Official UK procurement notice
Post Excavation Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: High Speed Two (HS2) Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Post Excavation Services contract has been awarded to Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd to deliver the final stages of historic environment investigation. The HS2 Project presents an unprecedented opportunity to explore the country’s past, through the UK’s largest ever linear infrastructure project.
The appointed Supplier will provide historic environment and project management expertise to deliver HS2’s end-to-end post-excavation programme, including the analysis, dissemination, publication and archiving of HS2’s historic environment assets from along the line of route.
In procuring this contract HS2 Ltd is delivering commitments made by the Secretary of State for Transport with regard to historic environment, through a programme of post-excavation that provides public benefit and realises HS2’s archaeological legacy. The key contract objectives are to enhance knowledge by:
- contributing to key questions about prehistory and history;
- testing interpretative concepts and methodological techniques; and
- challenging the way that the historic environment we investigate and interpret the past.
CPV: Archaeological services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£55,000,000
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 (3)
- Technical Questions: 60%
- price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical Questions: 60
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 30
- Suitability
The lead organisation must be accredited as a Registered Organisation with the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists.
- Legal form for consortia
- As set out in the Procurement Documents.
- Shortlisting
- As set out in the Procurement Documents.
- 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 · 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
- 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
- 2 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Sept 2024, 13:18 BST
- Authority reference
2190- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-029395- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b7d1Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
As set out in the Procurement Documents.
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As set out in the Procurement Documents.
- Review procedure
HS2 Ltd will incorporate a minimum of 10 (ten) calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract and the reasons for the decision is communicated to tenderers
Publisher note: 1) To express interest Applicants must complete the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) on the HS2 eSourcing portal strictly in accordance with the submission deadline stated in the PQQ. Please note that the PQQ submission deadline is a precise time and applicants should allow sufficient time to upload their completed PQQs; 2) HS2 Ltd will accept expressions of interest and tenders from a number of bidding models, including single entities or consortia. An Applicant may only submit one PQQ. HS2 Ltd will not accept multiple PQQs from the same organisation/economic operators, or from multiple organisations/economic operators within the same corporate group or otherwise under common ownership (whether as single applicant or as party to a consortium); 3) All Applicants are required to express an interest by registering on the HS2 e-Sourcing portal (https://hs2.bravosolution.co.uk/web/index.html). Registration is only required once; 4) For further assistance on use of HS2 Ltd's e-Sourcing portal Applicants should contact the portal's helpdesk which is available Monday to Friday (08:00–18:00) GMT via: — email: [email protected] or — telephone: +44 800 069 8630; 5) A response to this Contract Notice does not guarantee that an Applicant will be invited to tender. The procurement process may be terminated or suspended at any time without cost or liability to HS2 Ltd. HS2 Ltd does not bind itself to enter into any contract arising out of the procurement procedure envisaged by this Contract Notice. No contractual rights express or implied arise out of this Contract Notice or the procurement procedure envisaged by it. HS2 Ltd reserves the right to vary its requirements and the procedure relating to the conduct of the award process. HS2 Ltd reserves the right to disqualify any Applicants on terms set out in the PQQ; 6) Applicants (and subsequently tenderers) shall be solely responsible for and liable for all costs associated with and arising out of or in connection with responding to this Contract Notice and any PQQ and with submitting any tender, howsoever incurred; 7) HS2 Ltd embraces diversity and welcomes PQQs from all suitably skilled and experienced economic operators of all sizes who can meet the requirements, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, disability or age of supplier workforce and/or ownership; 8) There is no guarantee, express or implied, that appointed Consultant will receive any, or a particular volume or value of work. The estimated value quoted in this Contract Notice includes allowance for the maximum extension option.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 270 days from the deadline
- Deposits and guarantees
- As set out in the Procurement Documents.
Timeline
7 Oct 2021 → 13 Sept 2024 · 4 dates- Next notice expected7 Oct 2021, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline1 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected19 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published13 Sept 2024, 13:18 BST
Notice history
7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Apr 2022- Published value updated to £55,000,00019 Apr 2022, 10:44 BSTwas £45,000,000
- Status changed to active19 Apr 2022, 10:44 BST
- Procurement method changed19 Apr 2022, 10:44 BST
- Deadline published: 1 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST19 Apr 2022, 10:44 BST
- Buyer details updated19 Apr 2022, 10:44 BST
- Status changed to complete13 Sept 2024, 13:18 BST
- Buyer details updated13 Sept 2024, 13:18 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headland Archaeology (UK) LtdSubcontracting: declared | £55,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Post Excavation Services · Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2024
- Value
- £55,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
- The High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Headland Archaeology (UK) LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria