Contracts for Automated People Mover (APM) System

CPV: Construction work for railways and cable transport systems · Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment

Legal form for consortia

HS2 Ltd will accept expressions of interest and tenders from single entities or Consortia. HS2 Ltd does not require those Consortia who intend to form a single legal entity to do so at the PQQ stage. HS2 Ltd will consider contracting with a Consortium, providing always that the participants in any Consortium are jointly and severally liable for all of the obligations of the Contractor under the Contracts.

Shortlisting

Applicants are referred to the PQP and PQQ for information about HS2 Ltd’s rules and criteria for participation.

Successive reduction

Candidates will be reduced successively across stages

Procedure method

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)

Procurement category

Works

Notice status

Closed

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Competitive procedure

GPA / WTO covered

Yes (GPA)

Recurring procurement

No (one-off requirement)

First published

10 Jul 2023, 12:26 BST

Last source update

11 Mar 2026, 16:00 GMT

FTS notice number

2026/S 000-021937

Classification (CPV)

Construction work for railways and cable transport systemsRailway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated partsRepair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

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Contract terms summary

The main financing conditions, payment mechanism, performance standards and incentive mechanism will be described in the Procurement Documents to be made available at ITT stage, but it is expected that payment arrangements will be in accordance with the following provisions relevant to each Contract: (1) Supply and Installation Contract: Design, supply, integration, installation, testing and commissioning work: NEC3: Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) Option A priced contract with activity schedule (with HS2 amendments); and (2) Service Contract: Operation and Maintenance: a bespoke contract based around NEC3: Term Service Contract (TSC) Option A with amendments to reflect the HS2-specific terms. Further details will be provided in the ITT. Applicants are referred to the PQP and accompanying Procurement Documents for relevant information available at this Contract Notice stage, in particular the Applicant’s Guide and the PQP Heads of Terms.

Publisher note: 1. Capitalised terms in this Contract Notice are defined in Appendix 3 Glossary of Terms in the PQP Manual. 2. An Applicant may be a single organisation or a Consortium. An Applicant may only submit one PQ Application. A particular economic operator may not apply as more than one Applicant, whether as a single Applicant or as a Party to one or more Consortia. Applicants should note that this restriction does not apply to Subcontractors. See further information in PQP Manual Section 2; 3. Section I: Contracting entity - HS2 Ltd is the contracting entity for this procurement but HS2 Ltd reserves the right to nominate another entity to enter into either of the Contracts at contract award (other Contracting Body). Post contract award, the Contracts as awarded will also require the Contractor to agree that HS2 Ltd may novate one or both the Contracts to another Contracting Body on agreed terms). Further information on novation rights is included in the ‘PQP Heads of Terms’. 4. All Applicants are required to express an interest by registering on the HS2 eSourcing portal (https://hs2.bravosolution.co.uk). Registering is only required once; For further assistance contact the BravoSolution helpdesk which is available Monday to Friday (8:00 —18:00) GMT on: Email — [email protected] or Telephone +44 800 069 8630; 5. II.1.3 Type of contract: this is a mixed procurement. The Scope of the Contracts includes Works, Services and Supplies. The successful Tenderer will be required to enter into the two separate Contracts described in the accompanying draft initial Procurement Documents (see Applicant’s Guide and PQP Heads of Terms). 6. II.2.6 (Estimated value): the given value includes the estimated total of both Contracts to be entered into (PQP Technical Requirements and Outline Scope). Further information on the values and HS2 Ltd's assumptions is included in the in the accompanying draft initial Procurement Documents (see Applicant’s Guide and PQP Further Package Particulars). 7. Section II.2.7) (Duration of the contract): timescales in this Contract Notice are estimated based on the current HS2 Ltd programme but may be subject to change. 8. IV.1.1 Type of procedure: HS2 Ltd is procuring the Contracts in accordance with the negotiated procedure with prior call for competition pursuant to UCR 2016, reg. 47. As stated in the PQP Manual, HS2 Ltd reserves the right not to conduct negotiations with Tenderers. 9. A response to this Contract Notice does not guarantee that an Applicant will be invited to tender. The award process may be terminated or suspended at any time without cost or liability to HS2 Ltd. HS2 Ltd does not bind itself to enter into the Contract or any contract arising out of the procedures envisaged by this Contract Notice. No contractual rights express or implied arise out of this Contract Notice or the procedures envisaged by it. HS2 Ltd reserves the right to vary its requirements and the procedure relating to the conduct of the award process. HS2 Ltd reserves the right to disqualify any Applicants on terms set out in the PQP Manual 10. Applicants and Tenderers shall be solely responsible for and liable for all costs associated with and arising out of or in connection with responding to this Contract Notice and any PQQ and with submitting any tender, howsoever incurred . HS2 Ltd embraces diversity and welcomes PQ applications from all suitably skilled and experienced economic operators of all sizes who can meet the requirements, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, disability or age of supplier workforce and/or ownership. HS2 Ltd will actively promote sustainable procurement throughout its supply chain and welcomes PQ Applications from economic operators committed to the principles of reducing, reusing and recycling resources and to the practices of buying responsibly.

Submission deadline

21 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST

Submission channel

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Accepted languages

en

Participation fee

document

Bid validity

360 days from the deadline

Deposits and guarantees

HS2 Ltd reserves the right to require guarantees, bonds, collateral warranties (including the grant of step-in rights to Subcontracts) and other forms of security as appropriate to be specified in the Procurement Documents to be made available at ITT stage. Applicants are referred to the PQP for relevant information available at this Contract Notice stage.

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