Supply of Labour for Track Welding and Grinding

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          "description": "The scope of the extension is the supply of labour to deliver track welding and grinding services on the London Underground (LU) track infrastructure network only, however, this may also include areas where Network Rail rules apply. \nSupplied labour will be required to deliver the following services: \nPlain Line Sites - Aluminothermic welding\u202f \nManual Metal Arc - Crossings Repair  \nHand grinding\u202f\u202f \nManual Metal Arc Standard Rail Repair\u202f\u202f \nManual Metal Arc Conductor Rail Repair\u202f \nPlain Line Grinding\u202f\u202f\u202f \nCheck Rail / Points \u0026 Crossings\u202f- Aluminothermic welding. \nBurning \u0026 track cutting\u202f\u202f \nAluminothermic Welding Headwash Repair\u202f\u202f \nManual Metal Arc Plain Line Weld Repair\u202f \nPoints \u0026 Crossings Grinding\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f \nThe term of the extension is 6 months."
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      "features": "This contract is going to be awarded by reference to suppliers\u0027 membership of the Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme, which is a qualifying utilities dynamic market. The following process will be followed:\n1. Railway Industry Supplier Qualification System Opportunity Listing (completed)\nThe tender has been made available to the market via the RISQS portal. Only suppliers, who have registered their interest through the Opportunity Listing and meet the relevant category criteria, set out in the Opportunity Listing, will be invited to tender. Suppliers, who are not members of RISQS and / or are not registered against the relevant category, will be excluded from progressing as part of the procedure.\n2. Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ)\nAll suppliers will be required to submit a completed PSQ, which will be assessed on a Pass / Fail basis. The Conditions of Participation, set out in the PSQ, are not going to be used to limit the number of tenderers. \n3. Invitation to Tender Stage \nBidders, who have been awarded a \"Pass\" to the PSQ, will have their technical response and commercial (price) submission evaluated. \nFollowing the evaluation of Tenders, TfL reserves the right to either award the contract to the highest ranked bidder,  on the basis of the tenders received as part of this stage, without negotiation, or proceed to negotiation stage with all bidders. \n4. Negotiation Stage \nTfL may elect to hold one or more rounds of negotiations, following the receipt and the evaluation of the tenders. \nIf TfL proceeds to the negotiation stage, it will conduct negotiations with all bidders that have submitted compliant tenders and satisfied the technical response requirements. The objective of these negotiations is to allow bidders to improve the content of their tenders and further develop their best solution for supply of labour for welding and grinding.\n5. Final Tender Stage\nIf TfL elects to negotiate with bidders, then at the conclusion of the negotiation stage, bidders will be invited to submit final tender on the basis of the solution, as proposed and discussed in negotiations.  \n6. Contract Award \nFollowing the evaluation of the final tenders in accordance with the evaluation criteria and scoring guidance, TfL will rank the bidders\u0027 responses and award the contract to the highest ranked bidder. If no negotiation stage has been used, the contract will be awarded to the highest ranked bidder, following the completion of the evaluation of the tenders.\n7. Post-tender Presentation / Interview\nTfL reserves the right to invite the highest ranked bidder or any bidder to deliver a presentation or attend an interview on their final tender and explain any areas of improvements that have not been discussed during the negotiation stage or need to be clarified.",
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