Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

Tender description

Transport for London (TfL) Surface Transport currently has in place contracts for supply, installation and maintenance services for bus shelters, stops, poster frames and other associated on-street infrastructure, expiring 31 December 2021 with an option to extend until 31 December 2023. The advertising rights are due to expire on 31 December 2023. Transport for London (TfL) Surface Transport currently has in place contracts for supply, installation and maintenance services for bus shelters, stops, poster frames and other associated on-street infrastructure, expiring 31 December 2021 with an option to extend until 31 December 2023. The advertising rights are due to expire on 31 December 2023. TfL is considering how it may approach the future service delivery options and is, therefore, seeking early information from the market through the publication of this Prior Information Notice (PIN). The primary purpose of this PIN is to establish the measure of interest in the market for the delivery of TfL’s requirements and to gain current market insights to help inform a subsequent procurement exercise. The requirements of the new contract(s) may include, but will not be limited to: 1) Services for bus stops, shelters and other on-street infrastructure: TfL is considering the most appropriate packaging and procurement strategy given the above requirements, to ensure the best value delivery solution is adopted. To date, no strategy decisions have been made, and all approaches will, therefore, be considered. As such, the number of contracts to be let are undefined and will depend upon the packaging strategy. TfL is inviting Expressions of Interest (EoI) from interested parties with multidisciplinary capability or capability for one or more of the requirements and will follow up with a Market Sounding Questionnaire (MSQ). The responses of the MSQs will assist TfL in understanding the current supply market considerations around capacity, capability, delivery and contracting models, and their associated incentivisation approaches. Information provided will be used to inform TfL in its continued development of delivery and procurement strategies and procurement processes for future contracts. TfL, at its sole discretion, may enter into further discussions with respondents. TfL may also hold an industry day relating to these contracts shortly and, should this be confirmed, further details will be provided to all parties who express an interest via TfL’s ProContract procurement portal https://procontract.due-north.com/Register TfL will manage the process in an open and transparent manner, therefore participation or non-participation in this early market engagement process will not disadvantage or affect any supplier’s ability to participate in any future procurement process that may be initiated. Suppliers wishing to participate in this early market engagement process are invited to register their interest via ProContract by 12 noon on 7 July 2020 in registering their interest, suppliers should confirm their full company name, the company registration number and provide a single point of contact. This PIN does not formally signify the beginning of a procurement process and does not constitute commitment to undertake a procurement exercise until the Contract Notice is issued.