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Official UK procurement notice

Post Excavation Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: High Speed Two (HS2) Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesNegotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£55,000,000exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 1 Jun 2022awarded 12 Sept 2024
Awarded to Headland Archaeology (UK) Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The 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 published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£55,000,000
Delivery: UK
Extensions: The contract has been awarded for an initial period of 72 months, which the option to extend for a further 72 months via single or multiple fixed terms, at the sole discretion of HS2 Ltd.Second stage: 3–4 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
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical Questions: 60%
  • price: 30%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical Questions: 60
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation1
  • 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.
What this means for your bid
  • 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)
Archaeological services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b7d1 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

As set out in the Procurement Documents.

Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Performance terms

As set out in the Procurement Documents.

Review and risk notes
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
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
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.
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

7 Oct 2021 → 13 Sept 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    7 Oct 2021, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    1 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    19 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    13 Sept 2024, 13:18 BST

Notice history

7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Apr 2022
  1. Published value updated to £55,000,000
    19 Apr 2022, 10:44 BST
    was £45,000,000
  2. Status changed to active
    19 Apr 2022, 10:44 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    19 Apr 2022, 10:44 BST
  4. Deadline published: 1 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
    19 Apr 2022, 10:44 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    19 Apr 2022, 10:44 BST
  6. Status changed to complete
    13 Sept 2024, 13:18 BST
  7. Buyer details updated
    13 Sept 2024, 13:18 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £55,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Sept 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Headland Archaeology (UK) LtdSubcontracting: declared£55,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

High Speed Two (HS2) Limited

Contracting authorityPublic bodyRailway services 06791686 High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Two Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham, UK, B4 6GAContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of England and WalesReview body LondonContact phone
  • The High Court of England and WalesReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party 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