Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Transport for Wales
3 Llys Cadwyn
Pontypridd,
CF37 4TH
Contact
Tamara Evans
Telephone
+44 2921673434
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKL - WALES
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA50685
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Transport related activities
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
TfW - Substations with Contained Gas Insulated Switchgear
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 31600000 - Electrical equipment and apparatus
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
TfW has awarded a supply contract to Siemens Mobility for the purchase of Side entry 8DA11 CGIS (Contained Gas Insulated Switchgear). TfW identified that it needed to ensure that the side entry 8DA11 CGIS is purchased in line with PADS approvals and do so in a manner that is achievable within capital and revenue budget and programme.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £4,500,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
- 31210000 - Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits
- 31600000 - Electrical equipment and apparatus
- 31682540 - Substation equipment
- 45232220 - Substation construction work
- 45234170 - Locomotive-substations construction works
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKL15 - Central Valleys
- UKL16 - Gwent Valleys
- UKL17 - Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
- UKL2 - East Wales
- UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Main site or place of performance
South East Wales Core Valley Railway Lines
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
TfW has awarded a supply contract to Siemens Mobility for the purchase of Side entry 8DA11 CGIS (Contained Gas Insulated Switchgear). Transport for Wales (TfW), and its delivery partners, are responsible for the development and delivery of the South Wales Metro, including the CVL Transformation programme, which will integrate public transport services and systems in South East Wales. Part of this programme includes the electrification of the Core Valley Lines in South East Wales (comprising Rhymey to Cardiff Queen Street, Coryton Spur, Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff Queen Street, Aberdare to Cardiff Queen Street, Aberdare to Hirwaun, Treherbert to Cardiff Queen Street, Cardiff Queen Street to Cardiff Central and Cardiff Central to Cardiff Bay) and will require supply and fixing of substations to create the power network.
TfW identified that Siemens Mobility is the only supplier capable of meeting TfW’s requirements, for the following reasons. The required items must be supplied by a Network Rail Parts and Drawings System ("PADS") approved supplier of side entry 8DA11 CGIS (Contained Gas Insulated Switchgear) in order to conform to Network Rail and TfW standards, namely NR/L1/ELP/27000, NR standard NR/PS/ELP/27236 and PADS Certificate PA05/00637, including as well the following British Standards policies and legislations as detailed in NR/L1/ELP/27000:
BS7671 – Requirements for electrical installations
BS EN 50119 – Railway applications. Fixed installations. Electric traction overhead contact lines.
BS EN 50122 - Railway applications. Fixed installations. Electrical safety, earthing and the return circuit
BS EN 50149 - Railway applications. Fixed installations. Electric traction. Copper and copper alloy grooved contact wires
BS EN 50163 & A1 – Railway Applications. Supply voltages of traction systems
BS EN 50367 – Railway applications. Current collection systems. Technical criteria for the interaction between opantograph and overhead line (to achieve free access)
BS EN 50388 – Railway Applications. Power supply and rolling stock. Technical criteria for the coordination between power supply (substation) and rolling stock
BS EN 50463-4 – Railway Applications. Energy measurement on board trains. Communication
CDM – Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
Electrical Power Asset Policy 2012
Electrical Power Asset Policy Appendices 2012
Electrical Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002
Electrical at Work Regulations 1989
ENE TSI – Commission Regulation )EU) No 1301/2014 of 18 November 2014 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘energy’ subsystem of the rail system in the Union
Environmental Protection Regulations 2000
Fire Precautions Sub Surface Railway Stations Regulations 1989
Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2009
GL/RT 1210 – AC Energy Subsystem and Interfaces to Rolling Stock Subsystem
IEC 61850 – Power Utility Automation
The supplier must be PADS approved because the product acceptance process gives TfW the assurance that products accepted for use on or about the infrastructure are safe, compatible, reliable, fit for purpose and do not export unacceptable risks to Network Rail and/or TfW infrastructure. The supplier must also have side entry cable capacity to ensure conformity with the standards detailed above and to meet the system design requirements where due consideration was given to all types of design and decisions based on concerns regarding land take and consents and potential for vandalism have led to the requirement for CGIS Switchgear. TfW's expert advisers conducted market investigations and on the basis of these Siemens is currently the only PADS approved supplier of CGIS switchgear with side entry which meets the above requirements.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Only one possible supplier / Weighting: N/A
Price - Weighting: N/A
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: Yes
Identification of the project
TfW South Wales Metro Enhancement Projects
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
The products can be provided only by a particular supplier for reasons that are technical and connected with the protection of intellectual property rights and conformity with design and safety standards.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2020/S 064-154346
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
TfW238
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29 June 2020
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Siemens Mobility Limited
Euston House, 24 Eversholt Street
London, England
NW1 1AD
Telephone
+44 07808826343
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - LONDON
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £4,500,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The final contract price referenced above in II.1.7 and V.2.4 is an estimate as detailed in the VEAT and the actual price of the contract may differ. The exact figure has not been provided due to its commercially sensitive nature.
(WA Ref:107098)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Telephone
+44 2079477501
Country
United Kingdom