MARKET DIALOGUE: Tendering the implementation of the framework arrangement for NoBo/ISA expert services

MARKET DIALOGUE The subject of the market dialogue is the upcoming tender for the NoBo/ISA framework arrangement being prepared for the needs of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (later FTIA) seeks to procure the framework contracts for railway Independent Safety Assessor (ISA/AsBo) and railway Notified Body (NoBo) for the implementation of expert services. The goal of the procurement is to enable the efficient production of high-quality, imartial ISA/AsBo and NoBo services. The procurement is preliminary divided into four subtasks, which are as follows: Subtask 1, Independent Safety Assessor, Common Safety Method ((EU) No 402/2013) Subtask 2, Notified Body, Infrastructure TSI Subtask 3, Notified Body, Control Command and Signalling TSI Subtask 4, Notified Body, Energy TSI Service providers shall take account any update of the regulations. PRELIMINARY CONTRACT PERIOD The contract period of the framework arrangement is initially planned to last three years, after which the contracting entity has the option to extend the contract period with a two-year option period. PRELIMINARY TIMELINE - Market dialogue: August-September 2024 - Publication of the Call for Tenders: September-October 2024 - Comparison of the tenders: December 2024 - Procurement decision: December 2024 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Please note that this document is not a Call for Tenders. This document serves as a Prior Information Notice, tenders or application for participation are not asked with this notice. All the information provided in this Prior Information Notice is preliminary and indicative prior information. The Prior information notice includes an invitation to a market dialogue, where all suppliers interested in the procurement have the opportunity to participate in a technical dialogue with the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. The purpose of the technical dialogue is to have a general level discussion about the subject of the procurement and its definition. This Prior Information Notice does not bind the Contracting Authority to make any procurement based on this request. Participation to market dialogue does not in any way bind any party in a potential future Call for Tenders. Suppliers who refrain from participating in market dialogue are equally allowed to participate to the potential future Call for Tenders. The market dialogue is arranged by commenting on the draft versions of the tender documents and by answering the FTIA's questions about object of the procurement. Preliminary timeline of the delivery of draft versions of tender documents and questions is August-September 2024. INSTRUCTIONS TO REGISTRATION Interested suppliers are kindly requested to register to kilpailutus@hansel.fi, no later than on 20th of August 2024, by 12.00 EET. Please send the full name of your company and its contact person, including the person's e-mail address. Please write into the subject field of the email "FTIA - MARKET DIALOGUE: NoBo/ISA". If you wish to participate in the market dialogue after the aforementioned deadline, the extent of your participation will be determined by Contracting Authority's discretion, taking into account the readiness of the tendering materials. The FTIA reserves the right to invite suppliers to one-on-one negotiations or to continue the technical dialogue separately in a manner that will be announced later. All the information provided in this Prior Information Notice is preliminary and indicative prior information. Compensation is not paid for attending the market dialogue.