Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
National Highways
9346363
Woodlands Manton Lane
Bedford
MK41 7LW
UK
E-mail: annabel.dunn@nationalhighways.co.uk
NUTS: UKH2
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
Economic and financial affairs
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Lower Thames Crossing - Tunnels and Approaches
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
National 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 Tunnels and Approaches contract only, which will interface with the other two Main Works contracts.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 344 687 196.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
31600000
31625100
34928110
34928470
35110000
35111000
35111500
45112500
45221000
45221200
45221240
45221245
45221247
45233000
45233100
45233120
45310000
45350000
51100000
71000000
71200000
71311220
71321000
71322000
71334000
71400000
71420000
71500000
92222000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
UKH32
UKJ
UKJ4
Main site or place of performance:
Kent, Thurrock, East of Gravesend and Tilbury.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Project is to design and construct two highway tunnels beneath the River Thames and has been procured under the Competitive Dialogue Procedure. The contract governing the Project is based on the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) form of contract. The scope includes the portal structures, approach roads, the tunnel controls systems (MEICA) and a five year landscape maintenance and aftercare contract. At circa 16 metres in diameter, these tunnels will be some of the largest bored tunnels in the world. Each tunnel will feature a three-lane carriage way. Each tunnel will be circa 4km in length, with approximately 1km of approach roads from each portal connecting into the two neighbouring roads contracts.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 30
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
Competitive dialogue
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:
2020/S 223-549440
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Lower Themes Crossing - Tunnels and Approaches
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15/12/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Bouygues Travaux Publics
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
J Murphy & Sons Limited
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 344 687 196.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
National Highways
Bridge House
Guilford
GU1 4LZ
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
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.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/02/2024