Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-16
Buyer: Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
Country: UK
Region: YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 32570000 | 32571000 | 34632300 | 44000000 | 45000000: Construction work
Estimated value: 800000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-05-19
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (‘NRIL’) is using an alliance contracting arrangement to procure a multi-disciplinary programme of works and ancillary services and supplies relating to the West of Leeds element of the Transpenine Route Upgrade (TRU).
The West of Leeds element of the TRU programme of works relates to the upgrade of the route between Leeds and Stalybridge. NRIL is seeking innovative solutions from multi-disciplinary suppliers to deliver the programme of works.
The overall scope of the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme requires the following outputs: achieving capacity, journey time, electrification and interchange improvements, and enhancing or maintaining the reliability of the railway asset within the Transpennine Rail Corridor.
NRIL wishes to provide an opportunity, under this call for competition, for either an economic operator or group of economic operators (see section III.1.3)), to deliver this multi-disciplinary programme of design and works, comprising buildings, civils, track, signalling and communication railway construction works on a design and execution basis.
The works will be undertaken on the Transpennine route from Leeds travelling West to Stalybridge via Huddersfield.
The economic operator or economic operators must be capable of undertaking the key disciplines of design and building, civils, track, signalling and communication railway construction works on a design and execution basis.
Under the alliance contracting arrangements, in addition to its role as project ‘owner’ NRIL will provide certain works and/or services as a participant in the alliance. The contractor(s) and NRIL each as an ‘alliance participant’ forming the ‘alliance’ in accordance with the terms of the alliance agreement will work as an integrated team providing resources on a best for project basis and sharing risk and reward.
This project will be divided into 8 distinct phases — Guide to Rail Investment Process (GRIP) stages. Details of all GRIP stages are available form www.networkrail.co.uk
As part of the tender process, tenderers will be required to undertake GRIP stage 2 (Feasibility) and develop their tenders accordingly. The alliance will not be formed at this point.
NRIL will make a meaningful contribution to the costs of the GRIP 2 work in recognition of this work being undertaken during the Tender process.
The successful contractor(s) will then enter into an alliance agreement with NRIL under which the alliance is formed and the alliance (i.e. the alliance participants including NRIL) will:
(2) subject to gateway approvals, submit proposals for GRIP stages 4 to 8 based on the mechanisms included in the alliance agreement.
Acceptance of these proposals will be subject to NRIL approval acting in its capacity as ‘owner’ (including NRIL's) gateway approvals process, its role as network operator and any necessary regulatory approvals). If proposals are accepted by NRIL it is intended that the alliance will then deliver the project from GRIP stages 4 to 8 in accordance with the alliance agreement. NRIL reserves the right to divide the project into sections subject to separate approvals.
Pre-qualification questionnaire responses and resulting tenders from those who are shortlisted will only be accepted from an economic operator or group of economic operators that can deliver the full scope of works required under this notice.
A group of economic operators may join together to deliver the programme of work and can decide which disciplines to include as full consortium members and which to sub-contract (tier 2). Consortia must not form an unincorporated or incorporated joint venture solely to provide the works as all the commercial and contractual arrangements between consortia members will be set out in the alliance agreements and all consortia members will be required to sign the alliance agreements.