Published date: 22 February 2017
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Awarded contract (published 10 May 2017)
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Contract summary
Industry
Repair and maintenance services of locomotives - 50221000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£30,000 to £50,000
Procurement reference
tender_138484/568137
Published date
22 February 2017
Closing date
13 March 2017
Contract start date
1 May 2017
Contract end date
31 July 2017
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other:
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Overview of the Requirement:
As part of the mobilisation and preparedness works being carried out by HS2 Ltd's Director of Asset Management - Railway Operations, HS2 Ltd requires the support of a Supplier to assist in the formation and development of:
1) The first iteration of the HS2 Locomotive Strategy,
2) The second iteration of the HS2 Maintenance Strategy (including On-Track Machines (OTM), On-Track Plant (OTP) and Maintenance Modules (MM)).
Given the differing focus and purpose of the above strategies, their development will comprise two separate work packages; HS2 Ltd will however require one Supplier to solely undertake both of these requirements.
Although the Contract will commence on 1 May 2017 and will involve the Supplier developing the Locomotive and Maintenance Strategies over a 3 month period, HS2 Ltd may require the Supplier to further review and refine the strategies in subsequent years of the HS2 Programme (i.e. in January 2019 and April 2020) in order to reflect the ongoing development of HS2 and its external influencing factors. There are no guarantees however that this additional support will be required; should HS2 Ltd require the support of the Supplier written confirmation of this will be provided accordingly.
Procurement Process and Next Steps:
The procurement exercise is being conducted using HS2 Ltd's e-Sourcing Portal; Bravo. All messages should be sent through the Bravo secure messaging facility following publication of the RFQ documentation.
In order to obtain a copy of the RFQ documentation and participate in this procurement exercise, prospective bidders will need to initially register on Bravo e-Sourcing Portal as per the instructions included in the 'Additional Information' section below.
Timescales for the Procurement:
- Request for Quotation (RFQ) documentation available on the Bravo e-Sourcing Portal: 22 February 2017
- Deadline for RFQ clarifications: 7 March 2017 (12 noon)
- Deadline for bidder quotations: 13 March 2017 (12 noon)
- Contract Award: w/c 27 March 2017
More information
Additional text
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In order to obtain a copy of the RFQ documentation and participate in this procurement exercise, bidders will need to initially register on HS2 Ltd's E-Sourcing Portal (please see http://www.hs2.bravosolution.co.uk/ for further details). Registration on the Portal is only required once. To register on the Portal bidders will be required to complete the following steps: a) Click the 'click here to register' link. b) Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue'. c) Enter your business and user details. d) Note the username you use and click 'save' when complete. e) You will then receive an e-mail with your unique password.
To access the RFQ documentation: a) Log into the Portal with your unique username and password. b) Click on the 'RFQ/ITTs open to all suppliers' link. c) Click on the relevant titled RFQ/ITT item. d) Click the 'express interest' button in the 'actions' box on the left hand side of the page (this will move the RFQ documentation into the 'my RFQ/ITT' box). This is a secure area for projects only. e) Click on the RFQ/ITT code (you should then have access to all attachments by clicking the 'settings and supplier attachments' in the actions box). f) Download the documents relating to the RFQ. Click 'attachments' on the left hand side. The number in brackets refers to number of documents that need to be downloaded. Click on the bold and underlined filename. Select 'save' and store on your PC.
Responding to the RFQ: a) Instructions on completing a quotation through the Portal are contained in the RFQ documentation.
For further assistance contact the Bravo Solution helpdesk which is available Monday to Friday (8:00 am to 18:00 pm) GMT on: a) email - help@bravosolution.co.uk or b) telephone +44 8003684850.
About the buyer
Contact name
Michelle Brankovic
Address
HS2 Ltd Offices, Two Snowhill, Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6GA
England
Website
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/high-speed-two-limited
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