Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-10-27
Buyer: City of Edinburgh Council — Edinburgh Tram Project
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 34941300 | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45233142: Road-repair work | 45234121 | 45234126
Submission deadline: 2017-12-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking to appoint two contractors to deliver the Edinburgh Tram York Place to Newhaven Project under two separate Lots, namely: an Infrastructure and System Contract and a Swept Path Contract.
The full scope of works for each Lot can be found within the Lot description and within the Procurement Information Documents (PID) for each contract which are available for immediate download on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cityofedinburghcouncil/aspx/Home
Interested contractors must note interest, download and return a completed European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) together with all required supporting documentation as set out in the relevant PID no later than 12:00  on 12.12.2017.
The City of Edinburgh Council wishes to procure a suitably qualified and experienced Contractor with extensive experience of design and construction of urban light railways in a dense city centre environment. The Contractor must have considerable traffic management experience commensurate with the above.
The Infrastructure and Systems Contract involves the design and construction, systems integration, testing, commissioning and bringing into operationally service the Edinburgh Tram York Place to Newhaven Project, which is envisaged to include, but may not be limited to, the following works:
— Track and civil works, including trackworks, road traffic signalling, roadworks, drainage, signing and marking, stops, substations, structures, pits and conduits, miscellaneous civil works including walls and boundaries and landscaping;
— External elements of the traction power supply system, including overhead conductor system, feeder cables and distribution cabinets, stray current and earthing;
— Auxiliary systems, including but not limited to building services, public lighting, and fire detection systems; and
Please note that the Council currently propose to agree terms with the original supplier for the extension of existing proprietary tram communication and control systems and require each Tenderer to include this supplier in its Tender as a Subcontractor. Should this proposal change at any time, the Council reserve the right to continue with this Pre-qualification process without amendment, or to aend the rules of this Pre-qualification process in which case all Applicants will be advised of the amended rules.
— Two substations including civil works, traction power substation equipment, building services and earthing;
— Overhead line equipment (OLE) including poles and building fixings, and associated feeder cables and distribution cabinets;
— Tram communication and control systems (via the Council's nominated Subcontractor) including tram signalling, points and points indicators, automatic vehicle location systems, central control system, fixed equipment and power supply SCADA, passenger information systems, public address system, closed circuit TV, timing, radio transmission, cable transmission network, telephone system and emergency telephone system;
— Public realm spaces at Ocean Terminal and Elm Row including reinstatement of ancient monuments, signage, and fountains
— Other civil works, including the rehabilitation of the Constitution Street wall and retaining walls;
— Diversion of utilities and resolution of archaeology which are outside the scope of the Swept Path Contract.

Eligibility requirements: Please see the relevant Procurement Information Document and ESPD for full information.