Supply, installation of ceiling component defect detection for Barcelona Metro L1 trains 2026 Tender

Original: Subministrament, instal·lació i posada en servei d’un sistema de detecció de la ubicació, integritat i defectes dels components instal·lats en el sostre dels trens de L1 de Metro de Barcelona

Ferrocarril Metropolità de Barcelona, SA

About this tender

The Ferrocarril Metropolità de Barcelona, SA (TMB) is procuring the supply, installation and commissioning of a system for detecting the location, integrity and defects of components installed on the roofs of L1 Metro de Barcelona trains. The tender is classified as a supply contract (acquisition) under CPV 34943000-9 (Train-monitoring system), is harmonised, and is delivered at ES511 Barcelona. The scope is not divided into lots, because the buyer considers the equipment and associated software a single technical and functional product whose split would prevent execution and delay delivery. The contract term is 60 months from formalisation. Price revision is not foreseen, variants are not admitted, and there are no extensions or planned modifications. A definitive guarantee of 5% applies. Special execution conditions include maintaining workers' labour and social conditions under the applicable collective agreement, GDPR compliance as an essential contractual obligation where personal data is processed, and cybersecurity requirements under the Spanish National Security Scheme (ENS). The page is an amended publication: its description notes an extension of the bid submission deadline. The closing date shown is 06/11/2026 at 14:00, and the notice was published on 23/10/2026. Documentation includes the administrative specifications, technical specifications, justification memo, economic offer model, and DEUC. The tender is processed under the ordinary procedure, open procedure, under Spanish public sector procurement law (LCSP, Law 9/2017). Electronic auctions are not used. The standard appeal route is a special contracting appeal before the Tribunal Català de Contractes del Sector Públic within 15 working days, or contentious-administrative appeal before the Barcelona courts.

Bidder eligibility

Technical solvency: (1) a detailed technical data sheet for the product or system proposed, demonstrating that the bidder owns the technology or holds a licence for it in its commercial portfolio for the function tendered, including documentation on distribution and commercial-use licensing; (2) at least three (3) supplies of the same or prior-generation product with the same object and functionality in the rail sector within the last five years, indicating amount, date, recipient (public or private) and a brief description; (3) ENS certification, or an information security management system certificate with a formal commitment to begin obtaining the ENS Certificate of Conformity at Basic level within six months of award publication, given current market conditions. Economic and financial solvency: specific requirements are not detailed on the page. If they are not specified, solvency is proven under article 87.3 a) or b) of LCSP. Where the bidder relies on third-party capacities, joint and several liability with those entities is required. The tender is open to bidders in Spain and the EU. Offers must be submitted in Catalan or Spanish.

How bids are scored

Total score of 100 points, split into: - Price: 60 points, based on the economic offer. Under the detailed evaluation text, this is a life-cycle cost assessment: the lowest life-cycle cost gets full points, and others are scored proportionally using the formula P = Tp × Ccv / Ci, where Tp is the total points, Ccv the lowest life-cycle cost, and Ci the bidder's life-cycle cost. - Other automatically evaluated criteria: 25 points total. - Number of similar projects completed in the last five years by the Technical Manager / Project Lead assigned to the project (name and profile required), with 2.5 points per qualifying project, capped at 10 points. - Life-cycle cost criterion, 15 points (as above). - Value-judgment criteria: 15 points total. - Level of detail of the functional system design: 7 points. - Level of detail of technical equipment specifications meeting the functions required in the technical specifications: 4 points. - Level of detail of maintainability and routine maintenance instructions: 2 points. - Level of detail of the project execution plan: 2 points.

Key requirements

• ✓Supply and installation of a detection system for ceiling-mounted train components on L1 trains
• ✓Detection of component location, integrity and defects
• ✓Commissioning (puesta en servicio) of the installed system

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