Opportunity

Service Quality Regime

  • South Western Railway (FirstGroup)

F05: Contract notice – utilities

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-010760

Published 14 May 2021, 6:41pm



Section one: Contracting entity

one.1) Name and addresses

South Western Railway (FirstGroup)

London

Email

procurementandcontracts@swrailway.com

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKI32 - Westminster

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.firstgroupplc.com

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://s2c-uk62.waxdigital.com/FirstGroupPlc/SignIn.aspx

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://s2c-uk62.waxdigital.com/FirstGroupPlc/SignIn.aspx

one.6) Main activity

Railway services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Service Quality Regime

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 63711000 - Support services for railway transport

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Client wants to improve the quality of presentation of their stations and trains and to monitor and improve levels of customer service from front-line colleagues and on our social media. To achieve this, we are introducing Service Quality Regimes (SQR). This would cover as a minimum:

Station inspections

Train inspections

Customer Service mystery shopping

Re-inspections for failures to confirm improvement

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Lot 1 - Service Quality Management System

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 48420000 - Facilities management software package and software package suite
  • 48781000 - System management software package

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC - North East (England)
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)
  • UKK - South West (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Software to manage service quality regime.

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

24

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

Option to renew for a further 24months.

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Option not to renew contract for a further 24months.

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Lot 2 - Service Quality Register

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 48421000 - Facilities management software package
  • 48610000 - Database systems

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC - North East (England)
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)
  • UKK - South West (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Service quality electronic register to manage detailed list of facilities and services for each service quality area for every station and carriage type on trains.

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

24

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

Option to renew for a further 24months.

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Option not to renew contract for a further 24months.

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Lot 3 Service Quality App/inspections software

Lot No

3

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 48421000 - Facilities management software package
  • 72416000 - Application service providers

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC - North East (England)
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)
  • UKK - South West (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Software capable of recording performance against all of the elements of the Service Quality Register to allow both inspections and re-inspections of trains and stations to be carried out.

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

24

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

Option to renew for a further 24months.

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Option not to renew contract for a further 24months.

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Lot 4 - Service Quality Inspections

Lot No

4

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 71631000 - Technical inspection services
  • 79342320 - Customer-care services
  • 79993100 - Facilities management services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC - North East (England)
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)
  • UKK - South West (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Services to monitor the quality of delivery with an intensive programme of inspections across rail networks on stations, trains and for customer service elements at all times of the day and week to provide a representative measure of customer experience.

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

24

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

Option to renew for a further 24months.

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Option not to renew contract for a further 24months.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

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 June 2021

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

18 June 2021

Local time

12:01pm


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

To be advised

London

Country

United Kingdom