Transport for the North: IST Innovation Partnership

UK-Manchester: Research and experimental development services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Transport for The North
       2nd Floor Piccadilly Place, Manchester, Manchester, M1 3BN, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7741118219, Email: ist@transportforthenorth.com
       Contact: Simon Mahomed
       Main Address: https://transportforthenorth.com
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

   I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
      Other type:: Sub National Transport Body

   I.5) Main activity:
      Other activity: Facilitation of Public Transport Services

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: IST Innovation Partnership            
      Reference number: Not Provided

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         73100000 - Research and experimental development services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: Transport for the North is inviting requests to participate from suppliers who may be able to meet its need for an innovative product or service to ‘Digitally connect transport actors to enable incentivisation of greener, shared and active mobility across the North of England’. Transport for the North is utilising a two-round Innovation Partnership procurement pursuant to regulation 31 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as it does not believe its requirements can be met by an existing product or service in the market.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
         
            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            48480000 - Sales, marketing and Business intelligence software package.
            48600000 - Database and operating software package.
            72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.
            50316000 - Maintenance and repair of ticket-issuing machinery.
            48810000 - Information systems.
            48217000 - Transaction-processing software package.
            30144200 - Ticket-issuing machines.
            30233300 - Smart card readers.
            30200000 - Computer equipment and supplies.
            48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: Transport for the North and its members are seeking an innovative product or service to digitally connect transport actors to enable incentivisation of greener, shared and active mobility across the North of England.
Transport for the North is utilising a two-round Innovation Partnership procurement pursuant to regulation 31 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as it does not believe its requirements can be met by an existing product or service in the market.
The minimum requirements for the product or service are:

-can operate utilising current fares and fare policies;
-can operate with mobility service providers’ current technology stacks;
-must be deliverable within existing industry regulations, including Competition Act and State Aid law
-must be capable of being fully compliant with Data Protection and Privacy (GDPR) legislation, and capable of being compliant with ISO27001
-Payment card transactions must comply with payment card industry standards, where utilised

Transport for the North’s challenge statement for this procurement is to meet the following: Digitally connect transport actors to enable incentivisation of greener, shared and active mobility across the North of England.
In this context, ‘transport actors’ mean any component within a transport system, e.g. this could include but is not limited to travellers, employers, public authorities, commercial and non-commercial organisations, transport operators, vehicles, devices and systems;
‘greener’ means more environmentally sustainable and applies to either or both of ‘shared mobility’ (e.g. public transport, demand responsive travel, ferries) and ‘active mobility’, meaning human-powered mobility, e.g. running, walking and cycling.
‘incentive’ means a benefit provided to a traveller or other transport actor - this could include but is not limited to a financial benefit, time saving, accessibility benefit, or other in kind benefit.

The procurement process will involve:

-submission of a Selection Questionnaire from which down-selected suppliers will be invited to Round One.
-Round One involves a virtual demonstration and written submissions of solutions, from which down-selected suppliers will be invited to participate in Round Two.
-Round Two involves a period of funded R&D followed by a live demonstrator and submission of a tender specifying the suppliers’ proposals in more detail.

Successful supplier(s) may be invited to agree and enter into a contract for supply of the services, subject to successful approval of any allied business case to release longer term funding. The successful submission(s) will be a key component of the business case.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
       Not Provided

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: Please see procurement document: Additional Information


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Innovation Partnership


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2020/S 1-237780
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: Yes

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: Not Provided    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: No

   V.1) Information on non-award
      The contract/lot is not awarded
            Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure):
            Notice reference (year and document number): 2020 - 237780

Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: This contract has not been awarded and as previously stipulated by the previous notice TfN reserves the right to: (i) withdraw from the procurement process; and/or (ii) not to award any contract as a result of the competition called for by this notice; and/ or (iii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the structure, timing, dates and content of the competition. TfN shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any candidates.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Transport for The North
          2nd Floor Piccadilly Place, Manchester, Manchester, M1 3BN, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 7741118219, Email: ist@transportforthenorth.com
          Internet address: www.transportforthenorth.com

      VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
          Transport for the North
          2nd Floor Piccadilly Place, Manchester, Manchester, M1 3BN, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 7741118219, Email: ist@transportforthenorth.com
          Internet address: www.transportforthenorth.com

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
          Transport for The North
          2nd Floor Piccadilly Place, Manchester, Manchester, M1 3BN, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 7741118219, Email: ist@transportforthenorth.com
          Internet address: www.transportforthenorth.com

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 25/01/2021