Published date: 13 May 2021
This notice was replaced on 14 January 2022
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Awarded contract (published 14 January 2022)
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Contract summary
Industry
Railway transport services - 60200000
Engineering services - 71300000
Location of contract
West Midlands
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
MML0074
Published date
13 May 2021
Closing date
8 June 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
5 July 2021
Contract end date
4 October 2021
Contract type
Works
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Midland Metro runs from Wolverhampton to Birmingham city centre along 21km with 18km of segregated track. There are two areas of rail replacement to be undertaken on the system in the vicinity of the Crescent and Bilston central tram stops, the rail replacement in both areas requires the removal and replacement of the rail within the tram stop area 28 rails at the Crescent and 16 rails at Bilston.
The tram stops are constructed on a concrete pad, the track is standard flat bottom 80lb rail R260 type 39E1 18.2 meters per rail length, fixed to concrete mono block sleepers embedded into the primary concrete.
The rail sits on rubber pads fixed with pandrol e-clips with nylons against the rail. The rail sits in a protective sleeve with an artificial keep formed from concrete blocks with standard block paving installed across stop area.
This opportunity is available via Bravo Solutions and will close on Tuesday 8th June 2021 at 12 noon.
Further details of what is required and relating appendices are detailed in the full Invitation to Tender pack. Access to these tender documents can be found on Bravo Solutions and interested suppliers must register to this site to gain access, registration is free.
The link to Bravo Solutions website is as follows:-
https://wmca.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
Please note:
• Site visits will take place over two consecutive days on: Tuesday 25th May 2021 and Wednesday 26th May 2021 with an 08:00 start and a 12:00 finish.
• Suppliers only need to attend one of the site visits (either Tuesday 25th May 2021 or Wednesday 26th May 2021).
• Appointments for site visits must be made by the supplier communicating their required date by using the Bravo Solution messaging function.
Full details regarding the site visit and access to the relating tender can be found via Bravo solutions.
https://wmca.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
More information
Additional text
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Please note that all correspondence must be done via the messaging function with Bravo Solutions only.
https://wmca.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
About the buyer
Contact name
VANESSA AMISSAH
Address
16 Summer Lane
BIRMINGHAM
B19 3SD
England
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