Rolling stock vehicle movement services for Arriva UK Trains Group

Tender description

Arriva UK Trains (AUKT) is seeking to establish several group framework agreements for the provision of train movements across the UK Rail network, for the following entities: The Chiltern Railway Company Ltd, XC Trains Ltd ( t/a CrossCountry), Grand Central Railway Company Ltd, Arriva Rail London Ltd (t/a London Overground), London and North Western Railway Company Limited (t/a Arriva TrainCare) ("Arriva Company"). Lot 1: Arriva UK Trains (AUKT) is seeking to establish several group framework agreements for the provision of train movements across the UK Rail network, for the following entities: The Chiltern Railway Company Ltd, XC Trains Ltd ( t/a CrossCountry), Grand Central Railway Company Ltd, Arriva Rail London Ltd (t/a London Overground), London and North Western Railway Company Limited (t/a Arriva TrainCare) ("Arriva Company"). The frameworks will not have any guaranteed spend or work, and will be used to run mini competitions for appointed suppliers to competitively quote for any train movement required for the entities mentioned above. Based on these quotes, the participating Arriva Company will evaluate the offers in accordance with its service requirements. Following the award decision of the Arriva Company, an order will be offered to the supplier that will be performed under the terms of its framework agreement. Arriva UK Trains is seeking suppliers that can offer: - all necessary licences and accreditations to be able to operate on the Network Rail network - provision of suitably trained driver with the necessary route competencies and holding all necessary licences required by law and regulation for each movement requested - ability to procure the necessary route clearance for the Network Rail network to be able to undertake the moves required - appropriate insurances in accordance with business standards for rolling stock vehicle movements Suppliers who can meet all the above requirements and who pass Arriva's supplier due diligence checks will be offered a framework under which it can then participate in mini competitions, as per the process described below: 1. Any member of the purchaser group may complete a quote request form in the form and provide this to the supplier in order to obtain a quote for the services. 2. On receipt of completed quote request form, the supplier shall respond within five (5) business days by completing the supplier details relevant to the requested services on the quote request form and returning this to the Purchaser. 3. A quote request form completed by the supplier and returned to the purchaser will form an offer from the supplier to the purchaser, which the purchaser may accept, subject to an evaluation against offers from other suppliers on the basis of price/confirmation of the ability to meet the requirements. 4. If the offer is accepted, an order will be created under the agreement.