Official UK procurement notice
Basildon Station Platform Replacements (1&2) GRIP 5-8 2026
Authority: C2C RAILWAY LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract for the multi-disciplinary detailed design for renewal of the two platforms and associated infrastructure and both passenger lifts at Basildon station, in south Essex.
Basildon station is located at 24miles 26chains on the FSS2 Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness line. Basildon Station was constructed in the 1970s comprising 2No. platforms which were partially founded on an embankment constructed in the 1930s. The main station buildings are at street level, with each platform accessed via a lift or staircase. The platforms have short canopies, where the platform construction is built off a bridge deck, that spans over Station Way public highway and the booking hall, at street level. The remainder of the platforms are exposed and of suspended concrete construction.
The platforms were found to be subject to serious defects and movement during routine inspection work carried out during summer 2021, whereafter it was concluded that the platforms were beyond economic repair. This resulted in the platforms being subject to temporary propping, monitoring and regular inspection, all pending demolition and renewal of the platforms.
C2c are now looking to run a procurement process to enter into a JCT Design & Build contract for renewal of the 1974 sections of both platforms 1 and 2 at Basildon, along with renewal of the station lifts serving the platforms, and associated station systems.
- Two-stage procedure: up to 15 candidates will be invited to tender.
How the procedure runs: C2C Railway Limited (C2C) are following the Competitive Flexible Procedure in adherence with the Procurement Act 2023. The procedure will encompass the following stages: Stage 1 - Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) The Tender Notice will commence the start of the first selection stage of the procurement process by inviting more…
Suppliers to complete the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) in which C2C will assess the Suppliers' capability, capacity, and eligibility to deliver the contract. Following evaluation, the 15 (fifteen highest-ranked participants that successfully satisfy the PSQ requirements will be selected to progress and invited to participate in the tender stage. Suppliers can access the PSQ on the e-tendering portal of C2C, by clicking on the published opportunity: https://c2c-rail.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=61287 PSQ identifier: pqq_26. Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender (ITT) The tender stage will be published next. The tender documents, explaining each step, will be provided to the participants selected as the result of the PSQ process. In the tender stage, participants will be required to provide their responses to the qualification, technical and commercial envelopes. Participants will be evaluated based on the highest overall tender scores, combining both technical and commercial evaluations. C2C reserves the right to make changes and issue updated versions of the documents to suppliers, to reflect the relevant stage of the Competitive Flexible Procedure, any changes to the procurement process, or to incorporate new information as it becomes available. This tender notice provides only high-level information of the award criteria. Pursuant to Section 24 of the Procurement Act 2023, C2C reserves the right to refine the award criteria.- No preliminary market engagement: The preliminary market engagement notice (ref: 2026/S 000-065916) was published in relation with this opportunity on 14/07/2026.
CPV: Engineering works and construction works · Lifts · Railway construction works · Railway embankment construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1Published value£20,000,000
- Value
- £20,000,000 exc. VAT · £24,000,000 inc. VAT
- Second stage
- up to 15 candidates invited to tender
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical/Quality — 54.93%
- Commercial — 35%
- Social Value — 10.07%
- Economic & financial standingPlease refer to PSQ documentation and Appendices in the e-tendering portal.
- Technical & professional abilityPlease refer to PSQ documentation and Appendices in the e-tendering portal.
- Condition of participationShortlisted through Conditions of Participation and Technical Scoring within the PSQ. The 15 (fifteen) suppliers who have passed the Conditions of Participation and score highest technically in the PSQ will be invited to the tender stage. Please refer to the PSQ documentation in the e-tendering portal. shortlisting
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How C2C RAILWAY LIMITED buys Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) — and who usually turns up
C2C RAILWAY LIMITED’s own published record, next to the East of England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
C2C RAILWAY LIMITED
contract notices in 36 months: 7 in CPV 4523 (5 route not published) · 8 in division 45 (6 route not published) · 12 in all categories (9 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 3 lots. All 3 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 3 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 1 pairs. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 1 notices. Small sample.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 18 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 3 notices.
East of England · Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523)
contract notices delivered in East of England in 36 months: 164 in CPV 4523 (141 competed, 17 route not published) · 1,404 in division 45 (1,076 competed, 228 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 60 lots. 38 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 5) and 22 from older notices (bids received, middle 5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 60 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 32 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 35 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 48 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 4523), last 36 months: 117 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on the East of England market’s usual movement over 32 lots (CPV 4523), applied to the £20,000,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Open for expressions of interest
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 25 Sept 2026, 16:52 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 16:52 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 15 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
c2c 193- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077af1Find a Tender
- How it runs
C2C Railway Limited (C2C) are following the Competitive Flexible Procedure in adherence with the Procurement Act 2023. The procedure will encompass the following stages: Stage 1 - Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) The Tender Notice will commence the start of the first selection stage of the procurement process by inviting Suppliers to complete the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) in which C2C will more…
assess the Suppliers' capability, capacity, and eligibility to deliver the contract. Following evaluation, the 15 (fifteen highest-ranked participants that successfully satisfy the PSQ requirements will be selected to progress and invited to participate in the tender stage. Suppliers can access the PSQ on the e-tendering portal of C2C, by clicking on the published opportunity: https://c2c-rail.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=61287 PSQ identifier: pqq_26. Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender (ITT) The tender stage will be published next. The tender documents, explaining each step, will be provided to the participants selected as the result of the PSQ process. In the tender stage, participants will be required to provide their responses to the qualification, technical and commercial envelopes. Participants will be evaluated based on the highest overall tender scores, combining both technical and commercial evaluations. C2C reserves the right to make changes and issue updated versions of the documents to suppliers, to reflect the relevant stage of the Competitive Flexible Procedure, any changes to the procurement process, or to incorporate new information as it becomes available. This tender notice provides only high-level information of the award criteria. Pursuant to Section 24 of the Procurement Act 2023, C2C reserves the right to refine the award criteria.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via JAGGAER / BravoSolution- Expression of interest (EOI)
- 20 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Tender submission deadline
- 20 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Shortlist
- up to 15 candidates invited to tender
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedearlier today25 Sept 2026, 16:52 BST
- Expressions of interest byin 25 days20 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 25 days20 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 112 days15 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 124 days28 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published25 Sept 2026, 16:52 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender