Official UK procurement notice
London Overground Infrastructure Maintenance Contract (IMC3)
Authority: Transport for London (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRail for London Ltd (RfL) is inviting companies to participate in a market engagement
exercise for the London Overground Infrastructure Maintenance Contract (IMC3)
The scope for the IMC3 contract is expected to cover the East London Line (ELL) Core Route
(between north from Dalston Junction station (Sectional Appendix at mileage 2 miles 17
chains) and New Cross Station, New Cross Gate and Old Kent Road Junction) maintenance
(planned and reactive), faulting and renewals for permanent way, signaling,
telecommunications, electrification, power supplies, mechanical, electrical, pumps &
drainage, lifts & escalators and civil & structures, together with maintenance works at the
depot facilities at New Cross Gate including the Silwood Facility, Wembley C Sidings and 24
West Anglia Inner Stations (between Bethnal Green to Enfield, Chingford and Theobalds
Grove)The scope further includes access and possession planning to facilitate the above.
Prior to commencing the tender process, RfL has decided to consult the market via a Market
Sounding Questionnaire (MSQ) in order to:
- Provide notice and generate interest in IMC3
- Gauge Supplier appetite for the contract and capacity to deliver the services; and
- Gather feedback on the proposed scope and terms and conditions prior to the finalization
of the contract documents.
If you would like to participate in this market engagement event, please visit
procontract.due-north.com/Login ↗ and register your interest no later than 12.00 noon Tuesday 13th December 2022
The terms of the market engagement are listed below
Please note that the contracting authority for this contract will be Rail for London.
CPV: Bridge-inspection services · Civil engineering support services · Electrical installations for railways · Fencing, railing and safety equipment installation work · Ground investigation services · Heat-exchange units, air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment, and filtering machinery · High voltage installation work · Lift-maintenance services · Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment · Railway-track construction materials and supplies · Railway-track inspection services · Railway-track maintenance services · +8 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The scope of the IMC captures all infrastructure assets controlled directly by LondonPlannedRenewal
The scope of the IMC captures all infrastructure assets controlled directly by London
Overground on behalf of TfL. These assets comprise of the East London Line core route and
stations, as well as the West Anglia Inner Stations transferred to TfL on long lease
agreements from Network Rail. It does not relate to any infrastructure used by London
Overground (LO) services operated on Network Rail Infrastructure via a track access
agreement, apart from the depot facility at Wembley European Freight Operating Centre and
the section of the ELL between Highbury & Islington and Dalston Curve where RfL is
responsible for maintenance of the signal and telecommunication assets only. The scope
further includes access and possession planning for the above.
The infrastructure assets currently within IMC scope include all the permanent way,
signaling, telecommunications, electrification, power supplies, mechanical, electrical,
pumps & drainage, Lifts & Escalators and civil & structures on the East London Line Core
Route, ELL Highbury & Islington to Dalston Curve (only signaling and telecoms) depot
facilities at New Cross Gate & Wembley C Sidings (excluding electrification assets) and
Landlord maintenance responsibilities at the thirty two London Overground Stations. Two
stations on the Core Route at Whitechapel and Canada Water continue to be managed and
maintained by London Underground Ltd (LUL), with the exception of some platform
communication and Customer Information Systems assets which became LO responsibility.
Terms of the market engagement
RfL will manage this process in an open and transparent manner. Interested parties will not
be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to the market engagement exercise.
Direct or indirect canvassing of any employee or agent of RfL, TfL or any TfL group company
by any company concerning this requirement, or any attempt to procure information from
any such employee or agent concerning this PIN outside of the formal process described in
this document may result in the disqualification of the company from consideration of any
future procurement activity.
This PIN is issued solely for the purposes of the market engagement. No information
contained in this document or provided during and for the market engagement exercise,
constitutes any commitment by RfL, TfL or any other member of the TfL group or any of its or
their stakeholders to undertake any procurement exercise in the future.
This PIN does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services, supplies or works
for RfL and RfL is not bound to and may or may not adopt or include any proposals offered by
participating parties in any future procurement.
Participating suppliers acknowledge and agree that proposals offered may be
communicated to other participating parties and tenderers in any future procurement. RfL is
not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party participating in the market
engagement. Any future procurement of any services, supplies or works by RfL will be carried
out strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016.
If you would like to participate in this preliminary market consultation, please register at
procontract.due-north.com/Login ↗ to submit your confirmation of interest to this PIN
by 12.00 noon on Tuesday 13th December 2022.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Dec 2021, 11:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Nov 2022, 12:21 GMT
- Authority reference
DN642310- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-032177- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030200Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
14 Nov 2022 → 28 Apr 2023 · 3 dates- Notice published14 Nov 2022, 12:21 GMT
- Submission deadline13 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Tender notice expected28 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Nov 2022- Deadline published: 13 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT14 Nov 2022, 12:21 GMT
- Buyer details updated14 Nov 2022, 12:21 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Transport for London / Rail for London LimitedContracting authorityBody governed by public lawRailway Transport Services
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.