Contract

HCC 03/22 - Provision of Conceptual Design Services for the Watford to Croxley Link (W2CL)

  • Hertfordshire County Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-024116

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02f446

Published 30 August 2022, 10:58am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Hertfordshire County Council

Pegs Lane

HERTFORD

SG13 8DE

Contact

Strategic Procurement Group

Email

evelyn.poulton@hertfordshire.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 01992556485

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKH23 - Hertfordshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.hertfordshire.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

HCC 03/22 - Provision of Conceptual Design Services for the Watford to Croxley Link (W2CL)

Reference number

HCC2213638

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Hertfordshire County Council (the ‘Council’) is currently out to procurement for the provision of Conceptual Design Services for the Watford To Croxley Link (W2CL)Through this tender process, the Council is seeking to engage multiple suppliers to concurrently and independently develop creative and feasible conceptual designs for potential mobility solutions for the W2CL. The Council is seeking to select suppliers based on their potential to generate a creative, but deliverable, viable and feasible conceptual design for the W2CL. The Council want to encourage suppliers that can develop a range of mobility solutions. Conceptual designs will need to propose solutions for each aspect of the W2CL, from the type of mobility solution to the way in which the network / route will be operatedIt is the Council’s intention to award the Contract to up to 3 Tenderers who achieve the highest score following evaluation. The deadline for submission of completed Selection Questionnaire (SQ) is 1

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £275,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services
  • 71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services
  • 71320000 - Engineering design services
  • 71322000 - Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works
  • 71240000 - Architectural, engineering and planning services
  • 71311300 - Infrastructure works consultancy services
  • 71322500 - Engineering-design services for traffic installations
  • 71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH23 - Hertfordshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

BackgroundFollowing the cancellation of the Metropolitan Line Extension (MLX) project, and recent work considering alternatives to the MLX, there is a need to now develop a new project for the Watford to Croxley Link (W2CL) between Watford Junction and Croxley because the challenges that the MLX was intended to address remain. The Council are also developing options for a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project, called the HERT, and exploring potential for the Abbey Line through the Restoring Your Railway (RYR) fund. These together with new forms of mobility coming forward means that there is a need to develop potential concept designs and mobility solutions.Tender for Concept Design ServicesThrough this tender process, the Council is seeking to engage multiple suppliers to concurrently and independently develop creative and feasible conceptual designs for potential mobility solutions for the W2CL. The Council is seeking to select suppliers based on their potential to generate a creative, but deliverable, viable and feasible conceptual design for the W2CL. The Council want to encourage suppliers that can develop a range of mobility solutions. Conceptual designs will need to propose solutions for each aspect of the W2CL, from the type of mobility solution to the way in which the network / route will be operated. These solutions must achieve the objectives of the W2CL and comply with the W2CL Council Requirements. Suppliers will need to evidence how and why their proposed solutions achieve the W2CL Council Requirements, and demonstrate that collectively the solutions provide a complete, coherent and feasible concept which illustrates to the Council what a range of potential mobility solutions could be, how they can be delivered and how they could be operated.It is the Council’s intention to award the Contract to up to 3 Tenderers who achieve the highest score following evaluation. Full details of this process are described in the Council Requirements Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to 'express interest' which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system. Please see VI.3) Additional information for further information. Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the correspondence area in the e-Tendering system, in accordance with the procurement documents and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.The estimated total value of the Contract is stated in II.1.5 of this notice Up to 3 tenderers will be awarded a Contract for Stage 1 at a value up to £25,000.00 each. Up to 2 tenderers will then be taken forward to Stage 2 with the potential additional value of up to £100,000.00 each.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 80

Price - Weighting: 20

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2022/S 000-006511


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

HCC2213638

Title

Provision of Conceptual Design Services for the Watford to Croxley Link (W2CL)

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

3 August 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 5

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 5

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Atkins Limited

Woodcote Grove, Ashley Road

Epsom

KT18 5BW

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
National registration number

688424

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

SYSTRA Limited

Third Floor, Carey Lane,

London

EC2V 8AE

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKI - London
National registration number

03383212

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Wood Group UK Limited trading as Wood Environment and Infrastructure

15 Justice Mill Lane,

Aberdeen

AB11 6EQ

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKM50 - Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
National registration number

SC296737

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £275,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £275,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Telephone

+44 20794760000

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Telephone

+44 20794760000

Country

United Kingdom