Section one: Contracting entity
one.1) Name and addresses
First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited
8th Floor The Point, 37 North Wharf Road
London
W2 1AF
Contact
Sabrina Hollingum
sabrina.hollingum@firstrail.com
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI32 - Westminster
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
First MTR South Western Trains Limited
8th Floor The Point, 37 North Wharf Road
London
W2 1AF
Contact
Sabrina Hollingum
sabrina.hollingum@firstrail.com
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
one.1) Name and addresses
First Greater Western Railway Limited
Milford House, 1 Milford St
Swindon
SN1 1HL
Contact
Sabrina Hollingum
sabrina.hollingum@firstrail.com
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK - South West (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
First TransPennine Express Limited
8th Floor The Point, 37 North Wharf Road
London
W2 1AF
Contact
Sabrina Hollingum
sabrina.hollingum@firstrail.com
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/JGka4
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/JGka4
one.6) Main activity
Railway services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Provision of Railway Estates Management Services: Retail, Commercial and Occupations
Reference number
FG001460
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 70000000 - Real estate services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
FirstRail Holdings (FRH) is looking to appoint an experienced RICS rail estate management consultancy to drive and deliver both higher rental income returns by increasing the rent roll and substantial customer service improvements through capital and tenant investment. Our built stations estate (which encompasses all property within our Leases including station buildings, car parks and other land and property.)
The scope of this requirement covers the provision of an estate management services provider for Great Western Railway, South Western Railway and Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express Train Operating Contracts (TOCs). Please note that First Transpennine Express (TPE) is included within this tender as an optional "add on", however there is no guarantee that this TOC will be included in the final contract award. FRH reserve the right to include TPE and the associated service offering from the successful bidder at any point or not at all over the duration of the contract term utilising this tendering process.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £3,100,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
FirstRail Holdings (FRH) is looking to appoint an experienced RICS rail estate management consultancy to drive and deliver both higher rental income returns by increasing the rent roll and substantial customer service improvements through capital and tenant investment. Our built stations estate (which encompasses all property within our Leases including station buildings, car parks and other land and property.)
The scope of this requirement covers the provision of an estate management services provider for Great Western Railway, South Western Railway and Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express Train Operating Contracts (TOCs). Please note that First Transpennine Express (TPE) is included within this tender as an optional "add on", however there is no guarantee that this TOC will be included in the final contract award. FRH reserve the right to include TPE and the associated service offering from the successful bidder at any point or not at all over the duration of the contract term utilising this tendering process.
The estate comprises of over 700 properties providing a broad mix of retail, office, residential and other commercial tenancies held on a mixture of leases and licences. For the avoidance of doubt this excludes the management of station car parking and commercial advertising.
The estate has generated a rental income to these FirstGroup TOCs of approximately £13.7m per annum pre-Covid pandemic, and budgeted income of £10.8m per annum year ending March 2023.
The proposed contract would be for an initial 3-year period up to 24th July 2025 with an option to extend for a further year up to July 2026.
The estimated value of the contract is expected to be approximately in the range of £2,456,764 and £4,176,500 excluding VAT for the full 4 years of the contract (this includes the optional one-year extension for all four TOCs). The anticipated range excluding TPE is in anticipated to be in the range of £2,292,547 - £3,897,330.92.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
There is an optional 12 month extension on this contract.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
3 year initial term contract, with the option to extend by an additional 12 months, subject to approvals.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
18 March 2022
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
FirstRail Holdings Ltd
London
Country
United Kingdom