TRHS0025 Euston Delivery Company (EDC) Programme Challenge and Assurance Partner

EDC will be acting through the DfT in relation to the P-CAP while it scales up its operating capability. EDC will be conducting the preliminary market engagement for the anticipated P-CAP procurement, with technical and procurement support from the DfT and High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd. it is expected that EDC will be the contracting authority for any subsequent procurement that arises out of the Potential Opportunity, although this is to be confirmed.

The intention for preliminary market engagement is to undertake desktop (questionnaire-based) engagement starting from w/c 12 October 2026, which may be followed by targeted virtual one-one or roundtable meetings with selected respondents to the initial questionnaire.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of this preliminary market engagement include:

• Raising awareness of EDC’s plans.
• Assessing market capability and appetite.
• Seeking views on the opportunity to inform the development of tender documents.
• Testing available routes to market for the specialist services required.
• Supporting estimation of the costs of the services.
• Understanding potential (e.g. consortium) bid structures.

STRUCTURE

This initial stage of preliminary market engagement will be structured as follows:

Parties interested in participating should register their interest and return a signed copy of their Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) by 11:00, Tuesday 20 October 2026

Parties who have met this deadline will receive a Market Engagement Briefing Document relating to the project and a link to the Market Engagement Questionnaire. The Questionnaire seeks to capture participants’ feedback on specific aspects of the proposed approach described in the Briefing Document, and should be fully completed on the survey link no later than 12:00, Friday 30 October 2026.

Participants who return a questionnaire may be invited to one-to-one meetings or roundtable discussions (subject to levels of interest), currently anticipated between Monday 23 November and Friday 04 December, to explore in more detail certain aspects of the Questionnaire responses. Further details of this approach (including specific categories of participants who may be invited to one-to-one meetings or roundtable discussions) are set out in the following section and in the Market Engagement Briefing Document.

PARTICIPATION

This initial stage of preliminary market engagement is generally open to all persons who are interested (or may be interested) in providing services within the scope of the preliminary market engagement notice (including potential sub-contractors or consortium members). However, you may only be invited to participate in aspects of the exercise that are considered relevant to you, based on your potential role in the delivery of the services, which you will be asked to explain in the questionnaire.

DfT reserves the right to undertake a verification exercise in respect of those Organisations who respond to the Questionnaire and wish to attend one-to-one meetings or roundtable discussions. Organisations that are not invited to one-to-one meetings or roundtable discussions will be offered the opportunity to seek clarification on the reasons for this and highlight or provide any material information that may not have been fully considered as part of the assessment. DfT will review such information but reserves the right to determine, in its discretion, whether to amend the decision in light of the clarification process.

REGISTRATION FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT

If you would like to take part in this engagement, you must formally express your interest by 11:00, Tuesday 20 October 2026 via the Jaggaer online portal using the following link: dft.app.jaggaer.com/go/8600417901A0EC3A3450 ↗

To register your interest in the preliminary market engagement, please ensure you:

Upload a signed copy of the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) - note that the NDA must be accepted in its standard form and must not be amended.

Provide the organisation, names, positions and email addresses of up to two attendees who will represent your organisation.

If you are not already registered on the Department for Transport's e-sourcing platform Jaggaer, you can register via the following link:

dft.app.jaggaer.com ↗

OTHER INFORMATION

Organisations wishing to participate should note that engaging in this preliminary market engagement exercise, including completing and returning a post-engagement questionnaire response, is not a prerequisite to participating in any subsequent competitive process.

DfT and EDC will review responses to this engagement process and may conduct further iterative engagement processes, as it may require.

In any subsequent procurement DfT/EDC will make all relevant market engagement documents available to potential suppliers.

Participation in this market engagement exercise (including attendance at a market engagement event) will be wholly at each responding organisation’s own cost. No expenses or costs incurred by any organisation responding to this notice and/or participating in this engagement process will be reimbursed by the DfT, HS2 or EDC.

This market engagement exercise and any associated documents or communications should not be regarded as an investment recommendation or defined opportunity. No information contained in the documents or in any communication made between DfT, HS2 or EDC and any organisation in connection with any aspect of this market engagement exercise shall be relied upon as constituting a contract, agreement or representation that any contract shall be awarded.

Whether or not the DfT or EDC subsequently commences a procurement and/or thereafter awards any contract related to this potential opportunity shall be solely at its discretion.