Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Track Fastenings and Support Assemblies
Authority: Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (UTILITIES)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) operated Glasgow Subway forms a circle in the centre-west of the city. The entire passenger railway is subsurface, comprising two circular routes, each of approximately 10.5km of slab track. Within a surface maintenance depot in Govan there is approximately 2.5km of ballast track. The system first opened to the public in 1896 and has since gone through various modernisation programmes, including at present.
Maintenance of the Subway track and infrastructure assets is undertaken typically by SPT in-house resource. To support its on-going preventative and reactive maintenance activities, SPT has a long-term agreement in place for supply of rail fastening assembly components, with the exception of rail pads. SPT is looking to award a long-term (up to 8 year) framework to a supplier(s) who is recognised for supplying rail pads and other similar of Track Fastening and Support Assemblies.
CPV: Railway equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 1 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1SPT has awarded a long-term (up to 8 years) framework for supplying rail pads and…AwardedPublished value£1,250,000
SPT has awarded a long-term (up to 8 years) framework for supplying rail pads and other similar of Track Fastening and Support Assemblies.
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: 40%
- price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 40
- Price: 60
- Economic & financial standing
SPT will use Dun and Bradstreet's DBAi financial reporting system to assess the financial stability of bidders. Bidders must confirm within their response to the relevant question within the Qualification Envelope, the value of their D&B Failure Score.
In the event that the bidder does not have a Dun and Bradstreet rating or they consider that the rating has been adversely affected by factors which they can offer mitigating evidence for, we will use the following ratios to evaluate a bidder’s financial status. Bidders must confirm within their response to the relevant question within the Qualification Envelope, the name and value of the 3 financial ratios listed below as taken from their own Accounts.
1 Profitability – this is taken as profit after tax but before dividends and minority interests. If a company makes a profit then it is a pass for this ratio;
2 Liquidity – this value is calculated as current assets less stock and work in progress, divided by current liabilities. If the answer is greater than or equal to one then it is a pass for this ratio;
3 Gearing – this value is calculated as the total external secured borrowing (short term and long term) divided by shareholder funds expressed as a percentage. If the answer is less than or equal to 100% it is considered a pass for this ratio.
Minimum: Bidders with a Failure Score of 51 or above on the DBAi system will be deemed to have evidenced satisfactory financial stability. In the absence of a DBAi rating, 2 out of the 3 financial ratios must be passed. where 2 out of the 3 ratios cannot be met, we may then take account o… - Technical & professional ability
Bidders must provide examples of a minimum of two previous contracts for the supply of similar goods.
Minimum: These examples must evidence the bidders ability to service contracts of a similar value and volume to that advertised in this tender.
- Shortlisting
- Bidders will require to evidence that they hold ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 or can evidence that they have equivalent levels of internal processes in place.
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Supply of Track Fastenings and Support Assemblies” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 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 · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 17 Aug 2021, 15:14 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Feb 2022, 12:33 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 22 Sept 2021 – …
- Authority reference
20-034- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-005287- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d5f6Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:684761)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/web/login.html ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 22 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 22 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
22 Sept 2021 → 25 Feb 2022 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown22 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened22 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published25 Feb 2022, 12:33 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 Feb 2022, 12:33 GMT
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 005287-2022-1
- Signed
- 22 Feb 2022
- Value
- £600,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sherriff and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Tiflex LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.