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05 May 2025

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Construction Contract Leads

North East

Category Goods

Type

No. of Lots 1

Status Active

Published 21st Feb 2025

Tender Details
Referenceocds-h6vhtk-04e722
Common Procurement VocabularyTraining simulators
Procurement MethodNegotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Value£1,300,000
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North East

Category Goods

Type

No. of Lots 1

Status Active

Published 21st Feb 2025

Tender Details
Referenceocds-h6vhtk-04e722
Common Procurement VocabularyTraining simulators
Procurement MethodNegotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Value£1,300,000

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

Doxford International Business Park

Sunderland

SR33XP

Email

procurement.department [at] chilternrailways.co.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKC23 - Sunderland

Companies House

03007939

Internet address(es)

Main address

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at

I.6) Main activity

Railway services


Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Train Driver Simulator

Reference number

UIN1329 Train Driver Simulator

II.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 34152000 - Training simulators

II.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4) Short description

Chiltern Railways Company Limited (CRCL) seek to procure the design, development, delivery, installation and commissioning of desk simulator systems : a Full-Cab Simulator & 6 x Ultra-light Simulation units for driver training on the Class 168 (potentially 196) rolling stock, together with Instructor Stations and a Maintenance & Support Service package.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £1,300,000

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC23 - Sunderland
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKI - London
Main site or place of performance

Chiltern Railways operates commuter/regional rail passenger Works from its Central London terminus at London Marylebone along the M40 corridor to destinations in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, as well as long-distance Works to the West Midlands along two routes. Works on the Chiltern Main Line run from London Marylebone to Birmingham Snow Hill, Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford, with some peak-hour Works to Kidderminster.

Chiltern Railways also runs trains on the London to Aylesbury Line to Aylesbury (with some trains terminating at Aylesbury Vale Parkway instead), on the Princes Risborough to Aylesbury and Oxford to Bicester branch lines.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Chiltern Railways Company Limited (CRCL) seek to procure the design, development, delivery, installation and commissioning of desk simulator systems : a Full-Cab Simulator & 6 x Ultra-light Simulation units for driver training on the Class 168 (potentially 196) rolling stock, together with Instructor Stations and a Maintenance & Support Service package.

Procurement shall be undertaken in accordance with the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (UCR 2016) utilising the Negotiated Procedure with prior call for competition.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £1,300,000

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

60

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

option to extend 2 x 12 months

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

Envisaged minimum number: 5

Maximum number: 10

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section III. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation

List and brief description of rules and criteria

Employers and Public Liability insurance in the amount of at least £10,000,000 for any one occurrence.

Product liability insurance in the amount of at least £1,000,000 for any one occurrence;

and Professional Indemnity insurance in the amount of at least £1,000,000 for any one occurrence.


Section IV. Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

7 April 2025

Local time

12:00pm

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

7 May 2025

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)


Section VI. Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: Yes

VI.3) Additional information

Important: Please express your interest in this procurement by 12:00 on 07 April 2025 by emailing wayne.basson [at] chilternrailways.co.uk

Chiltern Railways is not and shall not be liable for any costs incurred by any Bidders expressing an interest or tendering for the Contract and reserves the right not to award a Contract, to make whatever changes it sees fit to the structure and timing of the Procurement, or to cancel the Procurement in its entirety at any time without notice being given to Bidders.

Tenders may be submitted by Bidders only as a single contracting entity. Consortium or joint venture bids are not permitted.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

Sunderland

Country

United Kingdom