Section one: Contracting entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
1 Eversholt Street
London
NW1 2DN
Contact
Anitta Hanno
anitta.hanno@networkrail.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1908781000
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.6) Main activity
Railway services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Midlands Rail Hub - Market Engagement
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 45234100 - Railway construction works
two.1.3) Type of contract
Works
two.1.4) Short description
Network Rail is publishing this Period Indicative Notice (PIN) to invite organisations to the Midlands Rail Hub (MRH) market briefing session and request responses to the market sounding questionnaire (MSQ). Please supply your email address if you would like to attend the briefing session which will take place via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 21st June 2022 at 10:00 GMT for approximately 30-40 minutes (subject to change) and/or if you would like to respond to the MSQ.
This notice is not a call for competition, but advertisement of a market briefing session and MSQ for the MRH programme of works.
The market briefing session will provide the market with an overview of MRH’s scope and objectives as well as the current thinking on how the MRH programme of works may be procured.
Following the briefing session, organisations will be invited to complete a MSQ in order for Network Rail to obtain feedback on topics including capacity, proposed procurement strategy and proposed commercial and incentive model.
Following the briefing session and consideration of responses to the MSQ, Network Rail may or may not undertake further market engagement including but not limited to further consultation questionnaires and/or workshops as Network Rail considers necessary.
Should you wish to attend the market briefing session and/or provide feedback via the MSQ, please register your interest by providing a maximum of three email addresses via the Eventbrite link provided below and, where you are able to attend the session, accept the Microsoft Teams invite to follow. Please register interest by 17th June 2022 to ensure a place at the briefing. Organisations who are unable to attend the briefing session may still participate in the MSQ which will be issued alongside a slide deck summarising the key information from the briefing session.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/midlands-rail-hub-market-engagement-tickets-358526160397
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,500,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 45234100 - Railway construction works
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
Main site or place of performance
Midlands Rail Hub intervention sites across East and West Midlands.
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The MRH programme of works currently consists of eight multidisciplinary infrastructure interventions to be undertaken across the East and West Midlands with the core purpose, and combined output, of providing up to 12 additional services per hour between central Birmingham and key regional cities and transport hubs.
Network Rail currently envisages that intervention requirements will include the design and build of: new platforms and sidings; two new chords into Birmingham Moor Street; widening of existing viaduct; power supply upgrades; new freight loops; new overhead line equipment (OLE) and various signalling works.
The majority of the programme is still undergoing options selection and so the exact work scope and procurement strategy are yet to be finalised.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
16 January 2023
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Non-participation in this market engagement exercise shall not prevent any supplier from participating in any future procurements. Network Rail is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party participating in this market engagement exercise. Network Rail cannot guarantee that it will incorporate all or any feedback received into any subsequent procurement event or that Network Rail will proceed with one or more procurement events.
Where Network Rail proceeds with one or more procurement events for the MRH programme of works, relevant material from the market briefing session and any Q&A will be made available as part of the documentation for the relevant procurement event.