Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-04-17
Buyer: West Midlands Rail Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 34620000 | 48813000: Passenger information systems | 60200000 | 60210000 | 66171000
Estimated value: 4000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-05-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: West Midlands Rail Ltd (WMR), trading as West Midlands Raill Executive (WMRE) seeks to award a Framework Agreement for franchise advisory services comprising of specialist consultancy expertise on specialist railway, technical and commercial advisory services. The current West Midlands Franchise is due to expire in March 2026, and WMRE’s aspiration is for the next franchise to be designed, procured and managed for the West Midlands by the West Midlands. In order to be successful in this aim, WMRE seeks to procure the very best expertise available within the market place to offer specialist railway technical and commercial advisory services.
It is the intention to make the framework available to other local authorities in the UK. This will consist of the following:
— all county councils, borough and district councils and unitary authorities throughout England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and any other relevant organisations in the UK.
Successful contractor(s) will be responsible for providing professional, technical and commercial support for a range of macro-level strategic activities such as franchise re-mapping, devolution, future forecasts and plans, option analysis and the construction of project and programme business cases. Services include but are not limited to:
The successful contractor(s) will be responsible for providing professional, technical and commercial support for a range of activities focused on the realisation of better integration between transport modes. Typical requirements identified by WMRE include but are not limited to:
Successful contractor(s) will be responsible for providing professional technical and commercial support across a full range of operational specialisms.Typical requirements identified by WMRE include but are not limited to:
Successful contractor(s) will be responsible for providing professional technical and commercial support for a range of customer and people focused activities. Typical requirements identified by WMRE include but are not limited to:
Successful contractor(s) will be responsible for providing professional technical and commercial support for a range of short to medium term activities specifically in relation to forecasting and meeting demand, fares calibration and the development of bidding strategies and analysis. Typical requirements identified by WMRE include but are not limited to:
Successful contractor(s) will be responsible for providing professional technical and commercial support and advice across the spectrum of railway infrastructure and assets. Typical requirements identified by WMRE include but are not limited to:
Successful contractor(s) will be responsible for providing professional technical and commercial support and advice across a spectrum of railway rolling stock activities. Typical requirements identified by WMRE include but are not limited to:


Award value: 4000000