Notice Information
Notice Title
FW125 Change Management, System Safety, Interoperability, and Associated Services
Notice Description
Translink is a trading name used by any one or more of the companies under the ultimate ownership of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHC) as parent company which owns Citybus Limited (which also trades as 'Metro'), Flexibus Limited, Ulsterbus Limited, Translink (NI) Limited, NIR Networks Limited, Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited and NIR Operations Limited The aim of this procurement exercise is to establish a Framework for the provision of Change Management, System Safety, Interoperability and Associated Services to support the delivery of Translink's programme of capital and maintenance works. wish to appoint 7 Suppliers onto each of the below 2 Framework Lots. * Lot 1: Change Management, CSM and Authorisations (5 Active and 2 Reserve Suppliers) * Lot 2: Change Management, CSM and Associated Services (5 Active and 2 Reserve Suppliers) The duration of this Framework will be a maximum of 8 years in total - a 4-year initial term with the option to extend by a further 48 months. No individual extension will be granted for a period longer than 24 months and any extension will be at the discretion of the Client. Any values provided for lots are indicative ONLY and are subject to change throughout the framework term. The anticipated commencement will be Quarter 2 2026. Your response must be submitted via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) on the eTendersNI portal. Instructions on how to submit your response can be found within the Interactive Walkthrough on the eTendersNI Homepage. No other method of submission will be accepted.
Lot Information
Change Management, System Safety and Interoperability Authorisation
Change Management, System Safety and Interoperability Authorisation Delivering Change Management and Compliance with Safety and / or Interoperability Regulations
Renewal: 48 month initial term with options to extend up to 48 months.
Change Management, System Safety and Associated ServicesChange Management, System Safety and Associated Services Delivering Change Management, Consultancy Support and Associated Services.
Renewal: 48 month initial term with options to extend up to 48 months.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-054ebf
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033143-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
72224000 - Project management consultancy services
79417000 - Safety consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £7,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 May 2026 - 31 May 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- 2029-06-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TRANSLINK
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- katherine.bleakley@translink.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT2 7LX
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033143-2025
18th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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