RTPI – Real Time Passenger Information System

CPV: Display screens

Procedure method

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/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 Mar 2024, 14:24 GMT

Last source update

14 Mar 2024, 14:24 GMT

Authority reference

CCS/23/309

FTS notice number

2024/S 000-008203

Classification (CPV)

Display screens

Delivery area

Wales (UKL18)

Official registry OCID

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Why no open competition

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Published justification

The City and County of Swansea (the Council) is the project lead organisation to deliver real time passenger information (RTPI) screens on behalf of the Welsh Government for the Swansea Bay & South Wales Metro System. The Council’s requirement for RTPI must be procured prior to the end of the 2023/24 financial year due to funding constraints and must be compatible with the Council’s current system and the RPTI system engineered and deployed by Transport for Wales (TfW) and Journey in Partnership. The TfW system is being fully deployed within the next few months.

The Council considers that Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) which permits the use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication to award public service contract where competition is absent for technical reasons will apply here. The Council requires a supplier who can provide a solution which can deliver on the technical requirements of the Council’s existing system and that also is compatible with the TfW central system. Journey in Partnership are the only organisation who can provide the technical requirements and additionally they own the proprietary rights to the TfW system.

Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) applies where there is no reasonable alternative or substitute and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement. The Council has considered the market and there are no reasonable alternative providers who can provide the technical services required. The TfW Framework Agreement for the provision of such services will be in place in the coming months and the Council currently foresees that it will procure future services via the TfW Framework Agreement.

The Council will hold a standstill period in accordance with Regulation 87.

Publisher note: (WA Ref:139551)

• Journeo Passenger Systems LimitedAwarded supplier 12 Charter Point Way, Ashby De La Zouch, East Midlands, LE651NF

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