Inspection and Maintenance of Mobile Vehicle Lifts

Tender description

Translink requires a competent contractor(s) to service and maintain its mobile vehicle lifts on a twice annual basis throughout its bus engineering depots across Northern Ireland in accordance with “LOLER” regulation 1998. This contract will be divided into Lots: Lot 1 – Inspection and maintenance of KONI mobile vehicle lifts. Lot 2 – Inspection and maintenance of SOMERS mobile vehicle lifts. This will include inspection; maintenance and repair (including a requirement for emergency call out to repair reported defective lifts), also to supply mobile vehicle lift spare parts and associated repair materials where necessary. All inspections, maintenance and repair will be carried out in accordance with manufacturers’ guidelines by manufacturer approved and recognised Service Engineers for each brand of vehicle lift. The initial contract will be for a period of 3 years with options to extend for a further 2 periods of 1 year each. Completed PQQ responses must be submitted before: 3pm on Tuesday 17th May 2011. Translink is utilising an electronic tendering system to manage this procurement and communicate with Tenderers. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued and it is intended that all communications with Translink including the submission of PQQ and Tender responses will be conducted via www.e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk. Unless stated otherwise in these Instructions or in writing from Translink, all communications including queries from Applicants and any PQQ amendments from Translink during the period of this procurement exercise shall be submitted through and published via the online messaging facility provided on the e-sourcing NI portal (see “Messages” section). The onus lies on the applicant to read and keep up to date with all the information published on eSourcing NI in relation to this requirement.