Supply of Liquid Fuels 2012 - 2014

Tender description

Translink, on behalf of Ulsterbus Limited, Citybus Limited t/a Metro, NI Railways Co Limited and Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, known as the Group, requires suitable qualified and competent applicant(s) to provide Liquid Fuels to the Group, for a period of 24 months from 1st April 2012 with an option to extend for a further 24 months on a 12 month basis. The indicative annual volumes of fuel are: • ULSD for road use 10ppm 28m litres pa • ULSD for off road use 10ppm 10m litres pa • 28 sec Gas Oil 1m litres pa Bulk deliveries will be required for Group sites across Northern Ireland. It is anticipated that an Invitation to Tender will be issued to successful PQQ applicants no later than 13th January 2012, to be returned no later than 27th January 2012. The Group reserves the right to award the Contract(s) to one or more applicants. PQQ responses must be submitted before: 3pm on Thursday 5th January 2012. 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.