Tender

Chiltern Railways Wide Area Network (WAN) upgrade

  • THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-032689

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03863e

Published 17 November 2022, 4:53pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

Doxford International Business Park

Sunderland

SR33XP

Email

networktender@chilternrailways.co.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC23 - Sunderland

Companies House

3007939

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk

one.3) Communication

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

https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Other type

Private

one.5) Main activity

Other activity

Train Operator


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Chiltern Railways Wide Area Network (WAN) upgrade

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72720000 - Wide area network services
    • JA03 - For network use
    • JA17 - For data
    • RC04 - In communication technology

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Replacement of existing WAN connections to all sites, with network monitoring and support.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 64210000 - Telephone and data transmission services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Procurement for the Design, Supply, Installation and ongoing support for the replacement and upgrade of WAN.

Chiltern are carrying out a private procurement in accordance with its Procurement Policy.

Please contact networktender@chilternrailways to express your interest in this procurement and participate in the tender.

Indicative procurement timeline:

Expressions of Interest must be received by 17:00 (GMT) on 1 Dec 2022.

PQQ issued 2 Dec 2022

PQQ return 23 Dec 2022

ITT issued 23 Jan 2023

ITT return 3 Feb 2023

Contract Award 27 Mar 2023

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

Start date

7 July 2023

End date

7 July 2026

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Maximum number: 3

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

Chiltern will select 3 bidders through to the tender stage (Pricing and Presentation) after a qualitive selection pre-qualification stage.

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

List and brief description of selection criteria

Chiltern Railways will assess applicants on their past experience and capability used on similar projects in terms of scope and value. Chiltern Railways will assess applicants on Compliance, Deliverability & Technical Support using a mixture of Pass/Fail Mandatory Technical Requirements; Scored Technical questions (Minimum score requirement); and incorporation of key commercial terms.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation

Accelerated procedure

Justification:

Chiltern are using the Accelerated procedure due to the impending expiry of the current contract and change of model of services.

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

1 December 2022

Local time

5:00pm

four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

2 December 2022

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: 12 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)


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

The Chiltern Railway Company Limited

Sunderland

Country

United Kingdom