Official UK procurement notice
South Lancaster Growth Catalyst - Railway Structure
Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLancashire County Council is to undertake a significant highway infrastructure intervention to increase the highway capacity north of Galgate village and south of Lancaster University to cater for additional traffic anticipated to be generated as a result of the development of residential properties at Bailrigg Garden Village. As part of the development a highway link is required which will cross beneath the West Coast Main Line Track. Lancashire intends to award a contract for the design and construction of the railway link to Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
CPV: Railway construction works · Railway tunnel construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lancashire County Council is to undertake significant highway works that includes a…
Lancashire County Council is to undertake significant highway works that includes a reconfiguration of the highways structure north of Galgate village and south of Lancaster University. Included in the development of the infrastructure will be a highway link which will cross beneath the West Coast Main Line, which is the twin track main north-south rail connection in the west of England.
The contract is for the design and construction of the railway structure that will form part of the highway link which will cross beneath the railway track and provide connectivity between the village spine road and the upgraded infrastructure on the other side of the West Coast Main Line.
The railway track in this area is on a high embankment which precludes the highway crossing over the railway by bridge due to cost, excessive land take, visual and environmental impacts. As a consequence, the crossing will pass through the embankment under the track with a bridge supporting the track above. Construction will involve building a bridge structure adjacent to the track, full closure of the West Coast Main Line, removal of a section of the track and embankment and the new bridge inserted into place. The embankment, power, signalling and the track will then be reinstated.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Jul 2021, 15:29 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Jul 2021, 15:29 BST
- Authority reference
SLGCRS22/07/21- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-017376- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Lancashire County Council, as a contracting authority, intends to award a contract to Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd for the design and construction of a railway structure that will cross beneath the West Coast Main Line railway track and provide connectivity between the Galgate village spine road and the upgraded infrastructure on the other side of the railway line.
The contract will be placed without prior publication pursuant to The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) relying on Regulation 32, specifically Regulation 32(2)(b), that sets out an exclusion to the usual requirement for a public works contract being procured by a contracting authority to conduct a compliant competitive procurement.
Lancashire County Council is to make a direct award to Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd based on Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) because it considers competition is absent for technical reasons.
The railway infrastructure works are estimated to be of £12.5M value as part of a wider £140M infrastructure scheme where the balance of the highways infrastructure works is being competed for as a public works contract. For the £12.5M railway infrastructure works, Network Rail are already expected to provide approximately £2M of non-contestable works and are the only solution to provide the full railway infrastructure works package (contestable and non-contestable works with the contestable works awarded through Network Rail's own competed framework arrangements by mini-competition) and managing track access/possession on a critical transport asset. The scope has several aggravating factors being technically challenging and high risk compared to other railway infrastructure works opportunities. It relies on complex project management and liaison with Network Rail in any event. Network Rail are understood to have the capacity, market presence and expertise as market leaders in the rail sector for delivering works similar to Lancashire County Council's requirements with reduced interface risk and a more co-ordinated approach to reduce risk of rail service interruption.
Please note that this is a voluntary transparency notice and the contracts have not yet been awarded.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Network Rail Infrastructure | £12,500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 017376-2021-1 · Network Rail Infrastructure
- Signed
- 22 Jul 2021
- Value
- £12,500,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Network Rail Infrastructure LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.