CONTRACT NOTICE - UTILITIES
SECTION I: CONTRACTING ENTITY
I.1)
NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S)
East Coast Main Line Company Limited
First Floor South East Coast House 25 Skeldergate
Attn: Bryan Winslow
YO1 6DH York
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. +44 8450593130
E-mail:
[email protected]
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)
MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES OF THE CONTRACTING ENTITY
Railway services
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1)
DESCRIPTION
II.1.1)
Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity
Automated inspection equipment.
II.1.2)
Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
II.1.3)
The notice involves
A public contract
II.1.4)
Information on framework agreement
II.1.5)
Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
To supply a remote rail machine vision automated inspection system to support improved vehicle maintenance.
The system will have the ability to automatically capture and
analyse images of key vehicle components including, but not limited to,
wheelset profile, pantograph condition and brake pads, producing
consistent information which can be routinely downloaded to a database
application able to operate as a client server application to support
multi-measurement and multi-maintenance depot use interface with
client.
Management system.
The equipment and software solution is modular and expandable and
can be demonstrated monitoring and delivering integrated management
information for, as a minimum, brake pads and wheel profiles.
The system will be able to determine and advise of faults with vehicle components either from image or trend analysis.
The equipment must be:
Suitable for outdoor installation and use under all UK weather conditions,
Highly reliable based upon results from a representative number of existing installations,
Easy to install without modification to the rails or need for extensive civil works,
Able to measure vehicles on a slow speed running line or within a depot environment,
Able to provide historical component measurement to be assessed
for trends, allowing calculation of wear rates and the robust
predictions of the remaining life of the component.
Be easy to use with a Windows based interface.
II.1.6)
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
II.1.7)
Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
No
II.1.8)
Division into lots
No
II.1.9)
Variants will be accepted
Yes
II.2)
QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)
Total quantity or scope
II.2.2)
Options
II.3)
DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME LIMIT FOR COMPLETION
Starting 5.7.2010 Completion 31.12.2010
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.1)
CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1)
Deposits and guarantees required
Further details will be given in any invitation to tender.
III.1.2)
Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them
Further details will be given in any invitation to tender.
III.1.3)
Legal form to be taken by the grouping of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
Further details will be given in any invitation to tender.
III.1.4)
Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject
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
requirements are met: Further details will be given in any invitation
to tender.
III.2.2)
Economic and financial capacity
Further details will be given in any invitation to tender.
III.2.3)
Technical capacity
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if
requirements are met Further details will be given in any invitation to
tender.
III.2.4)
Reserved contracts
No
III.3)
CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1)
Execution of the service is reservedto a particular profession
III.3.2)
Legal persons should
indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff
responsible for the execution of the service
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1)
TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1)
Type of procedure
Negotiated
Candidates have already been selected No
IV.2)
AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1)
Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms ofthe criteria
stated in the specifications or in the invitation to tender or to
negotiate
IV.2.2)
An electronic auction will be used
No
IV.3)
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.1)
File reference number attributed by the contracting entity
Fleet/Mon/10
IV.3.2)
Previous publication concerning the same contract
No
IV.3.3)
Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
IV.3.4)
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
4.5.2010
IV.3.5)
Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
English.
IV.3.6)
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.7)
Conditions for opening tenders
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1)
THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT
No
VI.2)
CONTRACT(S) RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY COMMUNITY FUNDS
No
VI.3)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
VI.4)
PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)
Body responsible for appeal procedures
VI.4.2)
Lodging of appeals
VI.4.3)
Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
VI.5)
DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
26.3.2010