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Technical support of New Rolling Stock and Associated Services

Transport systems consultancy services
North East (UKC)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Nexus: "Technical support of New Rolling Stock and Associated Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNexusScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Nexus. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
3Bids / Report
33.3% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 67 active published awards; 3 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNexus
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published16 Jul 2021, 12:07 BST
Last source update16 Jul 2021, 12:07 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationTransport systems consultancy services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02c8e1
What is being bought
A zero based framework for consultancy service framework arrangement to provide support to Nexus in the procurement of new rolling stock and associated services.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Jul 2021, 12:07 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    16 Jul 2021, 12:07 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    16 Jul 2021, 12:07 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Technical support service.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    16 Jul 2021, 12:07 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 1 May 2021, 00:00 BST · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Awarded supplier not published
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
Not published · signed 1 May 2021, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Nexus

Contracting authority GB-FTS-8142
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  • Nexus
    buyer

    33 St James' Blvd, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKC, NE14AX
    tenders@nexus.org.uk
    +44 7879667318

  • Nexus
    reviewBody

    Newcastle
Documents (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNexus relies of Regulation 50 (c) (ii) of the Utilities Regulations 2016 to enter into a services contract with MML using the negotiated procedure without prior call to competition. The services under this contract can only by supplied by MML as competition is absent for technical reasons and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists. Nexus has entered into agreements with one supplier for all the elements of the delivery of its Metro Fleet Replacement Programme (the Programme) for the design, manufacture and supply of the new trains, the construction of a new depot, the maintenance of the existing fleet and the maintenance of the new fleet. MML was first appointed to consult on this complex Programme in 2016 and has been involved in the development of the contacting and procurement strategies, the development of technical specifications, modelling and analysis, the procurement process and the initial and final design phases of the new fleet. MML therefore holds intrinsic knowledge of the technical proposals, designs and plans which will be delivered as part of the manufacturing, testing and commissioning phases of the Programme. MML's knowledge extends beyond familiarity with the programme deliverables to the reasons why Nexus' requirements have been drafted in the way they have in the contracts and technical documents. This work has been carried out with a relatively small number of individuals in the MML project team who hold this overarching knowledge and understanding. If the existing MML team was not available, the Programme could not be delivered within the timeframes set out in the contractual documentation or the programme documents agreed as part of the suite of contract agreements with Nexus' supplier. Further, a slower delivery of the Programme would expose Nexus to significant financial and reputational risk. Strategically Nexus need to remove the existing fleet and replace it with its new trains as soon as possible on the basis the existing fleet is life expired, it is vulnerable to endemic and epidemic component failures and it has the worst performance of any comparable fleet in the UK. There are large financial risks associated with a slower delivery of the Programme which would lead to Nexus failing to fulfil its obligations for time bound acceptance and certification of contractual documents and milestones. A delay to one agreement will also have an impact on the other agreements due to the way that this Programme is timed.