPV): Miscellaneous business-related services
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03347f Find a Tender

Publisher note: 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

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: 19 May 2022, 15:00 BST
Accepted languages: en

Timeline

5 May 2022 → 1 Jul 2022 · 3 dates

Notice published
5 May 2022, 16:26 BST
Submission deadline
19 May 2022, 15:00 BST
Tender notice expected
1 Jul 2022, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Translink

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentUrban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services Procurement Department, Belfast, UK, BT2 7LXContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.