P-3187 Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) Supplies, and Plant Service and Repair Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
The submission route named on the official notice.
This sits in the upper-middle of the Repair & Maintenance band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 15,278 valued Repair & Maintenance tenders in our corpus.
Translink publishes Repair & Maintenance work continuously — 29 notices, roughly one every 33 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.
36% of Translink’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.
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Translink will be creating a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) of pre-approved Economic Operators (EO) from which it will be able to procure spare parts and or the maintenance and repair of specialist NIR plant.
Your proposal MUST be submitted within the eTendersNI portal, via this CfT.
Your proposal MUST include a completed Generic Eligibility Criteria NO OTHER METHOD OF SUBMISSION WILL BE ACCEPTED.
What the notice asks for
Translink will be creating a Dynamic Purchasing
Translink will be creating a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) of pre-approved Economic Operators (EO) from which it will be able to procure spare parts and or the maintenance and repair of specialist NIR plant.
Your proposal MUST be submitted within
Your proposal MUST be submitted within the eTendersNI portal, via this CfT.
Your proposal MUST include a completed Generic
Your proposal MUST include a completed Generic Eligibility Criteria NO OTHER METHOD OF SUBMISSION WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.
What this notice demands of you
1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
P-3187 Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) Supplies, and Plant Service and Repair Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.
What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.
Make the case to bid
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- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e692
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Buyer ref
- 006752-2025
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