HS2 Ltd Green Asset Maintenance & Management Services

Concepts

• birmingham
• agriculture, fishing and forestry
• land management
• horticultural services
• environmental services
• environmental management
• green assets
• residual green assets
• hs2 ltd
• hs2 act

Location

Birmingham

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. HS2 Ltd has adopted a hierarchical strategy transfer Green Assets not required to safely operate the railway, firstly to original landowners, then with other third parties such as NGOs and charities, and then commercial use before any residual assets become part of the operational asset portfolio. The final volumes of Maintenance and Management of residual Green Assets will therefore be dependent upon the levels of these asset transfers. These green assets, include, but are 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. Each of these green assets have environmental aims and objectives which can only be achieved through effective maintenance and management (M&M). HS2 Ltd require Contractor(s) to undertake the M&M of these assets. It is important that M&M of green assets continues to happen to ensure that: • Our mitigation sites meet their design objectives; • We achieve our "No Net Loss" requirements and deliver the Green Corridor ambitions; • We ensure compliance with the Environmental Minimum Requirements (EMRs) and other licence conditions imparted on HS2 Ltd by statutory bodies such as Natural England; and • We avoid unnecessary reputational damage from failure of habitats and associated programme issues (cost and schedule) of rectifying.

Lot Division

Renewal Options

The initial contract period is 60 months and there is an option to extend the contract, at HS2 Ltd's sole discretion, for up to a further 60 months via single or multiple fixed term increments. The estimated values quoted in this notice include allowance for the contract extension.

CPV Codes

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

Indicators

• Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
• Bids should cover one or more lots.
• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Performance considerations apply.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

Applicants are referred to the PQP and accompanying procurement documents and to VI.3) Additional information in this Contract Notice below. 1) To express interest Applicants must complete the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) on the HS2 Ltd eSourcing portal strictly in accordance with the submission deadline stated in the procurement documents. Please note that the PQQ submission deadline is a precise time and Applicants should allow sufficient time to upload their completed PQQs; 2) HS2 Ltd will accept expressions of interest and tenders from a number of bidding models, including single entities or consortia. An Applicant may only submit one PQQ. HS2 Ltd will not accept multiple PQQs from the same organisation/economic operators, or from multiple organisations/economic operators within the same corporate group or otherwise under common ownership (whether as single Applicant or as party to a consortium); 3) All Applicants are required to express an interest by registering on the HS2 Ltd e-Sourcing portal (https://hs2.bravosolution.co.uk/web/index.html). Registration is only required once; 4) For further assistance on use of the HS2 Ltd e-Sourcing portal Applicants should contact the portal's helpdesk which is available Monday to Friday (08:00-18:00) GMT via: - email: help_uk@jaggaer.com or - telephone: +44 800 069 8630; 5) Access to the procurement documents will be conditional on the Applicant agreeing to abide by the terms of an electronic confidentiality agreement. If agreement is not received the procurement documents will remain hidden within the HS2 Ltd e-sourcing portal; 6) A response to this Contract Notice does not guarantee that an Applicant will be invited to tender. The procurement process may be terminated or suspended at any time without cost or liability to HS2 Ltd. HS2 Ltd does not bind itself to enter into any contract arising out of the procurement procedure envisaged by this Contract Notice. No contractual rights express or implied arise out of this Contract Notice or the procurement procedure envisaged by it. HS2 Ltd reserves the right to vary its requirements and the procedure relating to the conduct of the award process. HS2 Ltd reserves the right to disqualify any Applicants on terms set out in the PQQ; 7) Applicants (and subsequently Tenderers) shall be solely responsible for and liable for all costs associated with and arising out of or in connection with responding to this Contract Notice and any PQQ and with submitting any tender, howsoever incurred; 8) HS2 Ltd embraces diversity and welcomes PQQs from all suitably skilled and experienced economic operators of all sizes who can meet the requirements, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, disability or age of supplier workforce and/or ownership; 9) There is no guarantee, express or implied, that appointed Contractor(s) will receive any, or a particular volume or value of work.