Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2016-06-07
Buyer: Highways England Company Limited
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71311300 | 71312000: Structural engineering consultancy services | 71631400 | 71631450
Estimated value:  GBP

Technical requirements: The main place of performance for this contract will be mainland United Kingdom i.e. England, Wales and Scotland.
Highways England is responsible for approximately 4 000 non-operational railway structures including bridges, viaducts, tunnels, retaining walls, and culverts distributed throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Every structure is examined annually and work is undertaken as required to keep them in a safe condition.
Where a Tenderer is submitting tenders for 2 or more lots, the Tenderer must include a statement, ‘Resource Usage for Multiple Lot Submission Statement’, identifying and indicating how the resources for each lot being tendered for will be provided. Where the same resources are identified as Providing the Services to 2 or more lots then the Tenderer must advise how there will be no impact on Providing the Services in each of the lots being tendered for. Where a Tenderer proposes to use the same key people across 2 or more lots, then the Tenderer must include in the statement the key people's time to be available for each lot (this should be indicated as a percentage of the weekly contracted hours).
This tender is being conducted by Highways England Company Limited (Highways England) on behalf of the Historic Railways Estate (HRE). However, the functions of HRE may during the period of the contract (which will be let by Highways England) transfer to the Secretary of State for Transport (SoS). If so the SoS will assume the contractual rights, obligations and liabilities of Highways England arising under that contract. Tenderers are accordingly advised that:
b) If the contract is initially awarded by Highways England, it will include a provision permitting novation of the contract to the SoS without your consent, in circumstances where the SoS assumes Highways England's functions in respect of the HRE.
The Framework contract will commence in January 2016 and will be for 3 year duration, with an option to extend for a period of 1 year. The decision to extend the contract will be based upon the successful tenderers performance during the contract.
A Tender Presentation will be held on Thursday 16.7.2015 — from 9:30 until 13:00 at the following address:
In order to register an interest and attend please advise of attendees (2 persons, per supplier) to the Procurement Officer via Bravo Solutions by Tuesday, 14.7.2015.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
This tender is being conducted by Highways England Company Limited (Highways England) on behalf of the Historic Railways Estate (HRE). However, the functions of HRE may during the period of the contract (which will be let by Highways England) transfer to the Secretary of State for Transport (SoS). If so the SoS will assume the contractual rights, obligations and liabilities of Highways England arising under that contract. Tenderers are accordingly advised that:
b) If the contract is initially awarded by Highways England, it will include a provision permitting novation of the contract to the SoS without your consent, in circumstances where the SoS assumes Highways England's functions in respect of the HRE.
This procurement falls within the scope of HM Revenue and Customs Construction Industry Scheme. As a supplier/organisation looking to bid for public sector contracts over 10 000 GBP will be published on a single website and made available to the public. You should also be aware that if your bid is successful, the resulting contract will be published. In some circumstances, limited redactions will be made to tender documentation and/or contracts before they are published in order to comply with existing law, to protect commercial interests and for the protection of national security. The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction. How to Express an Interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once) — Browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://highways.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register — Accept the terms and conditions and click ‘continue’ — Enter your correct business and user details -Note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete — You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure). 2. Express an Interest in the tender — Login to the portal with the username/password — Click the ‘PQQs/ITT Open to All Suppliers’ link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitation to Tender open to any registered supplier) — Click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. — Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. — This will move the PQQ/ITT into your 'My PQQs/ ‘My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) — You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ITT Details’ box. 3. Responding to the tender — Click ‘My Response under “PQQ/ITT Details”, you can choose to “Create Response” or to “Decline to Respond” (please give a reason if declining) — You can now use the “Messages” function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification — Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT — There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help-desk.


Winner: Balfour Beatty Rail/Carillion Rail
Number of bids: 5