Mid Cornwall Metro Implementation Agreement

Concepts

• truro
• construction work
• mid-cornwall metro
• mid cornwall metro implementation agreement
• cornwall council
• metro
• cornwall
• railways and cable transport systems
• railway service vehicles
• railway freight wagons

Location

Truro

Description

Implementation Agreement with respect to the ‘Mid-Cornwall Metro Enhancement Scheme’ to develop infrastructure enhancements aimed at supporting an increase in train services on the Newquay Branch, extending services on to the Cornwall Main Line and on to the Falmouth Branch line.

Total Quantity or Scope

An Implementation Agreement with respect to the ‘Mid-Cornwall Metro Enhancement Scheme’ to develop infrastructure enhancements aimed at supporting an increase in train services on the Newquay Branch, extending services on to the Cornwall Main Line and on to the Falmouth Branch line. The work builds on feasibility work and a strategic outline business case (SOBC) for Mid-Cornwall Metro for which £1.5m was awarded to the project through the DfT’s ‘Restoring your Railway’ programme A FBC was submitted by Network rail to DfT at the end of March 2023 with GRIP 3 and 4 activities due to be completed by the summer of 2023. The Project seeks to enable service levels on the branch line to increase from 8 trains a day in each direction to 1 train per hour between Newquay and Par. This will subsequently support the introduction of an hourly direct service linking the urban centres of Newquay, St Austell, Truro, Penryn and Falmouth. One of the objectives of the Mid-Cornwall Metro scheme is the development, design and delivery of an ‘access for all’ footbridge at Par. This Agreement covers design services (including detailed design) that shall be undertaken from June 2023 up to completion. Services The Services to be provided by Network Rail include: (a) Services of the Network Rail sponsor and any other supporting resources to provide ongoing contract management, guidance and support relating to the necessary consents and commercial agreements. (b) Design Services including monitoring progress of detailed design and working drawings. (c) Project management services and support necessary to manage the efficient and timely completion of the Project. (d) Services of a Designated Project Engineer and Project Engineers for relevant engineering disciplines. (e) Attendance at periodic progress meetings and workshops and to regularly report on progress and technical aspects of contract(s) in place to deliver the Works Requirements. Production of reports. (f) Provision of information that Network Rail has in its possession, and which is reasonably requested by the Customer, or the Customer on behalf of Department for Transport. (g) Administration and management of Railway Possessions and isolations procedures, scheduling and reporting relating to the Works. (h) Undertaking surveys. (i) Undertaking and administration of Commissioning procedures. (j) Applying for Necessary Consents where Network Rail is responsible for obtaining such consents. (k) Services of Network Rail resources from liabilities, level crossings and legal teams to support the required closures of level crossings including negotiations with authorised users. (l) Provision of support to the Customer during statutory processes to extinguish rights for road users over level crossings that are being closed or altered. (m) Monitor and regularly update estimated costs relating to Regulated Change, including notifying the Customer if the costs are forecast to exceed the estimate specified in Schedule 3, paragraph 4 Estimated Project Cost. The Works comprise: (a) Re-instatement of a second platform at Newquay capable of accommodating local services with retention of the existing platform capable of accommodating both local and long-distance services. (b) Installation of a passing loop on the Newquay branch line capable of accommodating a 10 car IET (Intercity Express Train). (c) Installation of a suitable signalling system to control the new passing loop at Tregoss Moor and the route into the additional platform at Newquay. (d) Upgrades/closures to user worked, footpath and level crossings as deemed necessary by risk assessments, and any associated line speed increases through the crossings sections. (e) Alterations/Closures and downgrades to footpath, user worked and to level crossings in the Trencreek & Chapel areas to support an air right easement agreement between Network Rail and Cornwall Council in relation to the Hendra-Nansledan Overbridge Scheme. (f) Removal of token system between St Blazey and Goonbarrow to aid reduction in journey times. To complete the Works, detailed design needs to be completed. Network Rail shall produce: • An updated indicative programme for design, delivery, hand-back and close-out. • Confirmed possession strategy for the delivery stages. • Continued scrutiny of costs to support the Customer’s financial forecasting and budgeting. • Surveys which include: • CCTV drainage surveys in Newquay and Tregoss Moor • Additional topographical surveys and ecological surveys with associated reports including any additional consents required. • Retaining wall surveys at Newquay railway station.  A design package including completion of detail design for the following disciplines: • Track • Signalling / control systems in association with the panel at Goonbarrow and St Blazey Signal Boxes. • Telecoms • Electrical & Plant • Civils • Deliverables • A design package that addresses/mitigates issues around deliverability, costs, and contingencies for potential cost overrun. • A strategy for delivery and draft implementation agreement for delivery of the works, which will be subject to the governance of both the Customer and Network Rail. • Estimated cost breakdowns for the infrastructure works required to deliver the Mid Cornwall Metro scheme and the ‘access for all’ footbridge at Par. • An updated indicative programme for design, delivery, hand-back and close-out. • Confirmed possession strategy for the delivery stages. • Estimated cost plan reviewed against the overall cost estimate from the Contractor for PACE 2 to PACE 4, to support the Customer’s financial forecasting and budgeting. • Surveys which include: • CCTV drainage surveys in Newquay and Goss Moor; • Additional topographical surveys and ecological surveys with associated reports including any additional consents required; and, • Retaining wall surveys at Newquay railway station. • Detail design for the following disciplines: • Track • (ii) Signalling / control systems in association with the panel at Goonbarrow and St Blazey Signal boxes. • (iii) Telecoms • (iv) Electrical & Plant • (v) Civils • Commence Station Change for alterations at Newquay. • Commence Network Change • Commence statutory process relating to level crossing alterations. Necessary Consents to be obtained by Network Rail • Network Rail to submit Station Change, • Network Rail to submit Network Change, • Network Rail to seek environmental consents

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 45234000 - Construction work for railways and cable transport systems
• 34621000 - Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons
• 34632000 - Railways traffic-control equipment
• 34941800 - Railway points
• 34942000 - Signalling equipment
• 34942200 - Signalling boxes
• 34943000 - Train-monitoring system
• 34944000 - Points heating system
• 34945000 - Track-alignment machinery
• 34946100 - Railway-track construction materials
• 34946110 - Rails
• 34946120 - Railway materials
• 34946200 - Railway-track construction supplies
• 34946230 - Rail clips, bedplates and ties
• 34946231 - Rail clips
• 45213320 - Construction work for buildings relating to railway transport
• 45213321 - Railway station construction work
• 45213322 - Rail terminal building construction work
• 45221112 - Railway bridge construction work
• 45221122 - Railway viaduct construction work
• 45221200 - Construction work for tunnels, shafts and subways
• 45221213 - Covered or partially-covered railway excavations
• 45221242 - Railway tunnel construction work
• 45234100 - Railway construction works
• 45234110 - Intercity railway works
• 45234111 - City railway construction work
• 45234112 - Railway depot construction work
• 45234113 - Demolition of tracks
• 45234114 - Railway embankment construction work
• 45234115 - Railway signalling works
• 45234116 - Track construction works
• 45234120 - Urban railway works
• 45234129 - Urban railway track construction works
• 45234130 - Ballast construction works
• 45234140 - Level crossing construction works
• 45234160 - Catenary's construction works
• 45234170 - Locomotive-substations construction works
• 45234180 - Construction work for railways workshop
• 45235000 - Construction work for airfields, runways and manoeuvring surfaces
• 45236000 - Flatwork
• 45237000 - Stage construction works
• 48140000 - Railway traffic control software package
• 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
• 60200000 - Railway transport services
• 63711000 - Support services for railway transport
• 66514130 - Railway insurance services
• 71311230 - Railway engineering services
• 72212140 - Railway traffic control software development services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

As the sole owner and operator of the national rail network including all of the network’s assets and liabilities and the land that the railway sits on, Network Rail are afforded exclusive rights over the rail network for the purposes of Regulation 32(2)(b)(iii) of the PCR 2015 and as such the Council have no other reasonable alternative than to award contracts in connection with the rail network to Network Rail.