United Kingdom-York: Research and Development of a Railhead Adhesion System

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-027172/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Negotiated without a call for competition
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Northern Trains Limited
National registration number: 03076444
Postal address: –
Town: York
Postal code: YO16HZ
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Robin Horsman
Telephone: +44 7827937566
Email: Robin.Horsman@northernrailway.co.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:

I.6) Main activity
Railway services

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Research and Development of a Railhead Adhesion System
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 34940000
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
Research and development of a railhead adhesion system to be
fitted to Northern Trains Limited’s trains intended to provide more reliable and consistent braking in low adhesion conditions
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement(excluding VAT)

II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Research and development of a railhead adhesion system to be
fitted to Northern Trains Limited’s trains intended to provide more reliable and consistent braking in low adhesion conditions. The purpose of this fleet fitment is to provide the rail industry with operational evidence for the effectiveness of water addition in mitigating low adhesion.

II.2.5) Award criteria
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no
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 without prior call for competition(in accordance with Article 50 of Directive 2014/25/EU)
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2) Administrative information

Section V: Award of contract/concession
V.2) Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:2022-07-27
V.2.2) Information about tenders
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession(excluding VAT)
for framework agreements – total maximum value for this lot
for contracts based on framework agreements, if required – value of contract(s) for this lot not included in
previous contract award notices

Section VI: Complementary informationVI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Northern Trains Limited
Town: York
Postal code: YOI 6HZ
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2022-09-28

Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for
competition in the Official Journal of the European Union