Scope
Reference
MEL01-2025
Description
Merseyrail Electrics 2002 Ltd. is seeking to partner with a competent and proven Supplier to provide Mobile Phone and Data Services across all MEL sites and the surrounding Merseyside region.
Suppliers will be asked to provide a proposal for sim only with unlimited call minutes and texts as well as a data pool allowance which will then be distributed across all the handsets, with a priced option for the supply of hardware.
The opportunity will be let for 24 (twenty-four) Months with options to extend on a rolling monthly basis.
Total value (estimated)
- £150,000 excluding VAT
- £180,000 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 6 July 2026 to 5 July 2028
- Possible extension to 5 July 2030
- 4 years
Description of possible extension:
Options to extend on a rolling monthly basis.
Options
The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.
Priced option for MEL to purchase handsets as required throughout the contract.
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 64212000 - Mobile-telephone services
Contract locations
- UKD - North West (England)
Submission
Enquiry deadline
2 July 2025, 12:00pm
Tender submission deadline
22 October 2025, 12:00pm
Submission address and any special instructions
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:
Requests to participate must be submitted electronically via:
Tenders may be submitted electronically
Yes
Award criteria
The anticipated criteria and weightings for the Tender process is as below, this will be confirmed within the Tender documentation:
PSQ:
Confidentiality Agreement - Mandatory Pass/Fail
Company Information - For Information Only
Mandatory Exclusion Grounds - Pass / Fail
Discretionary Exclusion Grounds - Discretionary Pass / Fail
Experience / Capability - 70%
Financial / Risk - 30%
Legal Declaration - Mandatory Pass / Fail
ITT:
Quality (General / Technical) - 60%
Commercial & Contract - 40%
Where questions are to be scored by more than one evaluator, an average of all evaluator scores will be taken and used as a final score, rounded to the nearest whole number. The total score for each Bidder shall be ranked in descending order.
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - open competition
Contracting authority
MERSEYRAIL ELECTRICS 2002 LIMITED
- Companies House: 04356933
Rail House
Liverpool
L1 1JF
United Kingdom
Region: UKD72 - Liverpool
Organisation type: Private utility