Official UK procurement notice
Framework 116 Business Support 2024
Authority: Translink (Central government)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Client’s Infrastructure and Projects Division is responsible for maintenance and capital works to all property, infrastructure, and assets for Northern Ireland Railways Company, Ulsterbus, Metro and NITHC. Translink is establishing a Framework for the provision of Business Support Services to support the delivery of Translink’s programme of capital and maintenance works. Translink wish to appoint a number of Suppliers onto the Framework, split across the following five Lots. Your response must be submitted via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) on the eTendersNI portal. Instructions on how to submit your response can be found within the Interactive Walkthrough on the eTendersNI Homepage. No other method of submission will be accepted.
- Recurrence: after 24 months
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Miscellaneous business and business-related services · Office-support services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 10 suppliers
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 5 and win at most 3 of themEvery one of these 5 lots carries the same published figure, £1: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1General CompetenciesRenewalceiling above
Lot #2Rail Technical CompetencyRenewalceiling above
Lot #3Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)Renewalceiling above
Lot #4Commercial and Contract ServicesRenewalceiling above
Lot #5Specialist Sourcing and SupplyRenewalceiling above
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Framework 116 Business Support 2024” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 10 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · after 24 months
- First published
- 8 Nov 2024, 12:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Nov 2024, 12:49 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 9 Dec 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-036250- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b512Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 9 Dec 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 9 Dec 2024, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
8 Nov 2024 → 7 Jun 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published8 Nov 2024, 12:49 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown9 Dec 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened9 Dec 2024, 15:30 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until7 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UlsterbusReview body
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria