Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Transport for The North
2nd Floor Piccadilly Place, Manchester
Manchester
M1 3BN
Contact
Simon Mahomed
Telephone
+44 7741118219
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://transportforthenorth.com
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other type
Sub National Transport Body
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Facilitation of Public Transport Services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
IST Innovation Partnership
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 73100000 - Research and experimental development services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Transport for the North is inviting requests to participate from suppliers who may be able to meet its need for an innovative product or service to ‘Digitally connect transport actors to enable incentivisation of greener, shared and active mobility across the North of England’. Transport for the North is utilising a two-round Innovation Partnership procurement pursuant to regulation 31 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as it does not believe its requirements can be met by an existing product or service in the market.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 48480000 - Sales, marketing and business intelligence software package
- 48600000 - Database and operating software package
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 50316000 - Maintenance and repair of ticket-issuing machinery
- 48810000 - Information systems
- 48217000 - Transaction-processing software package
- 30144200 - Ticket-issuing machines
- 30233300 - Smart card readers
- 30200000 - Computer equipment and supplies
- 48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - UNITED KINGDOM
Main site or place of performance
UNITED KINGDOM
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Transport for the North and its members are seeking an innovative product or service to digitally connect transport actors to enable incentivisation of greener, shared and active mobility across the North of England.
Transport for the North is utilising a two-round Innovation Partnership procurement pursuant to regulation 31 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as it does not believe its requirements can be met by an existing product or service in the market.
The minimum requirements for the product or service are:
-can operate utilising current fares and fare policies;
-can operate with mobility service providers’ current technology stacks;
-must be deliverable within existing industry regulations, including Competition Act and State Aid law
-must be capable of being fully compliant with Data Protection and Privacy (GDPR) legislation, and capable of being compliant with ISO27001
-Payment card transactions must comply with payment card industry standards, where utilised
Transport for the North’s challenge statement for this procurement is to meet the following: Digitally connect transport actors to enable incentivisation of greener, shared and active mobility across the North of England.
In this context, ‘transport actors’ mean any component within a transport system, e.g. this could include but is not limited to travellers, employers, public authorities, commercial and non-commercial organisations, transport operators, vehicles, devices and systems;
‘greener’ means more environmentally sustainable and applies to either or both of ‘shared mobility’ (e.g. public transport, demand responsive travel, ferries) and ‘active mobility’, meaning human-powered mobility, e.g. running, walking and cycling.
‘incentive’ means a benefit provided to a traveller or other transport actor - this could include but is not limited to a financial benefit, time saving, accessibility benefit, or other in kind benefit.
The procurement process will involve:
-submission of a Selection Questionnaire from which down-selected suppliers will be invited to Round One.
-Round One involves a virtual demonstration and written submissions of solutions, from which down-selected suppliers will be invited to participate in Round Two.
-Round Two involves a period of funded R&D followed by a live demonstrator and submission of a tender specifying the suppliers’ proposals in more detail.
Successful supplier(s) may be invited to agree and enter into a contract for supply of the services, subject to successful approval of any allied business case to release longer term funding. The successful submission(s) will be a key component of the business case.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2.14) Additional information
Please see procurement document: Additional Information
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Innovation partnership
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2020/S 001-237780
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: No
five.1) Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This contract has not been awarded and as previously stipulated by the previous notice TfN reserves the right to: (i) withdraw from the procurement process; and/or (ii) not to award any contract as a result of the competition called for by this notice; and/ or (iii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the structure, timing, dates and content of the competition. TfN shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidates.
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GO Reference: GO-2021125-PRO-17691370
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Transport for The North
2nd Floor Piccadilly Place, Manchester
Manchester
M1 3BN
Telephone
+44 7741118219
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Transport for the North
2nd Floor Piccadilly Place, Manchester
Manchester
M1 3BN
Telephone
+44 7741118219
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Transport for The North
2nd Floor Piccadilly Place, Manchester
Manchester
M1 3BN
Telephone
+44 7741118219
Country
United Kingdom