Contract

ABANDONED - Green Assets Maintenance & Management Procurement

  • HS2

F06: Contract award notice – utilities

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-085493

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-042bbf (view related notices)

Published 22 December 2025, 3:21pm



Section one: Contracting entity

one.1) Name and addresses

HS2

High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd, Two Snowhill, Queensway

Birmingham

B4 6GA

Email

scc@hs2.org.uk

Telephone

+44 2079443000

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.hs2.org.uk

Buyer's address

www.hs2.org.uk

one.6) Main activity

Railway services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

ABANDONED - Green Assets Maintenance & Management Procurement

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

As part of the High Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017 (HS2 Act), HS2 Ltd has a legal requirement to mitigate its environmental effects. In addition, HS2 Ltd has a requirement through agreements with the Department for Transport to provide environmental benefits. These requirements and provision of benefits include the provision of green assets.

HS2 Ltd has acquired much of its land temporarily to construct the railway. Some of this land has been or will be developed into environmental mitigation sites (Green Assets), which range from sites compensating for the loss of grassland, scrub and woodland habitats to new receptor sites for ancient woodland soils, amphibians and reptiles as well as other ecological and landscape mitigation sites. Collectively, this is referred to as our Green Corridor, which, once delivered, will span 3,500ha.

Previously HS2 Ltd was intending to appoint Contractor(s) to undertake the Maintenance and Management of green assets which included, but was not limited to the following:

• Woodlands;

• Grasslands;

• Hedgerows;

• Ponds, ditches and other non-engineering related drainage features; and

• Habitat, including bat houses, reptile banks and hibernacula.

HS2 is currently undergoing a programme review to reset the HS2 project (the “Reset”). A decision has been made to abandon the Green Assets Maintenance & Management (GAM&M) procurement due to the revised timings of the programme.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Abandoned - Maintenance and Management of Phase 1 Area North

Lot No

Lot 1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 45112700 - Landscaping work
  • 70332100 - Land management services
  • 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
  • 77300000 - Horticultural services
  • 90700000 - Environmental services
  • 90710000 - Environmental management
  • 90720000 - Environmental protection
  • 90914000 - Car park cleaning services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The procurement was for a Contractor to provide the services described in the procurement documents under an amended NEC3 Term Service Contract. The contract Award would have been for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend, at HS2 Ltd's sole discretion, for up to a further 5 years via single or multiple fixed term increments.

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

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Abandoned - Maintenance and Management of Phase 1 Area Central / South

Lot No

Lot 2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 45112700 - Landscaping work
  • 70332100 - Land management services
  • 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
  • 77300000 - Horticultural services
  • 90700000 - Environmental services
  • 90710000 - Environmental management
  • 90714000 - Environmental auditing
  • 90720000 - Environmental protection

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The procurement was for a Contractor to provide the services described in the procurement documents under an amended NEC3 Term Service Contract. The contract Award would have been for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend, at HS2 Ltd's sole discretion, for up to a further 5 years via single or multiple fixed term increments.

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

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Abandoned - Maintenance and Management of Phase 1 land within the security fence and any operationally sensitive slopes or cuttings.

Lot No

Lot 3

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 45112700 - Landscaping work
  • 70332100 - Land management services
  • 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
  • 77300000 - Horticultural services
  • 90700000 - Environmental services
  • 90710000 - Environmental management
  • 90714000 - Environmental auditing
  • 90720000 - Environmental protection

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The procurement was for a Contractor to provide the services described in the procurement documents under an amended NEC3 Term Service Contract. The contract Award would have been for an initial period of 5 years with the option to extend, at HS2 Ltd's sole discretion, for up to a further 5 years via single or multiple fixed term increments.

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

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition

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: 2024/S 000-000679

four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a periodic indicative notice

The contracting entity will not award any further contracts based on the above periodic indicative notice


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

2750

Title

Green Assets Maintenance & Management Lot 1,2 & 3

A contract/lot is awarded: No

five.1) Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded

Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

HS2 is currently undergoing a programme review to reset the HS2 project (the “Reset”). A decision has been made to abandon the GAM&M procurement due to the revised timings of the programme.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court

High Court, Royal Courts of Justice

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom