Official UK procurement notice
Lower Thames Crossing - Kent Roads
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNational Highways is the government company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England's strategic road networks. The Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) is a proposed new road connecting Kent, Thurrock and Essex through tunnels underneath the River Thames. The Programme will relieve the congested Dartford Crossing and approach roads and improve their performance by
providing sufficient north-south road capacity. On the south side of the River Thames, the new road will link the tunnel to the A2 and M2 in Kent. On the north side, it will link to the A13 and junction 29 of the M25 in the London Borough of Havering. There are Three Main Works contracts in this Programme. This procurement is for the Kent Roads Contract only, which will interface with the other two Main Works contracts.
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Kent Roads Contract is a two-stage design and build Contract for the part of the…Awarded
The Kent Roads Contract is a two-stage design and build Contract for the part of the route from the A2/M2 corridor to 1km south of the two tunnels’ southern portal.
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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 procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Sept 2024, 20:09 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Sept 2024, 20:09 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-029497- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049b06Find a Tender
- Review procedure
National Highways incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day standstill at the point information on award of the Contract is communicate to Tenderers.
Appeals must be logged in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) as amended.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skanska Construction UK LimitedLower Thames Crossing - Kent Roads Contract | £434,726,742 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Lower Thames Crossing - Kent Roads Contract · Skanska Construction UK Limited
- Signed
- 31 Jan 2024
- Value
- £434,726,742
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SKANSKA CONSTRUCTION UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.