Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-03-26
Buyer: High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71000000 | 71310000 | 71311230 | 71311300 | 71313400
Estimated value: 130000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-04-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: HS2 Ltd is seeking to procure a Phase Two Development Partner (P2DP) that can integrate into the HS2 Ltd existing organisation to be part of the Phase 2 client function, to project manage and support its management of the development and deposition of the Phase Two hybrid Bill and to achieve Royal Assent.
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.
The estimated value of the contract is between 130 000 000 GBP and 170 000 000 GBP. (excl VAT) based on 2015 prices.
These figures are estimates for information only and the total value of the contract may vary in practice dependent on the requirements of HS2.
Due to the resources, range and depth of skills needed to undertake the Development Partner contract, the Applicants may wish to combine to form consortia or apply as the main consultant relying on sub consultants to deliver some of the services. This may, for example, apply to entities who feel that alone they do not have the capacity or capability to address the size and scale of HS2 Ltd's requirement. Whilst groupings of organisations and consortia can participate in the procurement without taking a specific legal form, HS2 Ltd may rely upon regulation 28(3) of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) in order to contract with a single entity.
HS2 Ltd will require organisations, by completing the pre-qualification questionnaire, to provide full details, in writing, of the proposed working arrangements.
A minimum annual turnover of the contracting entity of approximately 75 000 000 GBP (current 3-year average) or equivalent proof of financial standing. A minimum professional indemnity insurance of 25 000 000 GBP for any one incident, without limit on the number of incidents or reduction in cover, employers liability insurance of 10 000 000 GBP for each and every occurrence and public liability insurance of 10 000 000 GBP for each and every occurrence.
The P2DP would be required to provide project management services and support to the Phase 2 client function in:
— the management of various Professional Services Contract (PSCs) consultants appointed for developing a range of deliverables that will support the deposit of the hybrid Bill for the HS2 Phase Two project anticipated in 2019, and passage of the Bill through the Parliament up to Royal Assent anticipated in late 2022; and
— the engagement and consultation requirements necessary to support the deposit of the hybrid Bill and its passage through the Parliamentary process to Royal Assent.
Please note that HS2 Ltd is procuring in parallel the Phase Two PSC consultants for providing Civils Design and Environmental Services.
HS2 Ltd has already procured framework agreements for Railway Systems Design and Site Access, Land Referencing and Landowner Engagement Services which will cover the entire Phase 2 route.
The PSC consultants 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 PSC consultants at milestones during the progression of the design as well as undertake local environmental impact assessments (including local traffic and transport assessments and support the production of the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and Equalities Impact Assessment (EQIA) and complete the area environmental report(s) to form part of a single robust Environmental Statement (compiled by the Environmental Oversight Consultant (EOC)) for Phase Two. The PSC EOC will lead on and deliver the non-geographical and/or route-wide environmental assessments (such as climate, noise and socio-economics).