Planning

River Thames Scheme - Construction Partner - Market Engagement

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

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Planning

28 Jul 2021 at 21:45

Summary of the contracting process

The Environment Agency is seeking expressions of interest for the River Thames Scheme – Construction Partner as part of a market engagement exercise. This initiative falls under construction work within the environmental protection sector, specifically targeting works along the River Thames from Egham Hythe to Teddington. The current procurement stage is planning, with market engagement activities scheduled to span from July 2021 to autumn 2022. Key dates include a deadline for questionnaire returns in October 2021, followed by a tender notice anticipated in autumn 2022 and contract award expected in summer 2024, depending on approvals.

This tender represents a substantial opportunity for businesses involved in construction and civil engineering, especially those specialising in flood control, demolition, and landscaping works. Companies well-suited to compete includes Tier 2 contractors and SMEs who can demonstrate expertise in complex infrastructure projects. By participating in the market engagement phases, businesses can provide valuable feedback to shape the project and position themselves favourably for future procurement processes, potentially leading to significant contracts valued at approximately £250 to £275 million.

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Notice Title

River Thames Scheme - Construction Partner - Market Engagement

Notice Description

This notice is only an invitation to express interest to participate in a market engagement exercise for the River Thames Scheme. The Environment Agency and Surrey County Council, through a collaboration partnership, are issuing this PIN for the purpose of seeking organisations that wish to take part in Market Engagement exercises, Phase 1 to Phase 5 before we start a formal procurement process, for which a separate contract notice will be issued. Organisations should ensure that they express their interest for all the relevant phases of the market engagement process so that their intent is correctly noted by the Environment Agency. The Environment Agency has already developed outline design proposals and an initial procurement and contract strategy for the delivery phases of the River Thames Scheme, which will involve a range of works to reduce flood risk from the River Thames between Egham Hythe, Staines and Teddington weir. The Environment Agency intends to test this strategy and the outline design proposals through Phase 1, 2 and 3 of the Market Engagement whilst undertaking the Environmental Impact Assessment and preparing for the consenting process. Our current project programme intends to initiate publishing a contract notice and the tender documents in the autumn of 2022 with contract award anticipated in summer 2024 (subject to required approvals). We are seeking feedback from the supply market to help us shape our current strategy, design, contracting and risk management proposals to ensure delivery in the most efficient and effective way.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Environment Agency are looking to bring on board a Construction Partner for the River Thames Scheme. Our current project programme aims to initiate a procurement exercise in autumn of 2022 with contract award anticipated summer 2024 (subject to required approvals). Up to July 2020, the RTS included a flood channel in three sections but, following confirmation of the funding position, channel section 1 is now removed. The scope of the Construction Partner Contract and main works include the detailed design and construction of new flood channel built in 2 channel sections: First section (Runnymede channel) - Egham Hythe to Chertsey Second section (Shepperton channel) - Laleham to Shepperton Other works include the following areas: Includes increasing the flow capacity of existing Sunbury, Molesey and Teddington weirs Increasing the capacity near the Desborough Cut Utility diversion works New road and pedestrian bridges to accommodate the new channel sections New permanent compounds for Environment Agency operational use Demolition of residential properties to make way for the Runnymede channel Landscaping works including creation of areas for community use post construction and areas of habitat created to mitigate impacts during construction Earthworks including excavation, material storage, treatment, logistics and disposal of material including landfill waste, topsoil, alluvium and gravels. The following areas sit out of scope from the construction partner contract main contract: Further design and construction works on M3 motorway assets. The approximate value of the design and construction works is expected to be approximately PS250 - PS275 million. The market engagement exercise will be carried out in phases and each phase will have a different focus. The phased market engagement process is due to run from July 2021 - Autumn 2022, at which point the Environment Agency will progress with the pre- tender briefing phase. An overview of each phase and anticipated timescales have been provided below: Phase 1 Strategy Testing (July - December 2021): This phase will test and seek market feedback on our procurement and contract strategy and current commercial approach; Phase 2 Tier 2 and SME engagement (August 2021 - Jan 2022): This is a targeted engagement event to receive feedback from Tier 2 and SME's in the NEC scope planning and risk approach; Phase 3 Design, scope and site information (April - September 2022) : An opportunity for the market to review our outline design proposals, survey information, summary of our constraints, construction planning, site information etc. that will become part of the NEC ECC Scope; Phase 4 Contract Testing (February - May 2022: This phase will test and seek market feedback on the draft contract, contract risk allocation, incentive model etc; Phase 5 tender briefing (November 2022): This phase will provide an overview of our tender process and tender requirements prior to issuing the formal contract notice and tender documents. Additional information will be provided via the Defra e-sourcing portal, Bravo, which can be accessed using this link https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html. Interested suppliers must register on the portal, then search for the project code - 33469 or project title - River Thames Scheme - Construction Partner, in the "Current Opportunities" area. Please ensure that your organisation is registered in order to gain access to the briefing documents and questionnaires to take part in the Phase 1 Strategy testing of the market engagement process. In case of any queries, please email: RTS_Commercial@environment-agency.gov.uk

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02cdcb
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018013-2021
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work


CPV Codes

45000000 - Construction work

45110000 - Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work

45112700 - Landscaping work

45200000 - Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

45210000 - Building construction work

45221245 - Under-river tunnel construction work

45233100 - Construction work for highways, roads

45240000 - Construction work for water projects

45246000 - River regulation and flood control works

45262000 - Special trade construction works other than roof works

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£275,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Jul 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
18 Nov 2022Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
Contact Name
Ben Rawlings
Contact Email
rts_commercial@environment-agency.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 2072385921

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 4DR
Post Town
South West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
Vincent Square
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

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