Tender

Provision of Fleet Enterprise Asset Management Software to East Midlands Railway

  • ABELLIO EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED

F05: Contract notice – utilities

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-021322

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02dab9

Published 27 August 2021, 3:24pm



Section one: Contracting entity

one.1) Name and addresses

ABELLIO EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED

2nd Floor St Andrew's House, 18-20 St Andrew Street

London

EC4A3AG

Contact

Matthew Luty

Email

MatthewL@fpaconsulting.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1332604312

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKF - East Midlands (England)

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://fpaconsulting.co.uk

one.3) Communication

Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at

http://www.matthewl@fpaconsulting.co.uk

Additional information can be obtained from another address:

FPA Consulting Limited

St Andrews House, Vernon Gate

Derby

DE1 1UJ

Contact

Matthew Luty

Email

matthewl@fpaconsulting.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1332604312

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKF - East Midlands (England)

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.fpaconsulting.co.uk

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

one.6) Main activity

Railway services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of Fleet Enterprise Asset Management Software to East Midlands Railway

Reference number

11586

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72260000 - Software-related services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This Notice has been produced to establish interest for an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the Provision of Fleet Enterprise Asset Management Software to East Midlands Railway.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

East Midlands Railway's (EMR) vision is to put our customers at the heart of our sustainable railway for the East Midlands.

EMR have embraced this vision and have undertaken a Digital Maturity assessment of the organisation with the goal of moving EMR Fleet from a paper-based organisation towards a digital operational environment where data fuels performance, planning, innovation, strategy and sustainability.

The Data Maturity assessment produced both a baseline of the current operational state and a digital roadmap for meaningful change that will positively impact both EMR customers and valued staff.

This roadmap highlighted the need for an Enterprise Asset Management solution which would allow us to move away from our current intensely manual processes and support us in meeting the following objectives:

• Enable Connectivity - Crucial as it will connect Fleet to both the physical network and digital infrastructure

• Deliver opportunities for operational improvement to drive Safety, Performance & Efficiency

• Improve both Customer & Employee Experience & Satisfaction

• Support both Operational & Commercial Sustainability

• Enable support for Cross-functional Integration

• Future-proof the Fleet Function

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

60

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.14) Additional information

Interested parties should contact the named person by email at Section I.1 to register interest and request the Prequalification Questionnaire (PQQ) which shall be required to be completed by the time limit for receipt of expressions of interest at Section IV.2.2

Scoring Matrix

The PQQ scoring will be as follows:-

SCORE GIVEN - QUALITATIVE GUIDANCE - SHORT GUIDANCE

0 - Question not answered or answer is irrelevant. - Not answered/irrelevant.

1 - Weak : Insufficient information to enable evaluation or contains major shortcomings or errors to make it non-complaint. - Worst in class/errors in submission.

2 - Below Satisfactory : partially complaint answer but with obvious deficiencies. Brief or incomplete answers with little or no supporting detail or wholly generic answer. - Below industry standard.

3 - Satisfactory : Answer meets the minimum requirements but lack convincing supporting detail to give confidence that they will meet requirements. Some attempt to provide relevant answers not generic. - In line with industry standard.

4 - Good : Thorough response with relevant supporting detail and evidence to give confidence that the requirements will be met. Tailored answers. - Above industry standard.

5 - Excellent : Comprehensive and well-structured response with excellent supporting evidence. Wholly bespoke for the protect and demonstrates exceptional understanding of the requirements. - Market leading.

SCORING PROCESS

Where Yes is the required answer:

YES = PASS

NO = FAIL

EMR will assess additional information provided by the interested parties who select NO, but have additional information to justify their selection.

Where NO is the required answer

NO = PASS

YES = FAIL

EMR will assess additional information provided by the interested parties who select YES, but have additional information to justify their selection.


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions

Parties expressing an interest must be accredited to ISO27001 and be able to provide upon request current valid certification to confirm this accreditation.


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

30 September 2021

Local time

3:00pm

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

English

four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.3) Additional information

The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 ("Regulations") do not in accordance with their terms apply to this procurement. Neither the issue of this Contract Notice (CN) or subsequent Invitation to Tender (as amended by East Midlands Railway and notified to Bidders from time to time) (the ITT) nor the selection of any Bidder, nor any other document, contact or conduct in connection with this procurement constitutes any acceptance by East Midlands Railway that the Regulations apply to the Project covered by this CN or subsequent ITT or an agreement by East Midlands Railway to abide by those Regulations.

The procurement process as described in this document and any subsequent contract awarded will be subject to English law and the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. By participating in this procurement a Bidder agrees to be bound by the above conditions and limitations. This Important Notice must be read in conjunction with all instructions to Bidders contained within this document.

Bidder means each legal entity issued with a PQQ and invited to participate in this procurement.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Abellio East Midlands Limited

London

Country

United Kingdom