CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE - UTILITIES

Section I: Contracting Entity

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Main activity or activities of the contracting entity

	Production, transport and distribution of gas and heat
	Electricity
	Exploration and extraction of gas and oil
	Exploration and extraction of coal and other solid fuels
	Water
	Postal services
	Railway services
	Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services
	Port-related activities
	Airport-related activities

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity

Transpennine Route Upgrade — West of Leeds

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

Execution		Design and execution
Execution, by whatever means

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (‘NRIL’) procured a multi-disciplinary programme of works and ancillary services and supplies relating to the West of Leeds element of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).

The West of Leeds element of the TRU programme of works relates to the upgrade of the route between Leeds and Stalybridge with further interventions between Manchester and Stalybridge. NRIL sought innovative solutions from multi-disciplinary suppliers to deliver the programme of works. The contract was awarded in April 2017.

The overall scope of the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme requires the following outputs: achieving capacity, journey time, electrification and interchange improvements, and enhancing or maintaining the reliability of the railway asset within the Transpennine Rail Corridor.

The TRU programme includes:

(i) electrification of the Transpennine Route from Stalybridge to York/Selby;

(ii) increased capacity between Manchester and York;

(iii) Journey Time performance improvement between Manchester and York.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.I.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s) awarded

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s) awarded

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting entity

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

V.1)

Award and Contract Value

Contract No:

 Title: 

Lot No:

V.1.1)

Date of contract award

V.1.2)

Numbers of offers received

V.1.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.1.4)

Information on value of contract

V.1.5)

The contract likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

V.1.6)

Price paid for bargain purchases

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

Trans European Transport Network (TEN-T)

VI.2)

Additional Information

This notice relates to the award of the West of Leeds alliance arrangement in April 2017.

The successful contractor was a consortium (Transpire) formed of:

— BAM Nuttall, St James House, Knoll Road, Camberley, GU15 3XW

— Amey Rail Limited, Sherard Building, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford, OX4 4DQ

— Amey OWR Limited, Sherard Building, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford, OX4 4DQ

— Ove Arup and Partners Limited - 3 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 4BQ

The address details provided in Section V.1.3 relate to BAM Nuttall.

The value stated in Section II.2.1 and Section V.1.4 is the estimated total value of the contract. The contract value may be in the region of 800 000 000 and 2 000 000 000 GBP.

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

NRIL incorporated a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period after notification of the outcome of the tender assessment to the economic operators who submitted a tender and prior to the award of the contract in April 2017.

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice