Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-08-03
Buyer: Transport for Greater Manchester
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45213000: Construction work for commercial buildings | 45220000 | 45234000
Estimated value: 34000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-09-01
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: From July 2017 Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is responsible for funding and the direct instruction of all renewals and enhancements on the Metrolink network. In order to create a direct route to market to meet the emerging requirements for renewals and enhancements on the network and within other TfGM owned or managed infrastructure, it is proposed to implement appropriate framework agreement(s) to carry out works.
Multi-disciplinary that includes all disciplines within Specialist Lots, namely (2a) Civil and structural works, (2b) Buildings, (2c) Permanent Way, (2d) Power, (2e) Signalling, systems and communications. This lot is applicable when the majority of the work does not fit into the specialist lots or exceeds the threshold for an individual scheme attributed to each specialist lot.
This lot is applicable when the required works to the Metrolink Network or other TfGM owned or managed infrastructure is predominantly classed as civil and/or structural and does not exceed the threshold for an individual scheme attributed to the specialist lot. Civil and structural assets include, but are not limited to:
— stop seating, sign posts, cycle stands, non-electrical signs, litter bins, supports/housings for various equipment (including lighting equipment, speakers, ticket validators, telephones etc), and other non-mechanical, non-electrical Stop furniture;
— ancillary structures including overhead line support structures, staircases, escalators support structures, lift shafts
— drainage including all drainage associated with and required by the Metrolink System or other TfGM owned or managed infrastructure including, but not limited to, rail drains, ditches, pipes, pits, catchpits, chambers, soakaways, head walls, outfalls, oil interceptors, attenuation systems;
— fencing and boundaries including all property, lineside, depot and boundary walls, barriers, fences and railings, track and infrastructure access points and gates;
— roads and footways including all roads, parking places, hard-standings, cycling routes and facilities, footpaths and public rights of way;
— cess walkways including walkways, routes, paths, recesses provided for the use by maintenance staff and contactors;
— soft landscaping including trees, shrubs and bushes, hedges, planted areas, grassland, and other organic surfaces;
— ornamental planting including formal planting with a planned and laid out arrangement of shrubs and other plants in accordance with a design;
— natural vegetation including all areas being allowed to become naturally populated with vegetation; and
— non-operational land including discrete areas of land not bordering the track and identified as non-operational land on the Metrolink Licence Plans.
This lot is applicable when the required works to the Metrolink Network or other TfGM owned or managed infrastructure is predominantly classed as buildings and does not exceed the threshold for an individual scheme attributed to the specialist lot.. Buildings assets include, but are not limited to:
This lot is applicable when the required works to the Metrolink Network or other TfGM owned or managed infrastructure is predominantly classed as Permanent Way and does not exceed the threshold for an individual scheme attributed to the specialist lot. Permanent Way assets include, but are not limited to: