Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-07-23
Buyer: Translink
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 66100000 | 66110000 | 66112000 | 79710000: Security services | 79940000
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 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. The scope of services is for the provision of corporate banking services and cash processing services which have been divided into two separate lots. The anticipated start date is 3.6.2019 however dates may be subject to change. Translink reserve the right to accept part of any tender from one or any number of tenderers and may change the contracting strategy at any time.
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. The scope of services is for the provision of corporate banking services and cash processing services which have been divided into 2 separate lots. The anticipated start date is 3.6.2019 however dates may be subject to change. Translink reserve the right to accept part of any tender from one or any number of tenderers and may change the contracting strategy at any time.
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. The scope of services is for the provision of corporate banking services and cash processing services which have been divided into two separate lots. The anticipated start date is 3.6.2019 however dates may be subject to change. Translink reserve the right to accept part of any tender from one or any number of tenderers and may change the contracting strategy at any time.
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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.
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 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).


Winner: Barclays PLC
Number of bids: 3