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Rwy’n ysgrifennu i rannu’r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf ag Aelodau am y broses caffael gweithredwr nesaf gwasanaeth rheilffyrdd Cymru a’r Gororau, a lansiwyd ym mis Gorffennaf 2016 ac sy’n tynnu at ei therfyn. 

Bydd yr aelodau’n cofio i dendrau terfynol ddod i law gan dri chwmni ym mis Rhagfyr 2017\. Tynnodd un cwmni ei dendr yn ôl wedyn. Mae Trafnidiaeth Cymru wedi bod yn arfarnu’r ddau dendr arall yn unol â Rheoliadau Contractau Cyfleustodau 2016, gan asesu pob un yn ôl ei ansawdd, cryfder a’i allu i roi prif bolisïau Llywodraeth Cymru ar waith, a nodir yn y ddogfen ‘Gwasanaethau Rheilffyrdd ar gyfer y Dyfodol’.

Yn ystod y broses, rydym wedi rhoi blaenoriaeth i fuddsoddi yn ansawdd gwasanaethau, trenau a gorsafoedd Gwasanaethau Rheilffyrdd Cymru a’r Gororau a Metro De Cymru. Rydym yn hyderus y gall y tendrau a ddaeth i law ddiwallu’n gofynion.

Mae Trafnidiaeth Cymru wedi bod yn gwneud cynnydd da o ran y gwaith arfarnu er mwyn cael canlyniad gorau’n buddsoddiad yn unol â’n strategaeth ac yn gyson â’n hamcanion ar gyfer y caffael. Felly, rydym yn disgwyl gwneud penderfyniad ar ganlyniad y broses gaffael ddiwedd mis Mai. Ar ôl inni wneud penderfyniad, ac yn unol â’r arfer caffael cyffredin, bydd cyfnod segur o 10 niwrnod cyn i Lywodraeth Cymru allu llunio contract ffurfiol a’i ddyfarnu.

Yn y gorffennol rwyf wedi ymrwymo i gyhoeddi gwybodaeth am y caffael ar ôl dyfarnu’r contract. Fodd bynnag, rhagwelwn y bydd y dyfalu yn cynyddu wrth i ddiwedd mis Mai nesáu. Yn gyfreithlon, ni all Trafnidiaeth Cymru na Llywodraeth Cymru gynnig sylwadau ar agweddau’r broses gaffael wrth iddi fod ar waith. Felly, oni bai bod y broses yn ei ganiatáu, ni fyddwn yn cynnig unrhyw sylwadau pellach ar y broses, nac ymateb i ddyfaliadau, nes bod y broses wedi dod i ben.   
  
Rwy’n edrych ymlaen at gyhoeddi enw’r ymgeisydd llwyddiannus a rhannu manylion ein cynlluniau cyffrous ac arloesol ar gyfer Gwasanaethau Rheilffyrdd Cymru a’r Gororau a Metro De Cymru cyn gynted ag y bo modd.  








Translation:


 
I am writing to update Members on the procurement for the next operator of the Wales and Borders rail service, which we launched in July 2016, and is now nearing conclusion.    

  

Members will recall that final tenders were received from three companies in December 2017\. One of those tenders was subsequently withdrawn.  Transport for Wales has been evaluating the two remaining bids under the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, assessing each for its quality, robustness and ability to deliver on the Welsh Government’s policy priorities, as set out in ‘Rail Services for the Future’.  

  

Throughout this process, we have prioritised investment in the quality of trains, stations and services for the Wales and Borders Rail Service and South Wales Metro and we are confident that the bids we have received are capable of delivering our requirements.  

  

Transport for Wales has been making good progress with the evaluation to achieve the best outcome for our investment in line with a pre\-defined strategy and consistent with our objectives for the procurement. We therefore expect to be making a decision on the outcome of the procurement process at the end of May. Following this decision, and in accordance with usual procurement practice, there will be a standstill period of 10 days before the Welsh Government will be in a position to enter into, and complete, the formal contractual documentation and make the award.  

  

I have previously committed to publishing information on the procurement following award of the contract, but we anticipate that speculation is likely to intensify as we approach the decision in May. Legally neither Transport for Wales nor the Welsh Government will be able to comment on aspects of the procurement process while it is still ongoing.  Therefore, unless the process permits, we will not make any further comment or respond to speculation until the process has concluded.    

  

I therefore look forward to the announcement of the successful bidder and then being able to share with you details of our exciting, transformative plans for the next Wales and Borders rail service and South Wales Metro at the earliest possible opportunity.