Provision of Train Cleaning Services

Tender description

This project is proposed by Northern Ireland Railways Company Ltd (NIR) which operates rail services over a network comprising 462 kilometres of track and 328 route kilometres. The Fleet Engineering Department is responsible for the delivery of all trains for service and ensuring each vehicle is presented to service correctly, maintained and cleaned. Currently NIR operates 132 passenger railway vehicles. It is proposed that 35 vehicles will be replaced by 60 new vehicles in 2011/12 and currently an additional train cleaning location is scheduled to be constructed and opened in the autumn of 2011. NIR requires a competent cleaning contractor to provide train cleaning personnel, covering all cleaning locations in Belfast, Portadown, Coleraine, Bangor, Larne and Londonderry. The successful contractor will be required to provide their staff with a uniform, all personal protective equipment and appropriate training to enable them to work in a railway environment. The successful contractor will be required to provide personnel to cover 7 days/nights each week for 364 days of the year at all cleaning locations to meet contracted cleaning standards. The initial contract will be for a period of 3 years with options to extend for a further 2 periods of 1 year each. Responses must be submitted before: 15:00 hours on Tuesday 27th April 2010. 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 messag