Official UK procurement notice
High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, Train Dispatch System Contracts
Authority: High Speed Two (HS2) Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe train dispatch system (TDS) is a novel combination of platform CCTV and safety software with a bespoke user interface. TDS is a network of cameras linked to central control rooms that will monitor the 400 - metre long platforms to ensure that passengers have safely entered the trains before the signal is given to close the doors and leave the station. The train dispatch system will be built into each of the new stations on the HS2 Project. The value of the contracts is estimated to be £58m for Phase 1 and up to £84m when including Phase 2b and Gap Detection. Further information is shown in the Further Package Particulars.
CPV: Closed-circuit surveillance system · Computer control system · Construction work · Dispatch system · Electrical installations for railways · Electrical signalling equipment for railways · Engineering design services · Industrial control software package · Installation of cable infrastructure · Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment · Mechanical and electrical engineering services · Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment · +11 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£84,000,000
This notice relates to the procurement of the Train Dispatch System (TDS) across High Speed Two (HS2) Limited’s (HS2) Phase One stations, to be constructed at London Euston, Old Oak Common, Birmingham and Interchange and HS2’s Phase 2b stations at Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly.
The contract scope will be split into stages. The initial stage of works will comprise of Old Oak Common, Birmingham and Interchange stations. Scope for work at London Euston, Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly is subject to the issue by HS2 Ltd of notices to proceed. Additionally, the Parliamentary process applicable to Phase 2b is still to be concluded and is subject to achieving Royal Assent.
There is optional scope for the inclusion of Gap Monitoring across all stations.
HS2 will enter into two contracts simultaneously:
(i) A Design and Build Contract for the design, software development, prototyping, factory testing, integration testing, installation, static and dynamic testing and commissioning of the TDS.
(ii) A Technical Support Contract to undertake technical support, install system upgrades, and undertake asset inspection or maintenance of each section after Completion under the Design and Build Contract.
Further information on the Contracts is included in the Pre-Qualification Pack made available on the HS2 eSourcing portal noted above (PQP).
HS2 Ltd reserves the right to omit and/or vary the scope of the Contracts. Additional information: Applicants are referred to VI.3) Additional information in this Contract Notice below.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Suitability
List and brief description of conditions:
Applicants are referred to the PQP for information about conditions for participation.
- Economic & financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Applicants are referred to the PQP for information about HS2 Ltd’s requirements and minimum standards in relation to economic and financial standing.
- Technical & professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Applicants are referred to the PQP for information about HS2 Ltd’s requirements and minimum standards in relation to technical and professional ability.
- Legal form for consortia
- 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.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Shortlisting
- List and brief description of rules and criteria: Applicants are referred to the PQP for information about HS2 Ltd’s rules and criteria for participation.
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 3 Oct 2023, 14:46 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Oct 2023, 14:46 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-029125- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04077fFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
The main financing conditions, payment mechanism, performance standards and incentive mechanisms for the Contracts will be described in the procurement documents to be made available at ITT stage, but it is expected that payment arrangements in the Contracts will incorporate, in the Design and Build Contract, NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) Option C and in the Technical Services Contract NEC3 Term Service Contract (TSC) Option A and Option E. HS2 Ltd reserves the right to use an alternative pricing option for the Contracts, which if applicable will be specified in the ITT.
- Performance terms
Applicants are referred to the PQP Documents for details.
Publisher note: 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 this procurement, 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) While these contracts are categorised as Works contracts for the purposes of this Notice, their scope also contains significant elements of supplies and services as set out in the PQP. 6) 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 Contracts (Contracting Bodies). 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 Contracts): 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 Contracts 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) 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 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 for the award of the Contracts envisaged in this Contract Notice. HS2 Ltd reserves the right to disqualify any Applicants on terms set out in the PQP. 11) 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. 12) Applicants must allow sufficient time for uploading their full PQ Applications and tenders. HS2 Ltd reserves the right to reject any PQ Application or tender that is not submitted in full before the relevant submission deadline.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://hs2.bravosolution.co.uk/web/index.html ↗
- Submission deadline
- 14 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Deposits and guarantees
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.
Timeline
3 Oct 2023 → 18 Mar 2024 · 3 dates- Notice published3 Oct 2023, 14:46 BST
- Submission deadline14 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected18 Mar 2024
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtMediation bodyReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.