Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd
Two Snowhill, Snowhill Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6GA
UK
E-mail: Samuel.AntonyFelix@hs2.org.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.hs2.org.uk/
I.6) Main activity
Railway services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Secretariat Support Services for HS2 Ltd's Independent Design Review Panel (IDRP)
Reference number: Project_1919
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79933000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
HS2 Ltd has awarded a contract for the provision of secretariat support services for its Independent Design Review Panel (IDRP) to Frame Projects Ltd for an initial period of 2 years, with the option to extend for a further 6 years via fixed or multiple terms.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 122 400.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
75112000
79421200
79933000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
HS2 Ltd has awarded a contract for the provision of secretariat support services for its Independent Design Review Panel (IDRP) to Frame Project Ltd.
Frame Projects Ltd will be responsible for providing services to enable successful and effective:
• resource management of panel members — appointment and management of panel members, including their payment;
• implementation — planning, coordination, arranging logistics, chairing and recording panel meetings and the management of recommendations;
• additional support — supporting and illustrating the benefits of HS2 design across the Programme; and
• secretarial support — provision of effective secretariat support to the IDPR with additional support to the IDPR Chair.
The IDRP forms part of the Department for Transport (DfT) Governance process and supports HS2 Ltd in ensuring that the aspirations set out in the HS2 Design Vision are achieved. The HS2 Design Vision is grouped around nine principles:
1) Impartial;
2) Timely;
3) Open;
4) Expert;
5) Advisory;
6) Accountable;
7) Multidisciplinary;
8) Objective; and
9) Accessible.
The IDRP acts in an independent non-executive, advisory capacity, reporting functionally into the client organisation both at an operational level and senior management level, with an additional direct line of reporting to the Sponsor (in this case, the DfT). The IDRP works to ensure that design decisions deliver against the Design Vision, consider the needs of a range of audiences and people, and are robust and transparent. The IDRP considers the three core design principles of the Design Vision; People, Place and Time.
The IDRP will be supported by Frame Projects Ltd who will responsible for delivering a consistent design support service that is robust and able to stand public scrutiny if required. It supports HS2 Ltd and the HS2 Design Panel to encourage and stimulate public interest in HS2's design and development and enables the IDRP to undertake its role effectively.
The objective of the IDRP is to support HS2 Design Leadership team in assuring its Design Vision. The IDRP scope extends across the whole HS2 Programme (Phase One and Phase Two).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical Envelope
/ Weighting: 60 %
Price
/ Weighting:
40 %
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
Open procedure
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 098-236245
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: C1000_2892
Title: Secretariat Support Services for HS2 Ltd's Independent Design Review Panel (IDRP)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/09/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Frame Projects Ltd
09779385
209 High Road
London
N2 8AN
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 122 400.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
HS2 Ltd has observed a 10 (ten) calendar day standstill period.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/10/2020