Construction Contract Leads

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

HS2

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, Two Snowhill, Queensway

Birmingham

B4 6GA

Email

scc [at] hs2.org.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.hs2.org.uk/

I.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

I.6) Main activity

Railway services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

HS2 Route-wide Framework (Pre-Procurement Market Engagement)

II.1.2) Main CPV code

• 45000000 - Construction work

II.1.3) Type of contract

Works

II.1.4) Short description

High Speed Two (HS2) Limited (‘HS2 Ltd’) is responsible for developing and promoting the new high speed railway known as High Speed Two (‘HS2’).

This Periodic Indicative Notice ('PIN') relates to the forthcoming procurement for the HS2 Route-wide Framework which will cover all of the HS2 route.

This PIN is to alert suppliers that HS2 Ltd intends to commence pre-procurement market engagement, to support the proposed procurement in 2024.

To register your interest for this event, please use the following link:

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HS2RWCF/

Registration deadline is Wednesday 5th June 2024 @ 12pm (noon UK time)

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £600,000,000

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

• 45200000 - Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
• 45213320 - Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport
• 45221000 - Construction work for bridges and tunnels, shafts and subways
• 45221200 - Construction work for tunnels, shafts and subways
• 45221242 - Railway tunnel construction work
• 45221247 - Tunnelling works
• 45234000 - Construction work for railways and cable transport systems
• 45234100 - Railway construction works
• 45234110 - Intercity railway works
• 45234111 - City railway construction work
• 45234112 - Railway depot construction work
• 45234114 - Railway embankment construction work
• 45234115 - Railway signalling works
• 45234116 - Track construction works
• 71322000 - Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works
• 71500000 - Construction-related services
• 71520000 - Construction supervision services
• 71521000 - Construction-site supervision services

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes

• UK - United Kingdom

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The works will be route wide.

Initial packages of works relate to Phase One and will cover works across the trace, this includes but is not limited to, civils works, environmental works, construction of permanent and temporary assets (roads, buildings, fencing), maintenance works, rail systems enabling scope, MEP scope and noise barriers. Future packages may contain works that are required for integration between civils and rail systems contracts and/or station contracts.

The indicative value range of these works is £500m to £600m.

Pre-procurement market engagement documents will be made available by HS2 Ltd to registered suppliers and will include supplemental information on specific elements of the emerging procurement and delivery strategy.

To be involved in the pre-procurement market engagement, please refer to the registration process and important notices in section VI.3 below.

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

31 October 2024

Section IV. Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

Section VI. Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

Conditions regarding this PIN:

1)HS2 Ltd is initiating a pre-procurement market engagement exercise intended to:

- raise market awareness of the potential opportunities associated with the forthcoming procurement; and

- to engage with interested parties through market engagement

2) To register your interest, please use the following link: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HS2RWCF/

Registration deadline is Wednesday 5th June 2024 @ 12pm (noon UK time). Further market engagement is anticipated to take place in Q2/Q3 2024.

Please also note the following important notices before registering an interest:

1) This PIN is not a call for competition and is not published with the intention of reducing any time limits for the receipt of tenders.

2) HS2 Ltd reserves the right not to commence any procurement process or award any contracts in respect of this scope of works and to amend the requirements stated in this PIN (or as stated in any pre-procurement market engagement documents).

3) With reference to section II.1.6 (Information about lots), HS2 Ltd will provide information on its emerging thinking on division of the requirements into lots in the pre-procurement market engagement documents to be made available to registered suppliers by HS2 Ltd. HS2 Ltd reserves the right to further develop and change the lotting strategy and/or other aspects of the procurement and delivery strategy as a result of pre-procurement market engagement or otherwise.

4) HS2 Ltd may undertake further and other pre-procurement market consultation exercises but, initially, the market engagement briefing event is to commence market engagement and give suppliers emerging information about the requirements.

5) Publication of this PIN is part of the normal HS2 Ltd due diligence process on its options, and the publication of this PIN does not indicate that a decision has been made on a particular route for a procurement and/or subsequent contract award, if any.

6) Registration does not bind HS2 Ltd to include any party/economic operator in the pre-procurement market engagement exercise.

7) HS2 Ltd is not obliged to communicate with any parties /economic operators that register after the deadline for registration has passed.

8) HS2 Ltd is not obliged to respond to any correspondence on this notice or any matter related to this pre--procurement market engagement exercise and the decision to accept the registration of any interested party/economic operator, and subsequent inclusion in any engagement process shall remain with HS2 Ltd alone.

9) Non-participation in this process will not prevent any party/economic operator from participating in any procurement process in due course..

10) Given the early stage of the project, and the anticipated impact of the market engagement process, and other internal processes, any information provided to the market shall be subject to change and HS2 Ltd (insofar as it is permitted by law) shall not be liable for any losses incurred by any party/economic operator as a result of reliance on such information.

11)The contract value range set out in this PIN is an indicative range and is subject to revision and is subject to confirmation in any future notices in relation to this procurement.

• Share
• Share
• Share