Published date: 13 September 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 8 December 2023, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Archaeological services - 71351914

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Wales

Value of contract

£32,465,418 to £55,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_259010/1397813

Published date

13 September 2024

Closing date

8 December 2023

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

16 September 2024

Contract end date

15 September 2030

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Post Excavation Services Contract has been awarded to Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd to deliver the final stages of historic environment investigation. The HS2 Project presents an unprecedented opportunity to explore the country's past, through the UK's largest ever linear infrastructure project.

The appointed Supplier will provide historic environment and project management expertise to deliver HS2's end-to-end post-excavation programme, including the analysis, dissemination, publication and archiving of HS2's historic environment assets from along the line of route.

In procuring this contract HS2 Ltd is delivering commitments made by the Secretary of State for Transport with regard to historic environment, through a programme of post-excavation that provides public benefit and realises HS2's archaeological legacy. The key contract objectives are to enhance knowledge by:

- contributing to key questions about prehistory and history;

- testing interpretative concepts and methodological techniques; and

- challenging the way that the historic environment we investigate and interpret the past.

The contract has been awarded for an initial period of 72 months, which the option to extend for a further 72 months via single or multiple fixed terms, at the sole discretion of HS2 Ltd. The contract dates published in this notice relate to the initial contract term only.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Post-excavation Services

  • Opportunity
  • Published 19 April 2022

Award information

Awarded date

12 September 2024

Contract start date

16 September 2024

Contract end date

15 September 2030

Total value of contract

£32,465,418

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd

Address

65 Sussex Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G41 1DX

Reference

Companies House number: SC342945

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Chris Simmons

Address

High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Two Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway,
Birmingham
B4 6GA
England

Email

chris.simmons@hs2.org.uk