Official UK procurement notice
Lower Thames Crossing - Detailed Design Services for Contestable Gas Assets
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNational Highways is the government company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England's motorways and major A roads. We are delivering the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC), a new high-quality dual carriageway connecting Kent, Thurrock and Essex through a tunnel beneath the River Thames. This is the most ambitious roads project in the UK for more than a generation. The project will be transformational for the UK economy, while offering new connections, better journeys and fewer delays.
This Contract Award Notice is being issued notify the market of the appointment of a designer to support design services for contestable gas assets on the LTC project.
CPV: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork · Design consultancy services · Gas pipelines · Pipeline-design services · Public utilities
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The LTC project affects a number of statutory undertakers' assetsAwardedPublished value£8,000,000
The LTC project affects a number of statutory undertakers' assets. This contract is to undertake the detailed design for the diversion of approximately 17 affected low, intermediate and medium pressure gas pipelines, which are owned by Cadent Gas Ltd (Cadent) and have been deemed to be contestable by Cadent. These assets are located along the LTC route between the proposed north tunnel portal and the proposed junction with the M25. The length of each individual diversion ranges from 300m to several kilometeres, with a total length of pipelines to be diverted of approximately 13km. The detailed design study will conclude by obtaining a letter of acceptance from Cadent.
The majority of contestable assets within scope have been agreed with Cadent during the initial LTC NRSWA/C2 enquiry and have been accepted by Cadent via submission of a Feasibility Study Report. However, a small number of those assets are known to be within the LTC works area but have not been assured to date via site investigations, so the location, characteristics and extent of the works is assumed. This will be required to be investigated to highlight any discrepancies and refine the extent of the scope for detailed design. The designer will undertake a gap analysis on the information provided and agree any further site investigations with National Highways, which will be delivered via LTC's existing contracts. These assets do not have an accepted Feasibility Study Report and as such may require an additional submission to Cadent to obtain acceptance at Cadent Stage Gate "Final Design Review - Refresh (FDR-R)".
The designer will work with LTC throughout the detailed design to coordinate their design with LTC's and third parties' (in particular, other statutory undertakers) designs. The designer will also engage with Cadent via LTC to meet the requirements of the Cadent Stage Gate Definition.
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How this buyer will score bids.
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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).
- Price
- Suitability
The designer is required to be Gas Industry Registration Scheme (GIRS) accredited to provide design services as set out in the procurement documents.
- Technical & professional ability
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2021, 22:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Jul 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-023625- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029be7Find a Tender
- Performance terms
A parent company guarantee or other security may be required if the applicant does not satisfy Highways England’s economic and financial standing requirements. Please see tender documents for details.
- Review procedure
Information on the award of the contract was communicated to tenderers.
Publisher note: The Contracting Authority will use an e-Sourcing portal in this procurement. General information on how to take part in this procurement is detailed below: 1. Register the Applicant company on the e-Sourcing portal (this is only required once). Check as the Applicant or someone in your organisation may already be registered. 2. Visit https://highways.bravosolution.co.uk and either log on or click the link to register. If registering for the first time the Applicant will be requested to accept the terms and conditions before proceeding 3. To express Interest in this PQQ (referred to as a ‘SQ’ by Highways England) Login to the portal - Click the 'PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers' link. (This shows all PQQ or ITT’s open to any registered supplier on this portal). Click on this PQQ/ITT to access the content. Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. This will move the selected item into the Applicants 'My PQQs/ My ITT's page. (This is a secure area reserved for The Applicants projects only). The Applicant can access all attachments to the selected item by clicking into the 'Buyer Attachments' area. 4. To respond to the tender - Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ITT Details’, The Applicant can then select either 'Create Response' or 'Decline to Respond' (please enter a reason if declining). Note the deadline for completion, (the closing date) and follow the onscreen instructions to complete your submission. 5. There will be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform. Once your submission is fully uploaded and considered complete, submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. This stage must be done for The Applicants submission to be considered. 6. The Applicant may save and exit their submission at any time during preparation up till the closing date. If left for a set period of time the system will time out and any unsaved data will be lost. 7. If you require any further technical assistance in the operation of the e-Sourcing portal, please consult the online help or contact the e-Sourcing help desk (0800 069 8630) available from 8am till 6pm. It is mandatory for new Central Government contracts, which feature characteristics involving the handling of personal data and ICT systems designed to store or process data at the OFFICIAL level of the Government Security Classifications scheme (link below), to comply with Cyber Essentials. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications. All potential tenderers for Central Government contracts, featuring the above characteristics, should be aware of the requirements for the appropriate level of certification. Further information: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cyber-essentials-scheme-overview The selected tenderer will be required to accept the Highways England Fair Payment Charter as a condition of acceptance of their tender. Highways England intends to work with the winning bidder to explore opportunities for further efficiencies and improvements; discussions will take place during the mobilisation period. Highways England reserve the right to invite or not invite variant bids at their sole discretion. Further information will be set out in the Tender Documents.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://highways.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ↗
- Submission deadline
- 14 Jul 2021, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 14 Jul 2021, 13:00 BST
Timeline
29 Apr 2021 → 11 Nov 2021 · 5 dates- Next notice expected29 Apr 2021, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline14 Jul 2021, 13:00 BST
- Bids opened14 Jul 2021, 13:00 BST
- Notice published22 Sept 2021, 22:45 BST
- Bids must remain valid until11 Nov 2021, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Jun 2021- Status changed to active14 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- Procurement method changed14 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- Deadline published: 14 Jul 2021, 13:00 BST14 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- Buyer details updated14 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- Status changed to complete22 Sept 2021, 22:45 BST
- Buyer details updated22 Sept 2021, 22:45 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextEstimated value · II.2.6 | Value excluding VAT: £8,000,000 | Value excluding VAT: £800,000 |
1 amendment published without a description.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2021-03: 1 release · 15 Mar 2021
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capita Property & Infrastructure Ltd | £673,980 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Lower Thames Crossing - Detailed Design Services for Contestable Gas Assets · Capita Property & Infrastructure Ltd
- Signed
- 22 Sept 2021
- Value
- £673,980
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Highways EnglandContracting authorityNational or federal agency/officeEconomic affairsGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of Justice - EnglandReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Capita Property and Infrastructure LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria