Public procurement notice: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice
Published: 2018-03-23
Buyer: London Luton Airport Limited (LLAL)
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45213320 | 45213321 | 45221112 | 45221113
Estimated value: 15000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Roboty budowlane w zakresie wznoszenia kompletnych obiektów budowlanych lub ich części oraz roboty w zakresie inżynierii lądowej i wodnej
Design and build of a new pedestrian bridge to be constructed over the existing main line railway at Luton Airport Parkway station to link into and provide additional access to the new station serving the Mass Passenger Transit system.
Design and build of a new pedestrian bridge to be constructed over the existing mainline railway at Luton Airport Parkway station. This will link into and provide additional access to the new station at Bartlett Square which will serve the newly built Mass Passenger Transit system (the works for which are being separately procured under a competitive dialogue procedure advertised in a contract notice published on 24.2.2017). The works will include construction of a bridge over four tracks of the mainline railway within the station, with access provided via new escalators and lifts on the existing platforms. A new waiting room will also be constructed. To construct the works, partial removal of the existing platform canopies and partial widening of two platforms will be required. The procurement is being carried out under a negotiated procedure without prior call for competition in compliance with Regulation 50(1)(c) of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Article 50(c) of Directive 2014/25/EU).
The procurement is being carried out under a negotiated procedure without prior call for competition in compliance with Regulation 50(1)(c) of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Article 50(c) of Directive 2014/25/EU). The contract can be awarded by LLAL only to Network Rail due to the protection of its exclusive rights in the station, mainline railway track and infrastructure, surrounding land and since the pedestrian bridge will become a Network Rail asset. No reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement;
The contract involves the construction of a pedestrian bridge over existing railway tracks owned and managed by Network Rail on land which is within the ownership of Network Rail and their exclusive rights will have to be protected. The installation of the bridge will require the closure of the railway by Network Rail. Network Rail will be required by LLAL to manage the risks around delivering this infrastructure safely, and with minimum disruption, in what is an operational railway environment. Network Rail’s permission and extensive cooperation will be required in order to carry out the works, with Network Rail signing off the designs. Network Rail will also need to engage with the Station Facility Owner, GTR, in order for the changes at the station to be captured under the Station Change process. GTR and all other relevant Train Operating Companies, Freight Operating Companies etc. will need to be consulted regarding any disruptive possessions required to construct the works, and this will be managed by Network Rail. The new over bridge will be owned by Network Rail and form part of the asset of the rail way station and will be designed to meet Network Rail standards in all regards. It is therefore the case that Network Rail is the only economic operator that can be awarded the contract for the works by LLAL.
Network Rail will put in place its own arrangements for the physical delivery of the works, and this is expected to involve procuring a sub-contractor to deliver the works through a mini competition of Civil and Building Framework Contractors. All of the Framework Contractors who will be approached have secured places on the Framework through a previous OJEU competitive tender process run by Network Rail.
Network Rail carried out a full OJEU compliant tender process for its Control Period 5 framework contractors .The framework contractors were appointed to carry out infrastructure works for Network Rail over the period from April 2014 to March 2019. Network Rail will appoint one of its framework contractors to undertake the design and construction of the station overbridge.


Winner: Network Rail
Award value: 15000000