Published date: 5 September 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 11 September 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Civil engineering consultancy services - 71311000

  • Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works - 71322000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£5,000,000 to £10,000,000

Procurement reference

C4N41051804

Published date

5 September 2018

Closing date

11 September 2018

Contract start date

15 March 2019

Contract end date

31 December 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Private procurement rules

Supply chain notices are business-to-business transactions and are not bound by the same rules and restrictions as public sector contracts. The UK government is not responsible for the conduct of such procurement.

Description

HS2 Lot C1 consists of 21.6km of high speed rail infrastructure in a rural environment. This will include a 3.4km viaduct, 16km twin-bore tunnel with mined cross-passages and five vent shafts.

Cat 3 checking services are required as part of the permanent works detailed design.

Full details and specifications will be provided to successfully shortlisted suppliers. Suppliers should be aware of the scale of this Project before responding to this opportunity.

Interested suppliers capable of delivering this work are invited to respond to this opportunity.
The buyer will conduct a shortlisting exercise around the following criteria:
Technical Capability - experience in design of:
High Speed Rail
Bored Tunnels
Deep Shafts
Sprayed Concrete Lining
Complex viaduct structures, including rail-structure interaction
Post-tensioned segmental superstructure construction, including balanced cantilever erection methods
Geotechnics

High Speed 2 involvement
Perceived conflict of interest
Current level of resource commitment
Knowledge of applicable HS2 standards

Organisational capability
Organisation size, staff numbers
Experience in large scale D&B projects
Turnover in total and railway infrastructure
UK Presence and familiarity with UK design, cat 3 checking and certification processes

The results of the shortlisting exercise will not be published.
Successfully shortlisted consultants will be issued with Invitation To Tender documents containing further details and instructions.
ITTs may be issued to other companies at the buyer's discretion.


Align D is the permanent works designer for HS2 Lot C1 (Align JV), consisting of Jacobs, Ingerop / Rendel. http://alignjv.co.uk

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Simon Poulter

Address

Euston House, 24 Eversholt Street
London
NW11AD
UK

Telephone

079792409455

Email

simon.poulter@srm.com