Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-03-22
Buyer: High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 71240000 | 71242000 | 71244000 | 71324000: Quantity surveying services | 71540000: Construction management services
Estimated value: 230000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-04-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: HS2 Ltd is seeking to procure commercial and delivery controls services, which will comprise the following lots:
Further details on the scope of requirements relating to each lot is provided in II.1.6). It is intended that a single supplier will be appointed to each of the lots, resulting in the formation of 2 strategic relationships and framework contracts.
Please note that 1 supplier is unable to win more than 1 lot. Please note that the “1 Lot” award restriction applies to the lead party in a supplier’s bidding model only [including where there is more than 1 lead party, i.e. in a joint venture ("JV")]. For the avoidance of doubt:
— a lead party applying for 1 lot is however permitted to be a sub-contractor in the remaining lot; and
Applicants may express interest in, and if selected, tender for 1 or more lots, however a tenderer cannot win more than 1 lot unless exceptional circumstances apply. Applicants should note that this award selection applies to applicants and parties. Further details in relation to the award selection can be found in the Pre-Qualification Pack (“PQP”) and accompanying Procurement Documents.
Supplier resource will primarily be based in HS2 Ltd’s Birmingham and/or London offices, however may be located at other sites along the route and travel to other offices/locations may be required.
As part of Lot 1 (Programme Controls), HS2 Ltd intends to appoint a supplier to provide suitably experienced and capable resource to support:
— project controls — supporting the compliant and timely project baseline delivery across all contributing business areas, including baseline management, programme planning, earned value management, change management, reporting and risk management,
— estimating and cost — provision of cost and estimating services, including supporting the cost management process across the HS2 project and management and assurance of the overall baseline estimate.
Throughout the Framework duration, HS2 Ltd will award work packages to the supplier as requirements are identified in order to fulfil deliverables across multiple organisation-wide work streams. It is anticipated that Work Package durations may range from a number of months up to several years.
Please note that the initial contract term is 48 months, with an option to extend the framework by a further 48 months (via single or multiple fixed terms), at HS2 Ltd’s sole discretion. The estimated values quoted in this Contract Notice include allowance for the extension option(s).
Applicants are referred to the PQP for information on HS2 Ltd's criteria for choosing applicants to be invited to tender for 1 or both lots. HS2 Ltd expects to select only the highest scoring 6 applicants to tender for each of the lots. However, HS2 Ltd reserves the right in its absolute discretion to invite more than or fewer than 6 applicants for any lot(s) on the basis described in the PQP.
Supplier resource will primarily be based in HS2 Ltd’s Birmingham and/or London offices, however may be located at other sites along the route and travel to other offices/locations may be required.
As part of Lot 2 (Commercial Management), HS2 Ltd intends to appoint a supplier to provide suitably experienced and capable resource to support:
— commercial management — provision of commercial management services, including pre-contract development and post-contract management support, in addition to contributing to, developing and communicating HS2 Ltd’s commercial procedures, processes and systems,

Eligibility requirements: Applicants are referred to the PQP for information about the conditions for participation.

Award value: 230000000