Tender

Completions Management System

  • Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd

F01: Prior information notice (call for competition)

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-014370

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-033ec7

Published 24 May 2022, 4:16pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd

1 Eversholt Street

London

NW1 2DN

Contact

Kerry Kniveton

Email

Kerry.kniveton@networkrail.co.uk

Telephone

+44 7734648038

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.networkrail.co.uk

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

www.networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Other activity

Railway


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Completions Management System

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 48000000 - Software package and information systems

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

A competitive procurement process to establish a sole supplier to enter into a framework agreement with Network Rail for the delivery a Completions Management System to provide access to a volume tracking tool and completions management solution over the next 8 years under a framework agreement with annual awards. The annual awards will be subject to funding on the authorised Network Rail programme.

Please see the detailed description at Section II.2.3 of this Contract Notice for further details on the scope of this procurement.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £3,000,000

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

Network Rail now intends to commence a competitive procurement process to award a Framework Contract to a single contractor for the delivery a Completions Management System on the authorised Network Rail programme.

The authorised Network Rail programme sits within the Eastern Region portfolio of works.

The key objective of these schemes is to facilitate the economic growth of the North of England, through the provision of increased capacities and journey time improvements to rail services, whilst achieving value for money.

Network Rail seeks a completion management system deployed as a software as a service (SaaS) platform aimed at digitising construction records and removing manual handling of data and spreadsheets by Project teams. Such a solution fits in with the wider strategy of programme-wide earned value management and tracking of construction volumes by having a single source of data to capture its construction actuals and understand exactly which assets have been completed.

Historically, capital delivery projects have utilised a series of spreadsheets to understand progress towards assets installed, during both programme delivery and during blockades. The programme is installing numerous OLE, signalling and track assets, and other disciplines, both during disruptive & non-disruptive possessions. To capture the actual install of these in a consistent way, a system-based approach and processes needs to be developed so that the programme and it’s delivery partners can effectively monitor progress against.

• Actual install dates that can be tied back to the race card & P6 plans

• Progress of the related quality of install (QSC, ITP, for example)

• Progress within disruptive blockades

Will have consistent shift reporting

This notice is being published to gauge the level of interest within the market to provide this service to Network Rail. Anyone who is interested in providing this service is to notify Network Rail through Bravo and populate the System Requirements questionnaire by the 10th June 2022.

Following this Network Rail will determine the most appropriate route to market. Please note: registering an interest does not automatically qualify any interested party for any future sourcing activity.

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation

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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest

Date

10 June 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.3) Additional information

A single contractor framework is the contracting mechanism selected to deliver this work using the NR01 MT framework agreement.

Network Rail does not guarantee the value, quantity or type of work which will be issued under this framework.

The subject matter of the framework has been scoped to take into account the priorities of Network Rail relating to economic, social and environmental well-being. These priorities are described in the procurement documents and the successful supplier will be expected to contribute to these priorities.

The duration of the framework agreement will be 96 months, with no further extensions. Variants will not be accepted. Network Rail envisages inviting 5 applicants to tender and the objective criteria for selecting the applicants are set out in the procurement documents.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

London

Country

United Kingdom