Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-01-21
Buyer: Translink
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72230000: Custom software development services | 72260000: Software-related services | 72265000: Software configuration services | 79800000 | 79820000
Submission deadline: 2020-02-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Translink is seeking to appoint a single service provider to supply and deliver non-personalised pre-printed Smartcards. The following is provided in good faith and is intended only as a preliminary background explanation to Translink’s requirement, it does not purport to be all inclusive. In order to support Translink’s objectives, the ticketing systems department continues to have requirements for the production and delivery of additional sets of non-personalised Smartcards, pre-printed with Translink’s standard artwork. The selected service provider will also be required to work with Translink and their (Translnk’s) third party supplier with the introduction of a new account-based ticketing product. The anticipated start date is 1.4.2020, however dates may be subject to change. Translink reserves the right to accept part of any tender from 1 or any number of tenderers and may change the contracting strategy at any time.
The first option for a further period of 2 years and the second/further option for an additional period of 1 year.
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Translink may make a call for competition at the end of the initial 3-year contract period and/or at the end of the additional option period/s. Translink reserve the right to make a call for competition at any point deemed appropriate by Translink and may make no call for competition should the requirement no longer be classified by Translink as recurring.
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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.
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Translink 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 2016 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.)

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