Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 3 May 2022, 15:33 BST

Official UK procurement notice

HS2 Rail Systems : Supply of On-Track Machines and Management of the Driving, Maintenance and Operation of On-Track Machines

Official notice

Authority: High Speed Two (HS2) Limited (Public body)

Goods
Planned pipeline value£82,800,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 9 May 2023from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Periodic Indicative Notice ('PIN') is to inform suppliers that HS2 Ltd wishes to commence market engagement and seek responses to the questionnaire referred to in this PIN below.

The Market Sounding Briefing and Questionnaire referred to in this PIN is available at:

  1. Supply some or all of a fleet of On-Track Machines to maintain HS2 infrastructure. Please follow the link here: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/3QFJ73/ ↗
  2. Management of Driving, Maintenance and Operation of the fleet of HS2 On-Track Machines. Please follow the link here: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HDZDK5/ ↗

The deadline for this questionnaire is 5pm UK GMT on Tuesday 7th June 2022

CPV: Bridge-inspection services · Cranes for trucks · Loading or handling machinery · Machinery-inspection services · Mechanical and electrical engineering services · Mechanical handling equipment · Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts · Railway-track inspection services · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment · Rolling stock · Support services for railway transport · Track-alignment machinery · +1 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1This Market Sounding Briefing and Questionnaire (‘Market Sounding’), issued by High…Planned

This Market Sounding Briefing and Questionnaire (‘Market Sounding’), issued by High Speed Two (HS2) Limited (HS2 Ltd) seeks to obtain market feedback in relation to the procurement, of at least two Contracts relating to Phase One and Phase 2a:

  1. Supply some or all of a fleet of On-Track Machines to maintain HS2 infrastructure.
  2. Management of Driving, Maintenance and Operation of the fleet of HS2 On-Track Machines.

As such, this PIN is to engage with the market in order to:

a) Understand the extent and nature of the market for this requirement.

b) Outline HS2 Ltd.’s draft technical requirements and outline procurement strategy.

c) Give potential suppliers the opportunity to confirm their appetite and provide feedback on HS2 Ltd.’s intended approach.

The Market Sounding Briefing and Questionnaire referred to in this PIN is available at:

  1. Supply some or all of a fleet of On-Track Machines to maintain HS2 infrastructure. Please follow the link here: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/3QFJ73/ ↗
  2. Management of Driving, Maintenance and Operation of the fleet of HS2 On-Track Machines. Please follow the link here: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HDZDK5/ ↗

The deadline for this questionnaire is 12 noon UK GMT on Tuesday 7th June 2022

HS2 Ltd may undertake further and other market consultation exercises relating to the matters sets out in this PIN but initially this questionnaire is to investigate the capacity and capability within the market.

Delivery: UK · Suppliers own manufacturing facility and chosen test location. Management of OTM's from HS2 designated depots and sidings.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
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
3 May 2022, 15:33 BST
Last source update
3 May 2022, 15:33 BST
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-011369
Classification (CPV)
Bridge-inspection servicesCranes for trucksLoading or handling machineryMachinery-inspection servicesMechanical and electrical engineering servicesMechanical handling equipmentRailway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated partsRailway-track inspection servicesRepair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipmentRolling stock
+3 moreSupport services for railway transportTrack-alignment machinery
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033306 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Conditions regarding this PIN: 1) HS2 Ltd has selected CPV codes at II.1.2) Main CPV code and II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s) that most closely fit the scope of this market engagement but suppliers should review the briefing for further information on the scope of this market engagement. 2) Please complete and return the questionnaire by 12 noon UK time on Tuesday 7th July 2022 in accordance with the instructions in the questionnaire. 3) This PIN is not a call for competition and is not published to reduce time limits for the receipt of tenders. 4) This PIN is only to inform suppliers that HS2 Ltd wishes to commence market engagement as described in the PIN and in the questionnaire. Any dates and/or durations in this PIN and in the questionnaire are indicative only. 5) Failure to register an interest in connection with this PIN shall not prevent an organisation from participating in an formal call for competition. 6) This procurement may be launched in due course by the publication of a contract notice. 7) HS2 Ltd reserves the right not to commence any procurement of award of any contract in respect of this opportunity. 8) The information contained in this PIN may be subject to change due to the impact of governance, assurance and regulatory changes. Insofar as permitted by law, HS2 Ltd shall not be liable for any losses incurred by any party as a result of reliance on the information contained/linked herein. 9) HS2 Ltd reserve the right to include this requirement within alternative procurements in accordance with HS2 Ltd agreed procurement strategies. 10) HS2 Ltd is not obliged to communicate with any parties/economic operators that complete the questionnaire. 11) HS2 Ltd is not obliged to respond to any correspondence on this notice or any matter related to this market engagement. The decision to include any party/economic operator in any subsequent market engagement process shall remain with HS2 Ltd alone.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 May 2022 → 9 May 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    3 May 2022, 15:33 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    9 May 2023, 00:00 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

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd

Contracting authorityPublic bodyRailway services 06791686 High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, Two Snowhill, Queensway, Birmingham, UK, B4 6GAContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.