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Published 25 May 2021, 18:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

East West Rail Company (EWR Co) CS2 & CS3 Route Wide: Pre-Procurement Market Engagement

Official notice

Authority: East West Rail Company Limited (Central government)

Works
Planned pipeline value£0pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 25 May 2021from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East West Rail is an ambitious project that involves bringing back into use a section of railway that was closed to passengers in the 1960s, refurbishing existing railway lines between Oxford and Bedford, as well as building brand new railway infrastructure between Bedford and Cambridge.

East West Railway Company (EWR Co) was set up as an innovative new way to deliver this project with a customer focus and excellent value-for-money.

Further information on the East West Rail values and objectives can be found in the linked video. East West Rail: www.youtube.com/watch ↗

CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Building installation work · Command, control, communication systems · Construction work · Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport · Construction work for buildings relating to road transport · Construction-related services · Data-transmission equipment · Database systems · Design-modelling services · Draft plans (systems and integration) · Electrical signalling equipment for railways · +11 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1EWR Co intends to procure suitably experienced organisation(s), with the experience,…Planned

EWR Co intends to procure suitably experienced organisation(s), with the experience, capacity and capability of successfully designing and building a new railway network across a live railway environment (online) and greenfield site (offline) with extensive interfaces and stakeholders. Successful bidder(s) will be required to deliver within budget and programme; this will include the design, construction, testing, commissioning and handover into service in addition to associated works and services. EWR Co is interested in exploring innovative methods of working and adopting a systems approach to infrastructure (enterprise architecture). Interested suppliers from industries outside of infrastructure delivery are encouraged to engage and respond to this PIN and supplier questionnaire. EWR Co invites interested suppliers to take part in a supplier questionnaire available at: www.pwcresearch.com/uc/admin/de89/ ↗. Additional information: Additional information can be found in section VI.3

Delivery: UK · UNITED KINGDOM

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
25 May 2021, 18:14 BST
Last source update
25 May 2021, 18:14 BST
Authority reference
CT0983
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-011652
Classification (CPV)
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection servicesBuilding installation workCommand, control, communication systemsConstruction workConstruction work for buildings relating to railway transportConstruction work for buildings relating to road transportConstruction-related servicesData-transmission equipmentDatabase systemsDesign-modelling services
+13 moreDraft plans (systems and integration)Electrical signalling equipment for railways
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b4f6 Find a Tender

Publisher note: 1)A market engagement questionnaire is available through the following link: https://www.pwcresearch.com/uc/admin/de89/ 2)Please complete the questionnaire by 21:00 on the 08/06/2021. Any queries should be directed to: [email protected] 3)Further information about EWRCo can be found using the following link: https://eastwestrail.co.uk/the-project/project-overview 4)This PIN is not a call for competition and is not published to reduce time limits for the receipt of tenders; 5)This PIN is only to alert the market to the forthcoming procurement and EWRCo intention to commence pre-procurement planning and market consultation to inform its commercial and procurement strategy for the works and services referred to in this PIN; 6)EWRCo intends to launch the procurement by the publication of a further PIN and/or contract notice (or notice through Find a Tender (FTS), if applicable) but EWRCo reserves the right not to commence any procurement or award any contract(s) in respect of the works and services referred to in this PIN and to amend the information in this PIN; 7)Publication of this PIN is part of the normal EWRCo due diligence process on its options, and the publication of this PIN does not indicate that a decision has been made on a particular route for a procurement and/or subsequent contract award, if any; 8)EWRCo is not obliged to communicate with any parties/economic operators that complete the supplier questionnaire; 9)EWRCo Ltd is not obliged to respond to any correspondence on this notice or any matter related to this pre-procurement market engagement exercise. The decision to include any party/economic operator in any subsequent engagement process shall remain with EWRCo alone; 10)Non-participation in the market engagement exercise shall not prevent any party/economic entity from participating in the procurement; 11)Given the early stage of the procurement process, the anticipated impact of market engagement process and other internal processes, any information provided in this PIN shall be subject to change and EWRCo (insofar as permitted by law), shall not be liable for any losses incurred by any party/economic operator as a result of reliance on such information. Note1: The 'Period of Work Start Date' and 'Period of Work End Date' are only indicative dates for the purpose of this PIN. The refined estimated dates will be provided at the Invitation To Tender (ITT) stage. Note2: Additional information from Section II.2.4 - Critical elements of scope are likely to include but are not limited to design and construction of: Temporary works including multiple site compounds with the associated security, access, car parking and logistic requirements. Station upgrades, including extensively remodelled stations and rail depots. Line of route works with significant earthworks, hard landscaping, retaining walls, roads (surfacing), over bridges and under bridges, utilities and 9km of viaducts. In addition to civil requirements, the scope is likely to include services, for instance, archaeology, surveys, ground investigation and traffic management. The project requires the integration of systems to run a fully operational railway with the key elements of railway systems likely to include but not be limited to: Permanent way, signalling, overhead lines, electrification, rolling stock, system timetabling, stations systems, data and telecommunication systems, and customer integration systems. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Railway-construction-works./89338YH8JZ To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/89338YH8JZ GO Reference: GO-2021525-PRO-18294251

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

25 May 2021 → 25 May 2021 · 2 dates
  1. Tender notice expected
    25 May 2021, 00:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    25 May 2021, 18:14 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East West Rail Company

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawRailway Services Great Minster House, 3/13 33 Horseferry Road, London, UK, SW1P 4DRContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.