Directive 2004/17/EC

Section I: Contracting entity

• I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

  For the attention of: Jessica Woodward
  Contact: Contracts and Procurement, The Quadrant:MK, Elder Gate,Milton Keynes, MK9 1EN
  Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
  Kings Place, 90 York Way
  London
  NW1 9AG
  UNITED KINGDOM
  Email: jessica.woodward@networkrail.co.uk
  Tel: +44 7720514023

  Internet address(es):

  General address of the contracting entity: www.networkrail.co.uk

  Address of the buyer profile: http://www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/1542.aspx

  Further information can be obtained from:

  The above mentioned contact point(s)

  Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from

  : The above mentioned contact point(s)

  Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to

  : The above mentioned contact point(s)

• I.2) Main activity

  Railway services

• I.3) Contract award on behalf of other contracting entities

  The contracting entity is purchasing on behalf of other contracting entities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

• II.1) Description

  • II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:

    Provision of risk based maintenance training.

  • II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

    Services

    Service category No 24: Education and vocational education services

    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Great Britain.

    NUTS code UK

  • II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    The notice involves a public contract

  • II.1.4) Information on framework agreement

    Not provided

  • II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s):

    To support the delivery of Network rails risk based maintenance programme the following specialist services are required:

    (1) Reliability centred maintenance appreciation training

    (2) Reliability centred maintenance awareness training

    (3) Facilitator training

    (4) Mentoring of facilitators

    Training shall be compliant with standard SAE JA 10/11.

  • II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    80531200

  • II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

  • II.1.8) Information about lots

    This contract is divided into lots: no

  • II.1.9) Information about variants

    Variants will be accepted: no

• II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract

  • II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:

    Network Rail has already successfully implemented a risk based maintenance approach for a number of signalling assets, and is seeking to extend and increase its application on all other in-scope assets. In order to achieve this, we need to increase our awareness, technical delivery and mentoring capability.

    To support the delivery of Network rails risk based maintenance programme the following specialist services are required:

    1. Reliability centred maintenance appreciation training (1 day)

    2. Reliability centred maintenance awareness training (2 days)

    3. Facilitator training (10 days)

    4. Mentoring of facilitators

    5. Competent facilitators to facilitate reliability centred maintenance workshops

    Training shall be compliant with industry standard SAE JA 1011 to avoid introducing new risks to current embedded RCM process.

    The training will be aimed at various people ranging from Professional Heads approving revised maintenance regimes to section managers involved in implementation to realise the benefits.

  • II.2.2) Information about options

    Options: no

  • II.2.3) Information about renewals

    This contract is subject to renewal: no

• II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

  Duration in months: 24 (from the award of the contract)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

• III.1) Conditions relating to the contract

  • III.1.1) Deposits and guarantees required:

    Participants will be advised during the course of the tender exercise if these are required. Parent Company guarantees and other financial and performance guarantees may be requested as deemed appropriate.

  • III.1.2) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

    Not provided

  • III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

    Not provided

  • III.1.4) Other particular conditions:

    The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

• III.2) Conditions for participation

  • III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: This is a negotiated procedure with a call for competition. Suppliers will be expected to comply with all instructions during the course of the tender.

    Any supplier who wishes to be considered for this contract must submit an interest via e-mail for the attention of Jessica Woodward at jessica.woodward@networkrail.co.uk no later than 1.10.2012.

    The e-mail must contain the following information as laid out below and nothing else.

    1) Full contracting entity name, address and registered address (if different)

    2) Company registration number

    3) Full name, telephone and e-mail address of the individual submitting their interest, this will be the point of contact for any ongoing correspondence.

    Suppliers must confirm that they are aware and not disqualified from expressing an interest in this OJEU notice because of Regulation 26 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations.

    A supplier will be disqualified from the tender process if:

    a) Is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;

    (b) Is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings under national laws and regulations;

    (c) Has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;

    (d) Has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authorities can demonstrate;

    (e) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

    (f) Has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting authority;

    (g) Is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section or has not supplied such information;

    (h) Has been the subject of a conviction for participation in a criminal organisation, as defined in Article 2(1) of Council Joint Action 98/733/JHA;

    (i) Has been the subject of a conviction for corruption, as defined in Article 3 of the Council Act of 26.5.1972 and Article 3(1) of Council Joint Action 98/742/JHA3 respectively;

    (j) Has been the subject of a conviction for fraud within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities;

    (k) Has been the subject of a conviction for money laundering, as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC of 10.6.1991 on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering.

  • III.2.2) Economic and financial ability

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Suppliers will be expected to meet the economic and financial evaluation criteria, which is laid down in the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ).

  • III.2.3) Technical capacity

    Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Suppliers will be expected to meet the technical evaluation criteria, which is laid down in the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ).

  • III.2.4) Information about reserved contracts

    Not provided

• III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts

  • III.3.1) Information about a particular profession

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

  • III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service

    Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

• IV.1) Type of procedure

  • IV.1.1) Type of procedure

    Negotiated

    Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures): no

• IV.2) Award criteria

  • IV.2.1) Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to tender or to negotiate

  • IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction

    An electronic auction will be used: no

• IV.3) Administrative information

  • IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting entity:

    HR/PD&T/016

  • IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    no

  • IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

    Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 1.10.2012 - 16:00

    Payable documents: no

  • IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    2.11.2012 - 16:00

  • IV.3.5) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

    Not provided

  • IV.3.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

    Not provided

  • IV.3.7) Conditions for opening tenders

    Date: 2.11.2012 - 16:00

    Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

• VI.1) Information about recurrence

  This is a recurrent procurement: no

• VI.2) Information about European Union funds

  The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

• VI.3) Additional information:

  Not provided

• VI.4) Procedures for appeal

  • VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures

    Not provided

  • VI.4.2) Lodging of appeals

    Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Network rail will incorporate a standstill period at the point information of 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 2006 (SI 2006 No.6) 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).

  • VI.4.3) Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

    Not provided

• VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:

  14.9.2012