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Published 5 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Southern Integrated Delivery (SID) - B&C and E&P

Official notice

Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

2 lotsWorksNegotiated procedure with prior call for competitionMax 1 lot per supplier
Published estimate£5,300,000,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 6 Dec 2021awarded 15 Feb 2023
Awarded to Volkerfitzpatrick Ltd, OCTAVIUS INFRASTRUCTURE LTD.2 awards

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Network Rail has carried out a procurement exercise to award the CP7 Southern Integrated Delivery (SID) agreement to deliver our Control Period 7 (CP7) and potentially CP8 renewals portfolio.

The SID will be a fully integrated team based on 'Project 13' principles comprising all categories of railway assets: Signalling, Track, Buildings & Civils (B&C), Electrification and Plant (E&P) and Minor Works. The scope includes the following items: development, design, manufacture, supply, installation, integration, testing and commissioning of the Southern renewals work bank.

These works will be undertaken on Kent, Sussex and Wessex routes, and will primarily be focused on the delivery of the renewals portfolio, however options will be included to enable enhancements also to be delivered, subject to capacity and where the SID is considered the optimum procurement route.

This notice covers the appointment of the Buildings & Civils (Lot 1) and Electrification & Plant (Lot 2) lots, where all appointed Business Partners within the SID have initially signed into a development phase agreement, scheduled from February 2023 to April 2024. The main SID agreement will be 10 years in duration (April 2024 - March 2034) and will commence in CP7 with the inclusion of a break clause prior to the commencement of CP8.

  • Recurrence: 2029 - 2034

CPV: Construction work · Railway construction works

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£5,300,000,000 together) · win at most 1 of them
Lot #1Buildings & CivilsAwardedPublished value£4,300,000,000

Management and Delivery of Building and Civils works on the Railway. These works will be undertaken within the Southern Region on Kent, Sussex and Wessex routes, and will primarily be focussed on the delivery of the renewals portfolio, however options will be included to enable enhancements also to be delivered, subject to capacity and where the SID is considered the optimum procurement route.

Delivery: London, South East
Extensions: There is an inclusion of a break clause prior to the commencement of CP8. The option to enact the break clause for Control Period 8 (CP8) will be subject to performance at the time.Second stage: up to 3 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Electrification & PlantAwardedPublished value£1,000,000,000

Management and Delivery of Electrification and Plant works on the Railway. These works will be undertaken within the Southern Region on Kent, Sussex and Wessex routes, and will primarily be focussed on the delivery of the renewals portfolio, however options will be included to enable enhancements also to be delivered, subject to capacity and where the SID is considered the optimum procurement route.

Delivery: London, South East
Extensions: There is an inclusion of a break clause prior to the commencement of CP8. The option to enact the break clause for Control Period 8 (CP8) will be subject to performance at the time.Second stage: up to 3 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
Legal form for consortia
Network Rail will accept pre-qualification and tender submissions from single entities or consortia. Network Rail does not require those consortia who intend to form a single legal entity to do so at the pre-qualification stage, however this shall be required at the point of contract award. If consortia members change at any point during the procurement process, Network Rail reserves the right to revisit the pre-qualification stages to consider the impact of the updated information.
Shortlisting
Applicants are referred to the procurement documents for information about Network Rail's rules and criteria for participation.
Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
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
Awarded
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
Yes · 2029 - 2034
First published
5 Nov 2021, 22:45 GMT
Last source update
6 Apr 2023, 15:53 BST
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-010223
Classification (CPV)
Construction workRailway construction works
Delivery area
London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f469 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

The main financing conditions, payment mechanism, performance standards and incentive mechanism are described in the procurement documents. The draft procurement documents are available via our electronic procurement system (BravoNR) and tender documents will be updated prior to the formal issue of the invitation to tender. The form of the contract governing these arrangements will be based on an amended version of the NR21.

Contract terms
Performance terms

Applicants are referred to the procurement documents for further information.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Network Rail will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period after notification to unsuccessful bidders and until such point will not enter into a contract for this requirement. Part 5 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 sets out the remedies available to economic operators and provides for aggrieved economic operators to take action in the High Court of England and Wales.

Publisher note: The value stated in Section II.1.7 at £5,300,000,000 is the estimated overall value of the Enterprise Development Agreement (EDA) and Enterprise Agreement (EA) for these lots. This covers the EDA mobilisation period prior to CP7 commencement (February 2023 – April 2024) and CP7 – CP8 (April 2024 – March 2034), assuming that the break clause for the EA at 5 years is not enacted and the EA runs for the full 10 year period. This is further broken down in Section V.2.4 Lot 1 Buildings & Civils at £4,300,000,000 and Section V2.4 Lot 2 Electrification & Plant at £1,000,000,000. Whilst Network Rail retains some understanding of the value of the renewals portfolio, the estimated overall value and specific lot values provided within this Contract Award Notice are purely indicative and is subject to change. This is due to a variety of reasons; the Statement of Funds Available (SoFA) is subject to change with the Final Determination taking place in October 2023, there is currently a lack of visibility on the CP8 funding and volume of work, and there is uncertainty on any upcoming changes surrounding Network Rail’s transition into GBR. These, coupled with general current economic volatility affecting international markets, meant that Network Rail has had to make assumptions to provide an estimate on the contract values. For the purposes of assessing the values, Network Rail has assumed that 100% of Southern Region’s renewals portfolio for CP7, known at the time of publication of the Contract Notice, would be progressed (subject to any restrictions stipulated within the Contract Notice). In addition, as the CP8 funding and volume of work is unknown, the projected costs has been made based on the CP7 estimated values. Recognising these constraints and uncertainties, the actual total value and split across each lot of the contract may vary and therefore be higher or lower than the values shown on this Contract Award Notice.

How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
6 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Deposits and guarantees
A Bond / Parent Company Guarantee may be required.
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

6 Dec 2021 → 6 Apr 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    6 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    14 Mar 2022
  3. Notice published
    6 Apr 2023, 15:53 BST

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Mar 2023
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Mar 2023, 16:23 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    17 Mar 2023, 16:23 GMT
  3. Buyer details updated
    6 Apr 2023, 15:53 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—Date(dd/mm/yyyy) · V.2.1)15 Feb 202331 Mar 2034+4062 d
—Date(dd/mm/yyyy) · V.2.1)15 Feb 202331 Mar 2034+4062 d

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value Not summedvery large published value (£1bn+), not counted until verified; check the notice
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 2latest 15 Feb 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · Buildings & Civils1 award
Volkerfitzpatrick Ltd£4,300,000,000 †very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice—Awarded
Lot 2 · Electrification & Plant1 award
OCTAVIUS INFRASTRUCTURE LTD.£1,000,000,000 †very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Buildings & Civils3bids———
2 · Electrification & Plant2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentRailway services 1 Eversholt Street, London, South East, NW1 2DNContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria