Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Cheshire East Borough Council
Westfields, Middlewich Road
Sandbach
CW11 1HZ
UK
Contact person: Mrs Janet Ellison-Jones
Telephone: +44 1270686456
E-mail: janet.ellison-jones@cheshireeast.gov.uk
NUTS: UKD6
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
VEAT646 Crewe Hub Station Campus — Finance and Funding Study
Reference number: DN320532
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71241000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Design of enhanced elements of Crewe Hub station.
Network Rail is uniquely placed to work collaboratively with the Council to deliver the Integrated Study as they have already been appointed to undertake work in developing the rail infrastructure and associated station design at Crewe for HS2 by DfT/ HS2 Ltd.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
120 000.00
GBP/ Highest offer:
250 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD6
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Network Rail is uniquely placed to work collaboratively with the Council to deliver the Integrated Study as they have already been appointed to undertake work in developing the rail infrastructure and associated station design at Crewe for HS2 by DfT/ HS2 Ltd. The scope of the Integrated Study in relation to the station campus is an extension of existing work to date, i.e. a change rather than a whole new piece of work. It will be taking into account the current ongoing design and look at ways of applying value engineering to ensure that the outcome is a legislation compliant, affordable station for the funding available from DfT together with any funding put forward by CEC to deliver enhancements to the station. The change request scope to develop an integrated station campus in addition to the current scope of the station will be part of the Network Rail GRIP 3 deliverables, although it will be funded in part by CEC and HS2GP.
Crewe Campus Options/Solutions – 3.2018 to 12.2018.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 100
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure
Explanation
Network Rail are uniquely placed to continue this work and therefore there is absence of competition fortechnical reasons.
Network Rail is the custodian of the UK rail network and is responsible for the day to day management of developments and improvements of that network. One of there main areas of interest are the rail stationsand associated infrastructure. The study being commissioned by CEC involves potential improvements to Crewe Station and surrounding area including considerable impacts on Network Rail existing assets; it also involves various alterations to the station design. On this basis Network Rail is uniquely positioned to developthe scheme related to this area and associated infrastructure and are an essential partner to CEC to make the proposals both acceptable and deliverable.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 029-063711
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21/02/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Network Rail
Crewe
UK
NUTS: UKD6
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
120 000.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
250 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
In accordance with Regulation 86 (Notices of decisions to award a contract), Regulation 87 (Standstill Period) and Regulation 91 (Enforcement of duties through the court) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended).
Cheshire East Borough Council will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to review and scrutinize the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
21/02/2018