Special-purpose road passenger-transport services

Tender description

Transport for West Midlands (Part of the WMCA) is seeking to engage with operators on the development and delivery of Bus Rapid Transit operations as part of an integrated transport system. Through this market sounding exercise, we are seeking interest and propositions from those that can offer Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) experience. We would expect to meet and engage with interested parties throughout May 2018. Whilst this is not a formal procurement exercise, it will inform Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) about the level of interest in Sprint and assist us in establishing a procurement plan for operators later in 2018. Please note that this is not an evaluated procurement exercise. The purpose of this Market Sounding Exercise is to have early engagement with suppliers in order to assist in shaping a wider tender process that is expected for release later this year. A decision not to participate in this exercise will not preclude you from taking part in the wider tender opportunity. Transport for West Midlands's (TfWM) is part of West Midland Combined Authority (WMCA). TfWM are seeking to engage with operators who can offer or partner with BRT experience, and help the West Midlands realise the vision of Sprint as part of an integrated Transport system. This market sounding activity invites interested operators to proposition their ideas of how they could support the development and delivery of Sprint, ahead of a formal procurement exercise of identifying and securing a Sprint delivery partner. For more information, please register your company on our e-tendering portal (Bravo Solution). Instructions on how to register are located at: https://www.wmca.org.uk/media/1692/wmca_etendering_supplier_registration_guide_2016.pdf Further key detail around expressing an interest in this Market Warming Exercise are listed below: Portal Website: https://wmca.bravosolution.co.uk PIN Title: Bus Rapid Transit Operator Market Sounding Exercise. Bravo Solution Project Reference: project_182 — Sprint — Bus Rapid Transit Operator Market Sounding Exercise. Bravo Solution Response Reference: pqq_87 — Sprint — Bus Rapid Transit Operator Market Sounding Exercise. Once registered on the portal, please access Project_182 on our e-tendering portal and respond to PQQ_87 to submit company details and express an interest in attending the market warming event. This is not a formal PQQ or expression of interest in a tender, it is to be used purely for suppliers to submit general information to TfWM and to express interest in taking part in a market sounding exercise. Please read the instructions as attached to the pqq_87 within the Bravo Solution Portal before responding to this opportunity. Following the market sounding exercise, feedback from the event will be considered and built into the wider tender exercise, which is expected to be published later this year. Please fill in the Qualification Envelope (Bravo Reference: pqq_87 — Sprint — Bus Rapid Transit Operator Market Sounding Exercise) by the closing date of 1.5.2018.