S&C Procurement Exercise (CVL-00063)

Scope:Balfour Beatty Rail has been awarded the contract to supply and install the S&C requirements on project Core Valley Lines for the next 2-3years. As a result, Balfour Beatty Rail is looking to conduct a benchmarking exercise to determine which supplier can offer value for money. Following the results of the benchmarking exercise Balfour Beatty will propose that 1 supplier gets preferred supplier status for all S&C requirements on Core Valley Lines. This will need client approval pending the recommendation report.Tender submissions will be evaluated based on the following:> Capability and competency question sets.> Manufacturing philosophies, policies, and accreditations.> Sustainability credentials.> Adherence to BBRL form of contract.> BoQ rates.This list is not exhaustive.Stage 1 - Pre-qualification RequirementsSuppliers who express interest shall be subject to meeting Balfour Beatty Rail Ltd pre-qualification criteria for this procurement exercise. The pre-qualification process will be conducted offline, and suppliers will be contacted directly if any information is required.Minimum pre-qualification requirements for this tender exercise are as follows:> Dun & Bradstreet credit check - maximum financial risk rating which is acceptable is 'moderate'.>Constructionline - associate membership.>RISQS - appropriate approved competencies for S&C manufacturing.Please do not express interest if you do not meet these minimum requirements.Stage 2 - Invitation to tender (ITT)Once stage 1 has been completed all suppliers will be contacted directly and invited to tender with further instructions. Suppliers who were unsuccessful during stage 1 will also be contacted directly.Tender documents shall be issued to those who qualify via Balfour Beatty’s tendering portal ‘Jaggaer’. Access to the portal will be provided after the ITT letters have been released, agreed and tasks completed.Responses, including any tender queries must be submitted via the Jaggaer portal mechanism only.