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High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Overhead Catenary System

Construction work for electricity power lines
Engineering design services
Railway construction works
+2 more
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: HS2: "High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Overhead Catenary System". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityHS2Scope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: HS2
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for HS2. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
2.7Bids / Report
50% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 22 active published awards; 20 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityHS2
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published6 Feb 2025, 17:16 GMT
Last source update6 Feb 2025, 17:16 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationConstruction work for electricity power lines, Engineering design services, Railway construction works, Railway equipment, Transformer substation
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04dc77
What is being bought
HS2 Ltd procured the Overhead Catenary Systems (OCS) design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning from one to cover 469 single track kms, including 250 bridges, 58 viaducts, 47 underbridges, 148 overbridges and 115 culverts. Six passing / maintenance loops/sidings and four complex track junctions.131 point ends, including 99 high-speed turnouts (between 130km/h and 230 km/h), 32 low-medium speed turnouts (up to and including 100km/h), 5 traps or diamonds.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    6 Feb 2025, 17:16 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    6 Feb 2025, 17:16 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    6 Feb 2025, 17:16 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    High Speed Two (HS2) Limited ('HS2 Ltd') is the body responsible for developing and promoting the new high speed railway system known as High Speed Two (HS2). HS2 will initially run between London and Birmingham (Phase 1). The Railway Systems tranche of work incorporates a number of critical disciplines for the HS2 Project, including without limitation the design, construction, commissioning and testing of track, overhead catenary, lineside M & E & tunnels, power, signalling and communications. This procurement relates to Overhead Catenary Systems (OCS), for which HS2 Ltd procured the design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning. The Overhead Catenary Systems covers 469 single track kms, including 250 bridges, 58 viaducts, 47 underbridges, 148 overbridges and 115 culverts. Six passing / maintenance loops/sidings and four complex track junctions. 131 point ends, including 99 high-speed turnouts (between 130km/h and 230 km/h), 32 low-medium speed turnouts (up to and including 100km/h), 5 traps or diamonds.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    6 Feb 2025, 17:16 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 7 Jan 2025, 00:00 GMT · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Colas Rail Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
Not published · signed 7 Jan 2025, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 4 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 4 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

HS2

Contracting authority GB-FTS-6976
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  • HS2
    buyer

    High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, Two Snowhill, Queensway, Birmingham, UK, B4 6GA
    scc@hs2.org.uk

  • Colas Rail Limited
    supplier

    25 Victoria Street, Westminster, London, London, UK, SW1H 0EX

  • High Court
    mediationBody
    reviewBody

    London
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