Official UK procurement notice
Transport and Infrastructure Research & Development (R&D) Partner
Authority: Coventry City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCoventry City Council ("the Council") seeks to appoint a framework of up to four (4) research and development partners to provide associated services in relation to transport and infrastructure projects.
CPV: Analysis apparatus · Architectural, engineering and planning services · Engineering services · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Systems analysis and programming services · Systems and technical consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 9 bids received · 6 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Coventry City Council ("the Council") opted to run a Competitive procedure with…AwardedRenewalPublished value£35,000,000
Coventry City Council ("the Council") opted to run a Competitive procedure with negotiation under the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 and appointed a framework of Research & Development (R&D) partners.
Coventry City Council ("the Council") has been and will continue to develop the living and working environment within Coventry through a series of programmes that improve the transport infrastructure to attract inward investment and drive the transition from fossil fuel transport to sustainable transportation solutions.
One key project in this drive for modal shift is the Coventry Very Light Rail (VLR) project. This project is to develop a VLR product that can be manufactured predominantly in the West Midlands that will drive modal shift within small to medium size urban environments, consistent with many cities within the UK where a standard tram system would not be economically feasible.
This system will be a low capital cost for installation and will be environmentally clean at the point of use, which will have a positive impact on air quality, this modal shift is designed to reduce congestion, and as a result, open up the city for investment especially along the route.
The approach that the Council has taken to achieve the ambition outlined above is one of innovation and development. This framework of R&D Partners is to develop relationships with organisations that can support all phases of product development from ideation through to market ready product.
It is understood that any R&D Partner will need to be able to exercise a support framework of subcontractors and suppliers to achieve the service offering of the full technology development cycle.
By setting out the why, what and how of the Council's expectations, this document is intended to describe the relational foundation on which the Council and R&D Partners will team up to achieve those objectives.
The Council is seeking R&D partners that provide services that include, but are not limited to:
- Project management and cost control
- Innovation funding, and the development and identification of funding streams
- Ideation - investigation of current technologies and new developments
- Analysis and testing
- Prototyping
- Subcontractor management
- Market readiness and business case development including whole life analysis
- Design for manufacture, assembly, value engineering
- Product life (FATS, SATS, Durability etc.) testing and industry approvals
- Very low volume, low volume manufacturing strategy development.
- Technical contract specification
- Strategic stakeholder engagement
- Technical expertise in support of field trails of products and the application of products toward developing the technology readiness levels
- Development of digital analysis and data models.
- Development of products through the technology readiness levels.
- Operation and maintenance of products / components during tests and or development phases.
- Activities required to gain industry approval including (included but not restricted to) policy development, case for safety documentation and approval.
- Presenting and supporting the council at industry and public forums.
This contract has not been split into Lots, but it is recognised that a partner would require the capability to exercise the use of contracts, subcontracts and suppliers to support the contract requirements. Additional information: Full list of anticipated CPV codes captured within this procurement exercise and framework include;
38432000: Analysis apparatus (PARENT)
38432100: Gas-analysis apparatus
38432200: Chromatographs
38432210: Gas chromatographs
38432300: Smoke-analysis apparatus
71240000: Architectural, engineering and planning services (PARENT)
71241000: Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis
71242000: Project and design preparation, estimation of costs
71243000: Draft plans (systems and integration)
71244000: Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs
71245000: Approval plans, working drawings and specifications
71246000: Determining and listing of quantities in construction
71247000: Supervision of building work
71248000: Supervision of project and documentation
71300000: Engineering services (PARENT)
71310000: Consultative engineering and construction services
71320000: Engineering design services
71330000: Miscellaneous engineering services
71331000: Drilling-mud engineering services
71332000: Geotechnical engineering services
71333000: Mechanical engineering services
71334000: Mechanical and electrical engineering services
71335000: Engineering studies
71336000: Engineering support services
71337000: Corrosion engineering services
71340000: Integrated engineering services
71350000: Engineering-related scientific and technical services
72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services (PARENT)
72221000: Business analysis consultancy services
72222000: Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services
72223000: Information technology requirements review services
72224000: Project management consultancy services
72225000: System quality assurance assessment and review services
72226000: System software acceptance testing consultancy services
72227000: Software integration consultancy services
72228000: Hardware integration consultancy services
72240000: Systems analysis and programming services (PARENT)
72241000: Critical design target specification services
72242000: Design-modelling services
72243000: Programming services
72244000: Prototyping services
72245000: Contract systems analysis and programming services
72246000: Systems consultancy services
73000000: Research and development services and related consultancy services (PARENT)
73100000: Research and experimental development services
73200000: Research and development consultancy services
73300000: Design and execution of research and development
73400000: Research and Development services on security and defence materials
50220000: Repair, maintenance and associated services …
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 (9)
- Project Controls: 12.5%
- Programme: 12.5%
- Quality Controls and Approvals: 12.5%
- Capability Assessment: 10%
- Innovation: 10%
- Ensuring Value for Money - Methodology: 10%
- Schedule of Rates: 10%
- Ensuring Value for Money - Mark-Up: 10%
- Social Value Action Plan: 12.5%
Published award criteria (9)
- Project Controls: 12.50
- Programme: 12.50
- Quality Controls and Approvals: 12.50
- Capability Assessment: 10.00
- Innovation: 10.00
- Social Value Action Plan: 12.50
- Schedule of Rates: 10.00
- Ensuring Value for Money - Mark-Up: 10.00
- Ensuring Value for Money - Methodology: 10.00
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Transport and Infrastructure Research & Development (R&D) Partner” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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- Procedure method
- Competitive dialogue
- 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
- 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
- 20 Feb 2023, 21:14 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Oct 2023, 11:23 BST
- Authority reference
COV-13552- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-031440- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a710Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 31 Mar 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
Timeline
31 Mar 2023 → 25 Oct 2023 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown31 Mar 2023, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected2 May 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published25 Oct 2023, 11:23 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 Oct 2023, 11:23 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast6 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 6 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £35,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Transport and Infrastructure Research & Development (R&D) Partner
- Signed
- 24 Oct 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Transport and Infrastructure Research & Development (R&D) Partner
- Signed
- 24 Oct 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Transport and Infrastructure Research & Development (R&D) Partner
- Signed
- 24 Oct 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Transport and Infrastructure Research & Development (R&D) Partner
- Signed
- 24 Oct 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Transport and Infrastructure Research & Development (R&D) Partner
- Signed
- 24 Oct 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Transport and Infrastructure Research & Development (R&D) Partner
- Signed
- 24 Oct 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9bids · 9 electronic | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Coventry City Council Legal ServicesReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- Egis Transport Solutions LimitedFramework contractor
- MTC Operations LimitedFramework contractor
- Mott MacDonald LimitedFramework contractor
- Ove Arup & Partners LtdFramework contractor
- Rendel LimitedFramework contractor
- University of WarwickFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria