Enabling Civil's Works (Package 2) (ECW2)

Concepts

• enabling civils works
• birmingham
• complete or part construction
• enabling civils
• construction work
• civil engineering
• civil's works
• package
• ecw2
• route road improvement schemes

Location

Birmingham

Description

The Enabling Civils Works (Package 2) (ECW2) Contract is to carry out the enabling civils works for HS2 Phase 2a, consisting of the construction of a bridge and associated slip roads across the M6 motorway at Yarnfield Lane, Stone, Staffordshire, together with highways improvements to Yarnfield lane; and off-route road improvement schemes at 20 locations across the line of route that are intended to mitigate the effects of increased traffic numbers during the main HS2 construction works with associated survey works. The Contract included route wide engineering and environmental surveys to inform the design of the railway.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Contract Scope included route wide engineering and environmental surveys to inform the design of the railway.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 45200000 - Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
• 45230000 - Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice (“VEAT Notice”) pursuant to Regulation 88 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (“UCR”) relating to a variation agreement to increase the value of an awarded contract. The Enabling Civils Works (Package 2) (ECW2) Contract was awarded at a value of £13, 001, 534.26, for Stage One on 8 July 2021 with a completion date of 22 March 2023. The Contract Scope included route wide engineering and environmental surveys to inform the design of the railway and includes a schedule of rates within the Contract. This VEAT Notice is being issued to confirm that that High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd intends to increase the total value of the contract by £20,000,000.00. The total contract value after executing the variation agreement excluding VAT is £35,483,313.33. The increase in contract value is to account for a higher volume of surveys being required than originally estimated. The scope of the services has not changed. The Schedule of Rates, coupled with the contractual mechanisms in place allow for the varying of survey scope within the Contract. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited considers the increase in contract value is a modification that does not require a new procurement procedure in accordance with UCR Reg 88.- (1)(a) High Speed Two (HS2) Limited intends to enter into the modification not sooner than 30 days after the date that immediately follows the date of publication of this VEAT Notice.

Other Information

ECW2 was awarded via a secondary competition using the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Construction, Works and Services (CWAS) Framework. This tender included a schedule of rates for environmental surveys provided by the tenderers, to be used to price any additional survey scope that was to be instructed to the winning Contractor once in contract.