Public procurement notice: Modification Of A Contract/Concession During Its Term
Published: 2019-12-19
Buyer: High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71300000 | 71310000 | 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71311230

Technical requirements: HS2 Phase 2 Civils Design and Environmental Services (including Environmental Overview Consultant) Procurement — Contracts C1000_231, C1000_232, C1000_233
HS2 Phase 2 Civils Design and Environmental Services (L3 and L4 — Leeds Leg Central and Leeds Leg North respectively) and Environmental Overview Consultant (EOC).
HS2 Ltd requires professional services consultants (PSCs) services to deliver Civils Design and Environmental services and Environmental Overview Consultant (EOC) services for Phase 2 of HS2.
The contracts for the PSC services are split into 3 lots on a geographic basis as detailed below and Lot 3 also includes the EOC services:
Lot 1: C1000_231 — Civils Design and Environmental services (M2 and M3 — Manchester Leg Spine and Manchester Leg Spur respectively);
Lot 2: C1000_232 — Civils Design and Environmental services (L1 and L2 — Leeds Leg South and East Midlands respectively); and
Lot 3: C1000_233 — Civils Design, Environmental services (L3 and L4 — Leeds Leg Central and Leeds Leg North respectively) and Environmental Overview Consultant (EOC).
HS2 Ltd does however reserve the right to vary the scope of discrete elements of the services between lots as outlined in Section VI.3) (of the contract notice) and the pre-qualification pack. Further information is provided in Section VI.3) (of the contract notice).
HS2 Ltd is the company responsible for developing and promoting the High Speed 2 (HS2) network and is wholly owned by the Department for Transport.
The HS2 network will provide high capacity, high speed rail links between London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester (including Manchester Airport), with intermediate stations in the East Midlands and South Yorkshire. The new high speed network is being planned and is to be built in 2 phases. Phase 1 from London to Birmingham and Phase 2, from Birmingham to Leeds and Manchester.
The broad project aim for Phase 2 is to gain Royal Assent to a hybrid bill that enables HS2 Ltd to construct, operate and maintain a high speed railway, with the optimum balance between cost, environmental and community impact and engineering design, for the Phase 2 route, integrating seamlessly with Phase 1 and as part of a national rail network.
HS2 Ltd requires Professional Services Consultants (PSCs) services to deliver Civils Design and Environmental services (CDES) and Environmental Overview Consultant (EOC) services for Phase 2 of HS2.
The Lot 3 CDES consultant shall develop the Phase 2 line of route and associated infrastructure in preparation for the deposit of the Phase 2 hybrid Bill.
1) Civil designs scope: the design work shall include but not be limited to the development of the railway alignment, formation and associated infrastructure assets such as stations (including architectural services), depots, highways, drainage, construction and logistics (including mass haul) and ancillary equipment (package dependent). This civils design development shall be based on the post-consultation alignment of the route and be of a detail necessary to support the environmental impact assessment and Parliamentary Bill procedures. Civil design and engineering support will continue following the deposit of the bill through the Parliamentary process to Royal Assent and in preparation for the detailed design stage and construction.
The Lot 3 CDES will be required to produce engineering information in the form of models, plans, drawings, sections, schedules, technical reports and supporting information, plus construction cost estimates in accordance with stated HS2 Ltd requirements, standards and specifications and the HS2 Design Vision (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hs2-design-vision). Assurance and verification evidence that the design meets these criteria will be provided by the Lot 3 CDES at milestones during the progression of the design;


Winner: Ove Arup and Partners International Ltd