The contest will be between Costain Skanska JV, Morgan Sindall BeMo Tunnelling JV and Dragados.
The link will allow passengers to interchange between Crossrail and the Bakerloo line at Paddington, which is one of the busiest stations on the Tube network.
The three bidders will be judged on best added value rather than lowest cost. LU will be seeking proposals against a RIBA E reference design for which a Transport Works Act Order (TWAO) is well progressed and due to complete during spring 2014.
Miles Ashley, LU’s programme director of Crossrail and stations, said: “The building of the tunnel link is essential to support the increase in passengers when Crossrail starts serving the station at the end of 2018.
“The next stage of the process is to invite the three shortlisted contractors to engage in the innovative contractor engagement procurement model, which we successfully used on the Bank station upgrade contract this summer, where the bids are assessed on the added value of their proposal, rather than on lowest cost.”
Completion of the project is expected by autumn 2018.
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