Published date: 6 February 2025

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


Closing: 24 October 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Railway equipment - 34940000

  • Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork - 45230000

  • Overhead line construction - 45232210

    • Catenary's construction works - 45234160

    • Engineering design services - 71320000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£206,910,125.20

Procurement reference

tender_216013/1449165

Published date

6 February 2025

Closing date

24 October 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

3 February 2025

Contract end date

26 August 2032

Contract type

Works

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

High Speed Two (HS2) Limited ('HS2 Ltd') is the body responsible for developing and promoting the new high speed railway system known as High Speed Two (HS2). HS2 will initially run between London and Birmingham (Phase 1).

The Railway Systems tranche of work incorporates a number of critical disciplines for the HS2 Project, including without limitation the design, construction, commissioning and testing of track, overhead catenary, lineside M & E & tunnels, power, signalling and communications.

This procurement relates to Overhead Catenary Systems (OCS), for which HS2 Ltd procured the design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning.

The Overhead Catenary Systems covers 469 single track kms, including 250 bridges, 58 viaducts, 47 underbridges, 148 overbridges and 115 culverts. Six passing / maintenance loops/sidings and four complex track junctions. 131 point ends, including 99 high-speed turnouts (between 130km/h and 230 km/h), 32 low-medium speed turnouts (up to and including 100km/h), 5 traps or diamonds.

Award information

Awarded date

7 January 2025

Contract start date

3 February 2025

Contract end date

26 August 2032

Total value of contract

£206,910,125.20

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

COLAS RAIL LIMITED

Address

25 Victoria Street, Westminster, London SW1H 0EX

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd

Address

Two Snowhill
Birmingham
B4 6GA
England

Email

scc@hs2.org.uk