Official UK procurement notice
Land and Property Services
Authority: East West Rail Company Limited (Central government)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionLand and property services - Land Access and Valuation
Lot 1 - Valuation & Compensation/Landowner Engagement/DCO Preparation/Land Acquisition/Reporting & Business Management Support Services
Lot 2 - Land Access for Surveys/Land Referencing/DCO Preparation/DCO and Land Assembly Programme Management/Reporting & Business Management Support Services
- How the procedure runs: Two stage procedure: PSQ and ITT. ITT Stage Documents are provided for information only at this time are draft and subject to change. Applicants should not assume that there will be the opportunity to negotiate with EWR Co. and tenderers shall be required to confirm that they accept the Form of Contract at ITT stage.
CPV: Survey services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£57,333,793 together) · same conditions of participation on every lot · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Valuation & Compensation/Landowner EngagementAwardedRenewalPublished value£24,203,352
The source published no individual description for this lot.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Technical Ability Criteria:
Relevant experience and contract examples
Health and safety
Collaborative Working
Problem Solving
Service Delivery
Challenges
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to Section 3A and 3B of the PSQ (attached in Documents) for details
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Ability Criteria (See Section 3A of PSQ for details):
Relevant experience and contract examples
Health and safety
Collaborative Working
Problem Solving
Service Delivery
Challenges
Lot #2Land Access for Surveys/Land ReferencingAwardedRenewalPublished value£33,130,441
The source published no individual description for this lot.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Technical Ability Criteria:
Relevant experience and contract examples
Health and safety
Collaborative Working
Problem Solving
Service Delivery
Challenges
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to Section 3A and 3B of the PSQ (attached in Documents) for details
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Ability Criteria (See Section 3A of PSQ for details):
Relevant experience and contract examples
Health and safety
Collaborative Working
Problem Solving
Service Delivery
Challenges
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 (10)
- Methodology Approach: 15%
- Methodology - Application: 15%
- Organisation Capability – Key Personnel & Leadership: 10%
- People Management: 10%
- Collaborative Working: 10%
- Client Experience question: 10%
- H&S and Well Being: 4%
- Scenarios: 15%
- Price per Quality point: 1%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (10)
- Methodology Approach: Methodology for delivering the requirements
- Methodology - Application: How the methodology will be applied to enhance the whole life value of the contract
- Organisation Capability – Key Personnel & Leadership: Proposed Key Personnel and suitability and added value they offer for the proposed role.
- People Management: Resourcing & Resilience
- Collaborative Working: Collaboration & Lessons Learned application.
- Client Experience question: Client Focus
- H&S and Well Being: Safety, physical, mental health and wellbeing of staff during the contract.
- Social Value: Social Value in respect of Education and Skills.
- Price per Quality point: The Assessed Evaluation Price submitted by each Bidder will be divided by the total Technical score to arrive at the Price per Quality Point: The number arrived at is the PQP. The bid with the lowest PQP is the Most Advantageous Tender (MAT).
- Scenarios: 5 Scenarios demonstration of skills, experience and capacity to deliver them.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Technical Ability Criteria:
Relevant experience and contract examples
Health and safety
Collaborative Working
Problem Solving
Service Delivery
Challenges
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to Section 3A and 3B of the PSQ (attached in Documents) for details
- Technical & professional ability
Technical Ability Criteria (See Section 3A of PSQ for details):
Relevant experience and contract examples
Health and safety
Collaborative Working
Problem Solving
Service Delivery
Challenges
- Price carries 1 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 0.1 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Aug 2025, 13:50 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Sept 2026, 13:50 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 May 2026
- Authority reference
CT4218/4219- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-045652- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056c4bFind a Tender
- How it runs
Two stage procedure: PSQ and ITT.
ITT Stage Documents are provided for information only at this time are draft and subject to change.
Applicants should not assume that there will be the opportunity to negotiate with EWR Co. and tenderers shall be required to confirm that they accept the Form of Contract at ITT stage.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 1 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 1 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Requests to participate should be submitted via EWR Co's tendering portal (eastwestrail.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/ogc-host/public… ↗) along with a completed Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) for the relevant Lot or Lots. Details of how to submit requests to participate are at 1.14 of the PSQ.
Timeline
4 Aug 2025 → 8 Sept 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published4 Aug 2025, 13:50 BST
- Clarification questions by20 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline1 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by170 days ago8 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent164 days ago15 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts147 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published47 days ago8 Sept 2026, 13:50 BST
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Aug 2025- Tender notice published4 Aug 2025, 13:50 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published4 Aug 2025, 15:09 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £57,333,7934 Aug 2025, 15:09 BSTwas £36,330,339
- Contract award notice published26 May 2026, 11:38 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 May 2026, 11:38 BST
- Contract signature expected12 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published8 Sept 2026, 13:50 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-08: 1 release · 4 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Valuation & Compensation/Landowner Engagement1 award | |||
| ArcadisLand and Property Services - Lot 1 (Valuations and Compensation)15 Jun 2026 – 14 Jun 2030 · up to 15 Jun 2032Extensions: The Contract duration is an initial period of 4 years with options to extend by up to two further years (4+1+1). | £25,211,833 | 11 May 2026 | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · Land Access for Surveys/Land Referencing1 award | |||
| WSP UK LimitedLand and Property Services - Lot 2 (Land Access)15 Jun 2026 – 14 Jun 2030 · up to 15 Jun 2032Extensions: The Contract duration is an initial period of 4 years with options to extend by up to two further years (4+1+1). | £34,510,876 | 11 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Arcadis
- Signed
- 21 Aug 2026
- Value
- £25,211,833
- Period
- 21 Aug 2026 – 22 Aug 2030 · up to 22 Aug 2032 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The Contract duration is an initial period of 4 years with options to extend by up to two further years (4+1+1).
7 agreed KPIs: Land Acquisition (KP 1a) · Landowner Engagement (KPI 1b) · Valuation and Compensation (KPI 1c) …
- Land Acquisition (KP 1a), Responsible for ensuring all land and rights are acquired in accordance with the Land Acquisition Plan
- Landowner Engagement (KPI 1b), Engage with all affected landowners to ensure that meaningful engagement on project proposals and efforts to acquire rights in land by agreement can be demonstrated.
- Valuation and Compensation (KPI 1c), Reports and advice relating to valuation and compensation issues and development and assurance of the property cost estimate
- Reporting & Business management (KPI 1d), Advising on and comprehensive reporting and compliance of the contract as well as seamless integration with workstreams, using Power BI to report to EWR Co
- DCO Preparation (KPI 1e), Responsible for delivering L&P deliverables into the EWR Co DCO application
- Effective Quality Assurance (KPI 2), Delivering the Quality Assurance Plan monthly across all Task Orders. Effective quality assurance and project management procedures for delivering a right first-time service
- Effective Budget Control (KPI 3), Percentage of work delivered within the allocated budget or agreed cost forecasts
Contract 2 · WSP UK Limited
- Signed
- 17 Aug 2026
- Value
- £34,510,876
- Period
- 17 Aug 2026 – 16 Aug 2030 · up to 16 Aug 2032 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The Contract duration is an initial period of 4 years with options to extend by up to two further years (4+1+1).
7 agreed KPIs: DCO Preparation (KPI 1a) · Land Referencing (KPI 1b) · Land Access for Surveys (KPI 1c) …
- DCO Preparation (KPI 1a), Responsible for delivering all L&P deliverables into the EWR Co DCO application
- Land Referencing (KPI 1b), Identification of all interests through land referencing processes including special category land, and land rights
- Land Access for Surveys (KPI 1c), Responsible for issuing, negotiating and obtaining all signed access licences for areas inside / outside of the DOLB according to scope as defined by MWJV
- DCO, Land Assembly & program Management (KPI 1d), Responsible for how L&P deliverables feed into the EWR Co DCO application. Leading and managing the land assembly program
- Reporting & Business management (KPI 1e), Advising on comprehensive reporting and compliance of the contract as well as seamless integration with workstreams, using Power BI reporting to EWR Co
- Effective Quality Assurance (KPI 2), Delivering the Quality Assurance Plan monthly across all Task Orders Effective quality assurance and project management procedures for delivering a right first time service
- Effective Budget Control (KPI 3), Percentage of work delivered within the allocated budget or agreed cost forecasts
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Valuation & Compensation/Landowner Engagement | 4final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 · Land Access for Surveys/Land Referencing | 5final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- did not winBruton Knowles Limited · South West England · all lots
- did not winCarter Jonas LLP · Greater London · all lots
- did not winMontagu Evans LLP · Greater London · 1
- did not winDalcour MacLaren Limited · South East England · 2
- did not winTerraQuest Solutions Ltd · West Midlands · 2
- wonArcadis LLP · Greater London · 1
- wonWSP UK Limited · Greater London · 2
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
7 commercial parties on the notice · 2 awarded- Arcadis LLPAwarded supplier
- Bruton Knowles LimitedBidder / tenderer
- Carter Jonas LLPBidder / tenderer
- Dalcour MacLaren LimitedBidder / tenderer
- Montagu Evans LLPBidder / tenderer
- TerraQuest Solutions LtdBidder / tenderer
- WSP UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (12)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications Procurement Specific Questionnaire
- Signed contract Lot 1 redacted contract for publication
- Bidding documents and specifications Procurement Specific Questionnaire Response Guidance
- Signed contract
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: The finalised ITT (including Statement of Requirements and Form of Contract) will be provided at the ITT stage to shortlisted suppliers.
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender