Elizabeth Line Contract C631 Platform Screen/Edge Doors
Request ID: FOI-4669-2324 Date published: 13 May 2024
You asked
Please provide the names of the organisations that were invited to tender for this project together with the report, normally called the Tender Assessment Report ("TAR"), that compares and contrasts the relative merits of each of the bidders, presents the pertinent facts and makes the recommendation to award the contract to the successful contractor. For the avoidance of doubt the "TAR" should be provided unredacted as per the Information Commissioner Office Decision Notice (Reference: FS50590945) made in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) dated 1 February 2016 against Merseytravel, a Public Authority.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-4669-2324
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 17th March 2024 asking for information about the Elizabeth Line Contract C631 for Platform Screen/Edge Doors.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
Specifically you asked:
“Elizabeth Line Contract C631 Platform Screen/Edge Doors: Please provide the names of the organisations that were invited to tender for this project together with the report, normally called the Tender Assessment Report ("TAR"), that compares and contrasts the relative merits of each of the bidders, presents the pertinent facts and makes the recommendation to award the contract to the successful contractor.”
I can confirm that we hold the information you require.
Crossrail Limited issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) on 22nd November 2013 to the following Tenderers:
• Faiveley Transport Birkenhead Ltd.; • Knorr Bremse Rail Systems (UK) Ltd.; • Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd.
Tenders were received and opened from the three tenderers on 7th April 2014. Please find attached the Contract Award Recommendation Report, which we believe is the equivalent of the “Tender Assessment Report” you cite in your request. Note that any signatures have been removed under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act, the exemption that protects against the unfair release of personal data. If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me. Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely,
David Wells FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
