Public transport services by railways

This contract will be awarded in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 1370/2007.|| This Prior Information Notice is made in contemplation of the anticipated launch of a public procurement process for the appointment of the Service Delivery Partner pursuant to the M500 PPP Contract and in furtherance to the ongoing market consultation by TII as advertised in a Prior Information Notice published in the OJEU on 19th April 2022 (TED Reference: 2022/S 076-208843).|| The anticipated scope of the proposed M500 PPP Contract will include, inter alia:|| i) the delivery of an integrated public passenger transport service for MetroLink under an availability-based PPP arrangement;|| ii) financing of the M500 PPP Contract in accordance with the arrangements to be set out in the M500 PPP Contract;|| iii) the delivery of line-wide railway systems and rail infrastructure, including all track construction and overhead lines and associated infrastructure;|| iv) provision of rolling stock and integrated signalling systems through the design, manufacture, supply and maintenance of a GoA4 metro system, providing fully automated operation and comprising an integrated command, control, signalling and communication systems and an entirely new dedicated vehicle fleet;|| v) the design, construction and operation of a dedicated MetroLink storage and maintenance depot and an operations control building with a back-up facility at a separate location;|| vi) the design, manufacture, supply, installation and maintenance of all mechanical and electrical plant equipment and associated services throughout the metro alignment including ventilation systems;|| vii) the design and delivery of the station fit out works and of the mechanical and electrical plant equipment and associated services within the sixteen stations within the shell and core structure that has been designed and built under the M401, M402 and M403 contracts;|| viii) the design, construction and operation of a 3,000 capacity park-and-ride facility at the northern terminus;|| ix) the integrated operation and life-cycle maintenance of the metro system and all civil engineering structures associated with the MetroLink system (including as designed and constructed under the M401, M402 and M403 contracts) for an anticipated service period of at least 25 years; || x) being a Railway Organisation for the metro system within the meaning of the Railway Safety Act 2005 and having ownership of a railway safety case; and|| xi) being the Railway Systems Integration Manager.|| The integrated nature of the works to be delivered and the services to be performed under the M500 PPP Contract precludes its division into lots.|| The M500 PPP Contract will be awarded in accordance with the procedural requirements for the competitive tendering of a public services contract under Regulation 1370/2007. The NTA is the Competent Authority for the purposes of Regulation 1370/2007 with TII managing the tender procedure. It is anticipated that the procurement process will be conducted in a manner similar to a negotiated procedure with prior call for competition conducted as set out in the Utilities Regulations.|| TII will be the Contracting Authority for the M401, M402 and M403 contracts.