Contract notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
HS2
High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, Two Snowhill, Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6GA
UK
Telephone: +44 2079443000
E-mail: scc@hs2.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.hs2.org.uk/
I.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
https://hs2.bravosolution.co.uk/web/index.html
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://hs2.bravosolution.co.uk/web/index.html
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at:
https://hs2.bravosolution.co.uk/web/index.html
I.6) Main activity
Railway services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Phase One and Phase Two Stations Platform Edge Doors Framework Agreement
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45234100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
This procurement is to establish a single-supplier Framework Agreement for Platform Edge Doors (PEDs) required at Old Oak Common and Interchange stations within the HS2 Phase One route (London to West Midlands) along with Optional Scope at Manchester Airport station within Phase 2b of the HS2 route. Optional Scope is also included for the provision of a gap detection system to protect persons from harm as a result of entrapment or fall between the PEDs, the station platforms and the rolling stock. This element of the Optional Scope is also being considered by HS2 Ltd for possible inclusion in other HS2 Ltd procurements being conducted in a similar timeframe to this procurement, including HS2 Ltd’s procurement of a Train Despatch System (TDS)(to be the subject of a separate call for competition).HS2 Ltd will confirm the extent of Optional Scope at ITT stage. The Framework Agreement is being established for use by HS2 Ltd and for use by the other Contracting Bodies defined in VI.3 below. Further information on the Framework Agreement and Call-Off Contracts to be called off under it is included in the PQP and accompanying procurement documents.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
93 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
34632200
34632300
34940000
34946000
34990000
35113300
45200000
45213322
45233292
45234110
45234111
45255120
45340000
50000000
50220000
51000000
71320000
71321000
71500000
71521000
71541000
72254100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Old Oak Common station is located within London along with Interchange station within the West Midlands. The Optional Scope for Phase 2b is at Manchester Airport station.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The procurement is for the award of a single-supplier Framework Agreement as described in section II.1.4) (Short description) above. Call-Off Contracts under the Framework Agreement will include works and services for design, prototyping, factory testing, integration testing, dynamic testing, manufacture, supply, installation, static testing and maintenance. Further information on the Outline Scope, Framework Agreement, commercial model and the procurement is included in the PQP and accompanying procurement documents.
See II.1.4) Short description: for additional information on the Optional Scope and HS2 Ltd’s options in this regard.
HS2 Ltd intends to limit the number of Tenderers invited to tender on the basis set out in PQP Further Package Particulars.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
93 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 120
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
1) Applicants should be aware that HS2 Ltd reserves the right to omit and/or vary the scope of the Framework Agreement. As further described in the PQP, Applicants should note in particular that:
2) Option to extend duration of the Framework Agreement.
The Framework Agreement is being procured on the basis that it will be awarded with an initial term of 8 years although, to ensure flexibility and resilience: (i) HS2 Ltd reserves the right to extend the term of the Framework Agreement for up to a further 2 years to make a maximum possible term of 10 years. The justification for reserving the right to extend is that if there are delays to the HS2 programme, the extension may be required if the anticipated timing of the Call-Off Contracts to deliver the PEDs Scope cannot be achieved within the initial 8 year term; and
(ii) The Framework Agreement will provide that Call-Off Contracts awarded before expiry of the Framework Agreement can extend beyond the 8 (or extended 10) year term of the Framework Agreement.
3) See also II.1.4) Short description: for additional information on HS2 Ltd’s options in relation to Optional Scope.
Further information in relation to the Outline Scope, the Framework Agreement and HS2 Ltd’s options is included in the PQP.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Applicants are referred to VI.3) Additional information in this Contract Notice below.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
List and brief description of conditions:
Applicants are referred to the PQP and PQQ for information about conditions for participation.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
description of rules and criteria:
Applicants are referred to the PQP and PQQ for information about HS2 Ltd’s rules and criteria for participation.
III.1.6) Deposits and guarantees required:
HS2 Ltd reserves the right to require guarantees, bonds, collateral warranties (including the grant of step-in rights to Subcontracts) and other forms of security as appropriate to be specified in the procurement documents to be made available at ITT stage. Applicants are referred to the PQP for relevant information available at this Contract Notice stage.
III.1.7) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
The main financing conditions, payment mechanism, performance standards and incentive mechanisms for Call-Off Contracts will be described in the procurement documents to be made available at ITT stage, but it is expected that payment arrangements in Call-Off Contracts will incorporate either NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) or NEC3 Engineering and Construction Subcontract (ECS) or NEC3 Professional Services Contract (PSC) terms. HS2 Ltd intends that there will be a set of core terms and three different pricing options depending on the nature of the Works Package and Call-Off Contract: Option A (Priced Contract with Activity Schedule); Option C (Target Price Contract with Activity Schedule); and Option E (Cost Reimbursable Contract). Applicants are referred to the PQP and accompanying procurement documents for relevant information available at this Contract Notice stage.
III.1.8) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
HS2 Ltd will accept expressions of interest and tenders from single entities or consortia. HS2 Ltd does not require those consortia who intend to form a single legal entity to do so at the PQQ stage. HS2 Ltd will consider contracting with a consortium, providing always that the participants in any consortium are jointly and severally liable for all of the obligations of the Contractor under the Contract.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated with call for competition
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with a single operator.
Justification for any framework agreement duration exceeding 8 years: The Framework Agreement is being procured on the basis that it will be awarded with an initial term of 8 years with a right to extend the term for up to a further 2 years to make a maximum possible term of 10 years. The justification for reserving the right to extend is at II.2.11
IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
05/09/2023
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
26/02/2024
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 10 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
1) Terms with an initial capital in this Contract Notice and the PQP are defined in the PQP Manual, Appendix 4 Glossary.
2) To express interest in the Framework Agreement, Applicants must submit a PQ Application on the HS2 eSourcing portal by the PQ Application Deadline.
3) An Applicant may be a single organisation or a Consortium. An Applicant may only submit one PQ Application. An economic operator may not apply as more than one Applicant, whether as a single Applicant or as a Party to one or more Consortia. See PQP (PQP Manual section 2).
4) Applicants must be registered on the HS2 eSourcing portal: https://hs2.bravosolution.co.uk. For assistance contact the BravoSolution helpdesk Monday to Friday (8:00-18:00) GMT: Email help_uk@jaggaer.com or Telephone +44 8000698630.
5) Section I.1 (Contracting Entity): This Contract Notice is published by HS2 Ltd on behalf of itself and any successor to HS2 Ltd assuming HS2 Ltd's functions (in whole or in part) relevant to the Framework Agreement (Contracting Bodies).
6) Section II.2.3 (Place of performance): Works will be undertaken along the Phase One route at Old Oak Common and Interchange stations with Optional Scope at Manchester Airport(see Outline Scope)or other HS2 Phase 1 or Phase 2 station sites (see II.1.4) Short description for additional information on the Optional Scope and options for adding in additional sites along the HS2 route.
7) Section II.2.6) (Estimated value): Further information on the estimated value is included in the PQP (Further Package Particulars).
8) Section II.2.7) (Duration of the Framework Agreement): timescales in this Contract Notice are estimated based on the current HS2 programme but may be subject to change. See also II.2.11.
9) Section IV.1.1) (Type of procedure): HS2 Ltd is procuring the Framework Agreement using the negotiated procedure with prior call for competition (UCR 2016, reg. 47). As stated in the PQP (Applicant’s Guide), HS2 Ltd reserves the right not to conduct negotiations.
10) Section IV.1.3) (Information about a framework agreement): HS2 Ltd intends to award 1 place on the Framework Agreement as described in the PQP (Further Package Particulars). Applicants will be selected to proceed to ITT stage (and the place awarded on the Framework Agreement) based on the criteria and Minimum Standards described in the PQP and PQQ.
11) Call-Off Contracts under the Framework Agreement will be awarded as described in the PQP Heads of Terms.
12) A response to this Contract Notice does not guarantee that an Applicant will be invited to tender. The award 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 Framework Agreement or Call-Off Contract arising out of the procedure envisaged by this Contract Notice. No contractual rights express or implied arise out of this Contract Notice. HS2 Ltd reserves the right to vary its requirements and the procedure envisaged in this Contract Notice. HS2 Ltd reserves the right to disqualify any Applicants on terms set out in the PQP.
13) Applicants/Tenderers shall be solely responsible and liable for all costs associated with and arising out of or in connection with responding to this Contract Notice.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 20794760000
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 20794760000
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/07/2023