Department of Transport: Procurement

Department for Transport written question – answered at on 2 May 2018.

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Photo of Jon Trickett Jon Trickett Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office), Shadow Lord President of the Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer 27 April 2018 to Question 137449 on Department of Transport: Procurement, what each of the contracts were for.

Photo of Nusrat Ghani Nusrat Ghani Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport), Assistant Whip (HM Treasury)

The information requested is in the table below:

DfTc

Tyre Age Research – to provide scientific evidence concerning the effect of age on passenger coach tyre integrity. A contract was subsequently awarded in January 2018.

Northern Transport Strategy: Sub National Transport Bodies – A contract to develop the geographical understanding of the populations demands and how they affect transport needs

West Coast Partnership Shadow Operators - This requirement is for the provision of specialist railway technical and commercial advice to support the West Coast Partnership Franchise Competition

Rail Industry Competitiveness Work Package B - this was to evaluate rail industry competitiveness in overseas markets. This was re-tendered and awarded.

DVLA

GB-Swansea: Professional Driver Training - Professional Driver Training to provide driving lessons for shuttle and fork lift training - responses required by 12 October 2017. This requirement was eventually split between shuttle driver training and fork lift truck training and was awarded via Low Value Procurement.

GB-Swansea: Provision of Service Oriented Architecture Practitioner Training (SOAP) - Provision of Service Oriented Architecture Practitioner Training Specialist training services. Computer-user familiarisation and training services. This is an essential tool used in test for new and existing developments – responses required by 29 September 2017. No responses were received to our advert and we had to award by way of Single Tender Action.

DVSA

Tachograph Head Sealing Pliers 2017 – 2019 - The supply of tachographs and anvils which are used for functionality check of speed limiters on some vehicles.

MCA

Intrinsically safe power packs – Specific safety zone requirements identified that resulted in no bids. Current technical requirements are being reviewed and new tender to be advertised shortly.

All-Terrain Vehicles – Initial requirement was for an 8 seat requirement which resulted in no bids being received. The specification was amended to 6 seats and retendered resulting in 3 bids and a contract awarded.

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