Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-01-10
Buyer: Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45200000: Building and civil engineering work | 45213000: Construction work for commercial buildings | 45234000 | 45234100
Estimated value: 7000000000 GBP
Award criteria: Lowest price

Technical requirements: Network Rail has carried out a procurement exercise to establish a framework for the management and delivery of multi-disciplinary works across Anglia, Southeast and Wessex routes. The framework will cover works to all categories of railway assets including enhancements and renewals comprising: building and civils, electrification, power, signalling, telecommunications and track works. The scope of the framework also includes design works.
These works will be undertaken primarily on Anglia, Southeast and Wessex routes; however the framework is available for use by other Network Rail regions across the UK Rail Network.
Management and delivery of multi-disciplinary works through a Framework Agreement covering all categories of railway assets including both enhancements and renewals and comprising: building and civils, electrification, power, signalling, telecommunications and track works.
Each of the 3 Framework Agreements have an initial duration of 5 years with a right for Network Rail to extend for up to 3 years (3 x 12 month periods). The initial period will cover works envisaged to take place from Year 1 onwards of Control Period 6 (CP6) and therefore from April 2019 — 2024. The options to extend for Years 1, 2 and 3 of Control Period 7 (CP7) will be subject to funding approval at the time.
As this framework will cover both renewal and enhancement works, there is potential that certain projects called off under this framework maybe, either in full or in part, funded by the European Union.
This procurement related to the appointment of a single framework provider for each of the three routes – Anglia, Southeast and Wessex (which form Network Rail's Southern region). The procurement was not divided into lots and the routes have been allocated to the three highest scoring tenderers based on tenderer preferences (as relevant, where a tenderer tendered for more than one route), starting with the preference specified by the highest scoring tenderer.
The call-off process under each framework provides that, in certain circumstances, one route contractor may be required to carry out work in another route and/or participate in mini-competitions with the other two route contractors to be awarded work. In addition, the call-off process under the framework also provides that in certain circumstances, other Network Rail regions may use one or more of the framework contractors to award renewals and enhancement works.
The value stated in Section II.1.7 is the estimated overall value of the framework (across the three routes) covering the initial period and assuming the options to extend are exercised. Whilst Network Rail retains some understanding of the value of the renewals portfolio, due to the way enhancement schemes are funded, the value of enhancements is purely indicative and subject to change. For the purposes of assessing the overall value across the 3 route frameworks, Network Rail assumed that 100 % of the Enhancement schemes for CP6, known at the time of publication of the OJEU Contract Notice, would be progressed. In addition, the volume of work within CP7 is unknown and therefore Network Rail based the value of the three x 12 months extensions upon CP6 estimates at the time of publication of the OJEU contract notice. Recognising these constraints, the estimated total value of the framework (across the three routes) may be in the region of 2 000 000 000 — 7 000 000 000 GBP but given the uncertainty over volumes and funding commitments, the overall value across the 3 routes may vary and therefore may be higher or lower than this range.
Network Rail incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period prior to entering into these Framework Agreements.


Winner: J Murphy and Sons Ltd
Award value: 7000000000
Number of bids: 7