United Kingdom-Belfast: Footwear

Type of document: Invitation to tender
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2017/S 023-040171/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
Regulation of procurement: EU – with participation by GPA countries
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies
Directive 2014/25/EU

Section I: Contracting entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Translink
Postal address: Milewater Road
Town: Belfast
Postal code: BT3 9BG
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Rachel Grimason
Email: rachel.grimason@translink.co.uk
Nuts code: UK
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

I.3)Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
electronically via:
I.6) Main activity:
Railway services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: 006/0044/17 Corporate Footwear.
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 18800000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
Translink have a requirement for the provision of Corporate Footwear for staff numbers in the region of 3 500, across multiple remote sites with diverse operational, infrastructure, engineering and administrative requirements. Translink, comprising Ulsterbus Limited and Citybus Limited, provide all public transport bus services in Northern Ireland and also operate into RoI, GB and Europe. The fleet currently totals c. 1 284 vehicles. There is a unionised environment operating in 26 main depots throughout Northern Ireland ranging in size from 1 staff to 264 staff with a central maintenance facility in Belfast with 106 staff. NI Railways currently operates 43 local trains with 913 operating staff providing services on 4 main routes from Londonderry, Larne, Bangor and Newry terminating in central Belfast, along with a cross border service to Dublin in conjunction with Irish Rail. Current issue cycle frequencies are 12 months for corporate footwear.

II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 1.00 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots:no
II.2) Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 18830000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKN0
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Translink have a requirement for the provision of Corporate Footwear for staff numbers in the region of 3 500, across multiple remote sites with diverse operational, infrastructure, engineering and administrative requirements. Translink, comprising Ulsterbus Limited and Citybus Limited, provide all public transport bus services in Northern Ireland and also operate into RoI, GB and Europe. The fleet currently totals c. 1 284 vehicles. There is a unionised environment operating in 26 main depots throughout Northern Ireland ranging in size from 1 staff to 264 staff with a central maintenance facility in Belfast with 106 staff. NI Railways currently operates 43 local trains with 913 operating staff providing services on four main routes from Londonderry, Larne, Bangor and Newry terminating in central Belfast, along with a cross border service to Dublin in conjunction with Irish Rail. Current issue cycle frequencies are 12 months for corporate footwear.
II.2.5)Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 1.00 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months:72
This contract is subject to renewal: yes Description of renewals:
This contract requires renewal at the end of the contract term.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:no
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: yes
Description of options:
The initial term of this contract is 3 years, with 3 options of 1 year each.

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:2017-03-09 Local time:15:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tender must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:2017-06-07

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:The Translink Group may make a call for competition at the end of the fixed contract period or after option(s) have been taken up; the Translink Group reserve the right to make a call for competition at any point deemed appropriate by the Translink Group and may make no call for competition should the requirement no longer be classified by the Translink Group as recurring.

IV.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:Let’s work together: Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/TranslinkB2B for opportunities worth 30 000 GBP or more. Check out our website at www.translink.co.uk/Corporate/Procurement/ Participate in tenders at For assistance using eTendersNI and registering your Organisation please contact the help-desk whose number is located on the eTendersNI contact us page. Note: Do not leave completing your PQQ/ITT response until the last minute, late responses shall be rejected. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any contract as a result of this competition. About the Translink Group: Throughout the documentation, both ‘Translink’ and ‘Group’ refer to the same corporate entities. Both shall be taken to comprise the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHC) in addition to its main operating subsidiaries Citybus Ltd, Northern Ireland Railways Company Ltd and Ulsterbus Ltd.

VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Please see section VI.4.2)
Town: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:The Translink Group will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2017-01-31