Design & Build - Waterbeach Railway Station

  • Cambridgeshire County Council

F14: Notice for changes or additional information

Notice reference: 2024/S 000-013096

Published 23 April 2024, 10:40am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Cambridgeshire County Council

New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald

Huntingdon

PE28 4YE

Contact

Mr Jon Collyns

Email

Jon.Collyns@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 7775703930

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKH12 - Cambridgeshire CC

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/

Buyer's address

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Design & Build - Waterbeach Railway Station

Reference number

DN705594

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 45213321 - Railway station construction work

two.1.3) Type of contract

Works

two.1.4) Short description

This scheme delivers the relocation of Waterbeach Railway Station.

Procurement activity includes for the detailed design and construction of the scheme via appointment of a main contractor under NEC Option A/C. The scheme itself constitutes access, plaza, a new car park, platforms, foot bridge and all other required infrastructure for the new station.


Section six. Complementary information

six.6) Original notice reference

Notice number: 2024/S 000-010497


Section seven. Changes

seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice

Section number

IV.2.2

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Date

10 May 2024

Local time

12:00pm

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Date

23 August 2024

Local time

12:00pm

Section number

II.2.4

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This scheme involves the relocation of Waterbeach Railway Station.

Procurement activity includes the detailed design and construction of the scheme via appointment of a main Contractor under NEC Option A.

The scheme comprises a new railway station consisting of 2 No. platforms, accessible footbridge, and secondary means of escape (SME), a 200-space car park, taxi and bus drop-off, cycle storage, public realm, and a new access road from Cody Road. The new highway and car park will be operated and maintained by Cambridgeshire County Council.

The scheme also includes the decommissioning and demolition of the existing Waterbeach Railway Station.

It is proposed to transfer ownership, operation, and maintenance of the new station to Network Rail.

The current Station Facilities Operator (SFO) is Govia Thameslink Railway operating as Great Northern.

The Contractor will carry out the rail works as ‘Third Party Works,’ as defined in Standard NR/L2/CIV/095 and non-rail works as Outside Party works as defined in NR/L2/CIV/095.

The ES4 preliminary design has been completed by WSP as the Lead Designer and it is anticipated this will achieve the ‘Approved in Principle’ (AIP) milestone prior to the Invitation to Tender (ITT).

Sable Leigh Consultancy (SLC) are appointed as ‘Project Manager’ and Client Representative on behalf of the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP).

Volker Fitzpatrick has been undertaking Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) activities. The key outputs of the ECI work will be shared transparently as part of the tender pack.

Network Certification Body (NCB) has also been appointed in ES4 as the independent assessment body for CSM and interoperability.

The Authority have invested in an e-tendering tool in order to facilitate its tendering processes in a compliant and transparent manner.

Potential Providers will need to register an account via the "Procontract Portal" at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register before being able to view the full tender details.

In order to access the tender documentation, click "Find Opportunities", then on the drop-down menu, filter by "Cambridgeshire Public Services" by clicking on "Update" to find the relevant opportunity or alternatively within the organisations drop down select Cambridgeshire County Council to also find the relevant opportunity.

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This scheme involves the relocation of Waterbeach Railway Station.

Procurement activity includes the detailed design and construction of the scheme via appointment of a main Contractor under NEC Option A.

The scheme comprises a new railway station consisting of 2 No. platforms, accessible footbridge, and secondary means of escape (SME), a 200-space car park, taxi and bus drop-off, cycle storage, public realm, and a new access road from Cody Road. The new highway and car park will be operated and maintained by Cambridgeshire County Council.

The scheme also includes the decommissioning and demolition of the existing Waterbeach Railway Station.

It is proposed to transfer ownership, operation, and maintenance of the new station to Network Rail.

The current Station Facilities Operator (SFO) is Govia Thameslink Railway operating as Great Northern.

The Contractor will carry out the rail works as ‘Third Party Works,’ as defined in Standard NR/L2/CIV/095 and non-rail works as Outside Party works as defined in NR/L2/CIV/095.

The ES4 preliminary design has been completed by WSP as the Lead Designer and it is anticipated this will achieve the ‘Approved in Principle’ (AIP) milestone prior to the Invitation to Tender (ITT).

Sable Leigh Consultancy (SLC) are appointed as ‘Project Manager’ and Client Representative on behalf of the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP).

Volker Fitzpatrick has been undertaking Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) activities. The key outputs of the ECI work will be shared transparently as part of the tender pack.

Network Certification Body (NCB) has also been appointed in ES4 as the independent assessment body for CSM and interoperability.

The Authority have invested in an e-tendering tool in order to facilitate its tendering processes in a compliant and transparent manner.

Potential Providers will need to register an account via the "Procontract Portal" at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register before being able to view the full tender details.

In order to access the tender documentation, click "Find Opportunities", then on the drop-down menu, filter by "Cambridgeshire Public Services" by clicking on "Update" to find the relevant opportunity or alternatively within the organisations drop down select Cambridgeshire County Council to also find the relevant opportunity.

The GCP are the delivery organisation for the Railway Station, however part of the funding is due to be provided by the developer of the wider Waterbeach New Town. Due to a delay in the legal agreement required between the GCP and the developer, GCP has taken the decision to delay the full ITT until November 2024. It should be made clear that the GCP is committed to delivery of the station and are confident that an agreement will be reached by November. However, it would not be appropriate to enter a full ITT until this is in place. The dates expected for the contract have been updated as appropriate, and the closing date for the SQ has now been moved back to Friday 23 August at 12 noon.

We have also taken the opportunity to review the requirements associated with company turnover, this has been reduced, and in line with a revised estimated Contract value for the Design and Construction now put at between £20m and £30m, we can confirm that we are reducing the requirement for bidders to demonstrate a turnover of £30m per annum.