Official UK procurement notice
Fleet Vehicle Purchase · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Transport for Wales Rail Limited (Utility Buyer) (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTThe purchase of 51 vehicles currently sourced via rental agreements with a lease company.
The vehicles are used for operational purposes by Transport for Wales Rail Ltd and distributed across the Wales and Borders Network.
CPV: Motor vehicles
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Purchase of a number of vehicles for the purpose of assisting the current train…Awarded
Purchase of a number of vehicles for the purpose of assisting the current train operator in providing rail passenger services.
Direct award to incumbent provider for purchases where is it was possible to procure taking advantage of an advantageous opportunity available for a very short times at a price considerably lower than market prices
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Apr 2021, 14:54 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Apr 2021, 14:54 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-007824- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a601Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Procurement of supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market
- Published justification
The Wales and Borders passenger rail service has recently been transferred to public sector responsibility. In order to maintain business continuity and to minimise any risk and disruption to the rail services the purchase of the vehicles was required in a very short timescale. It is considered that this purchase represents value for money as the purchase price from the incumbent lease provider was significantly less than the estimated and benchmarked market values and also lower than the prices of purchasing through the public sector frameworks when combined with additional rental costs for the fleet for the 16 weeks lead time for vehicles from the framework. The vehicles are immediately available as they are already in use and therefore allows for risk free business continuity without any disruption to the rail service provision and demonstrates value for money in the short timescale to purchase.
Publisher note: (WA Ref:109698)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days Rental | £813,310 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 007824-2021-1 · Days Rental
- Signed
- 24 Mar 2021
- Value
- £813,310
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Days RentalAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.