United Kingdom-Belfast: Manufacture and Supply of Concrete Railway Sleepers

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-003190/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Periodic indicative notice without call for competition
Supplies
This notice is a periodic indicative notice only

Section I: Contracting entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Translink
Postal address: Procurement Department
Town: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Paul McCollough
Email: paul.mccollough@translink.co.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Address of the buyer profile:

I.3)Communication
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
I.6) Main activity:
Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus and bus services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: Manufacture and Supply of Concrete Railway Sleepers
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 34946120
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
Due to the forecasted Translink capital plan of works to deliver rail infrastructure upgrades, improvements, and ongoing maintenance in Northern Ireland, Translink are seeking to identify Economic Operators who have the capability and capacity to manufacture, store and supply concrete railway sleepers.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT: 15000000.00 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement :
Translink owns, operates and maintains the rail network in Northern Ireland comprising 300 miles of plain line track and 200 sets of switches and crossings. We wish to establish a Framework for the supply of concrete sleepers for plain line track to support the delivery of Translink’s programme of capital and maintenance works. The framework will initially run for 4 years with options to extend up to a maximum of a further 4 years.
Sleepers are pre-tensioned prestressed concrete produced to a Translink design for 1600mm track gauge with 1 in 20 rail inclination using Pandrol e-clip fastening arrangements.
We would like to receive expressions of interest from suppliers with a proven track record in the manufacture of high quality prestressed concrete products to exacting standards who would be able to produce a minimum of 12,000 sleepers per annum.
The Project Team have a number of virtual meeting slots for Wednesday 9th February 2022 between 10am and 1pm and on Monday the 14th February 2022 between 2pm and 5pm whereby interested suppliers can meet the team to discuss this requirement further.
These will be allocated on a first come basis so if this is of interest please contact Paul McCollough, at the above email address advising which slot you would prefer, providing a list of attendees, their job title and their email address.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
2022-03-01

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
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 applications for an invitation to tender or to negotiate
Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest
Date:2022-02-14 Local time:12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2022-02-03