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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: CASH HANDLING PROVISION
2. Awarding Authority: MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited T/A MTR Crossrail. Email: procurement@mtrcrossrail.co.uk Web: www.mtrcrossrail.co.uk.
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: About the Opportunity:
The Awarding Authority retails train tickets at ticket offices and ticket vending machines at stations which it operates. There is a requirement for a supplier to provide cash handling and processing services.
The required cash handing services fall into three categories:
Cash Collection and Delivery
collection of coins, bank notes and data bags from specified collection points and delivery to specified delivery points.
Coin Delivery
Stocks of coins to be delivered either at agreed regular intervals (Standing Orders) or through ad hoc orders.
Cash Processing
Coins and notes will be banked (no cheques).
5. CPV Code(s): 66110000, 64120000, 64121000
6. NUTS code(s): UKI, UKI1, UKI12, UKH3, UKJ
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Central London, East London, Essex, South East London, West London and Berkshire.
Locations will be along the Elizabeth line route, initially covering stations between Stratford and Shenfield in Essex; with stations between Ealing and Taplow in Berkshire, and Abbey Wood in South East London commencing around December 2017; and additional central London locations added in 2018.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Ref: MTR-T-190
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. CompeteFor response deadline 6.3.2017 (16:00:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: Note: This is a CompeteFor opportunity. Opportunities may be with both public and private sector businesses. To apply, please click the following link to register on the CompeteFor portal Web:
12. Other information: About the buyer’s selection process:
You are invited to email awarding authority to express your interest in the opportunity, The Awarding Authority will then respond with a short list of questions about your company, followed by the ITT pack.
At this stage your expression of interest is for information only and there is no obligation to submit a tender.
About the buyer:
Stretching from Reading and Heathrow in the west across to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, Crossrail ? which will be known as the Elizabeth line from 2018 – will change the way people travel around London and the south east.
When the railway fully opens it will represent a much-needed increase in central London?s rail capacity by over 10 per cent. It will serve 40 stations, with up to 24 trains per hour in each direction, giving some 1.5 million people better access to the jobs and opportunities of London?s main employment centres, and adding an estimated #42bn to the UK economy.
A fleet of brand new 200 metre long trains will run on the line, featuring nine walk-through carriages, air conditioning, CCTV and audible and visual customer information. Lifts are being installed at all stations along the route, transforming transport access for disabled people and those with mobility needs.
The awarding authority is recognised as one of the best performing rail operators in the world. The awarding authority vision is to deliver excellent services which connect and help communities grow.
In July 2014 Transport for London (TfL) announced that awarding authority had been awarded the Crossrail Train Operating Concession. This is an eight year contract that can be extended to ten years.
Crossrail services started running between Liverpool Street and Shenfield on 31 May 2015, taking over the stopping services formerly operated by Abellio Greater Anglia. These services are operating with the current rolling stock under the TfL Rail brand, from 2017 new Crossrail trains will enter into service. Following on from these initial Liverpool Street to Shenfield services, additional services will be introduced as follows:
Heathrow to Paddington (mainline platforms) – May 2018 (when awarding authority takes over the Heathrow Connect service)
Paddington (Elizabeth line platforms) to Abbey Wood – December 2018.
Paddington (Elizabeth line platforms) to Shenfield – May 2019.
By December 2019 there will be a full through service that includes services to Reading and the Elizabeth line will serve 40 stations and run 118 km (72 miles) from Reading and Heathrow to Shenfield and Abbey Wood.
Opportunity Method: Contract Opportunity
Opportunity Status: Open
Opportunity Type: Private Sector
Notice Type: Notice
Nature of Opportunity: Services
Estimated tender close date: 13/03/2017
Estimated contract award date: 31/03/2017
Estimated contract start date: 01/06/2017
Additional information for bidders Include any special notes for biddersTenderers must hold the following accreditations in order to qualify for tender evaluation:
British Security Industry Association (BSIA)
SIA approved contractor status
National Security Inspectorate (NSI) Cash Services Gold Scheme
Banknote Watch
CRB checked employees
British Retail Consortium
Safe Contractor
TKR-2017217-EX-905299