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Translink

P-3187 Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) Supplies, and Plant Service and Repair Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)

Repair & MaintenanceCPV 50000000
Value£500k
Deadline28 Feb 2029
Published21 Feb 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 21 Feb 2025948 days leftCloses 28 Feb 2029
Who to contact
Neil Bowers
neil.bowers@translink.co.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£500ktotal contract value
median £130k
this tender£0£4.8m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Repair & Maintenance band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 15,278 valued Repair & Maintenance tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Translink will be creating a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) of pre-approved Economic Operators (EO) from which it will be able to procure spare parts and or the maintenance and repair of specialist NIR plant.

Your proposal MUST be submitted within the eTendersNI portal, via this CfT.

Your proposal MUST include a completed Generic Eligibility Criteria NO OTHER METHOD OF SUBMISSION WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Translink will be creating a Dynamic Purchasing

Translink will be creating a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) of pre-approved Economic Operators (EO) from which it will be able to procure spare parts and or the maintenance and repair of specialist NIR plant.

02

Your proposal MUST be submitted within

Your proposal MUST be submitted within the eTendersNI portal, via this CfT.

03

Your proposal MUST include a completed Generic

Your proposal MUST include a completed Generic Eligibility Criteria NO OTHER METHOD OF SUBMISSION WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e692
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
006752-2025
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