Planning

Humber 2025 Infrastructure Engagement Event

ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS

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Planning

07 Feb 2025 at 09:56

Summary of the contracting process

Associated British Ports (ABP), headquartered in London, is planning a market engagement event for its Humber 2025 Infrastructure project, inviting expressions of interest from relevant contractors and supply chains. This event will cover upcoming infrastructure procurement plans for the ABP Humber region for 2025/2026, focusing on civil infrastructure projects, including bulk warehousing, large-scale vehicle parking, heavy-duty paving, minor civil works, industrial refurbishment, and marine quay upgrades. The engagement aims to gather feedback to refine delivery options and procurement strategies while considering sustainability and social value. The initial market engagement day is scheduled for March 31, 2025.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in civil infrastructure, building projects, and maintenance frameworks. The outlined projects, estimated at £70 million for 2025 and a further £120 million for 2026, will support various sectors across the Humber ports, such as energy, vehicles, containers, and bulk cargo. The investment plans aim to enhance existing and new operations, providing potential partners the chance to contribute to substantial regional development. Businesses with expertise in large-scale construction, industrial infrastructure, and sustainable solutions are particularly well-suited to participate and benefit from the expansive scope of work and high-value contracts.

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Notice Title

Humber 2025 Infrastructure Engagement Event

Notice Description

The purpose of this PIN is to invite expressions of interest to participate in the market engagement exercise. The aim of this market engagement stage is to share the ABP Humber region 2025 / 2026 infrastructure procurement pipeline and engage further with the market to gather feedback and understand market capability and capacity to support our ambitions, explore delivery options and strategies, and identify commercial and procurement approaches that would best facilitate meeting value and programme objectives. Approaches to sustainability and social value objectives will be encompassed. The process is primarily aimed at contractors, and supply chain with relevant experience of civil infrastructure projects, building projects and minor civil works and maintenance frameworks. We are particularly interested in the following scope of supply: Bulk warehousing, Large scale vehicle parking facilities and heavy duty paving , Minor civil works frameworks.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Associated British Ports (ABP) is the UK's largest ports group providing essential gateways across the UK to keep Britain trading and enabling the green infrastructure essential for the UK's energy transition. The Humber region ports, including Immingham, Grimsby, Hull, and Goole, handle a trade value of approximately PS75 billion, supporting sectors such as energy, vehicles, containers, bulk cargo, liquid cargo, and forest products. Overall, Humber ports support around 34,000 jobs.ABP have exciting plans to invest in transformational change across the Humber region. These investments will support both existing and new customers by enhancing their business operations with new and upgraded industrial facilities, parking terminals, marine infrastructure upgrades to handle increased cargo volume and loading. Additionally further investment will protect the environment, provide infrastructure essential for the transition to green energy and maintenance solutions for operations. Our ambitious plans for the ports offer substantial opportunities in the region. We aim to collaborate with our partners and a broad supply chain to create a world-class facility while maintaining sustainable goals and driving technical innovation. We plan to engage with the market to share details of these opportunities and gather feedback on procurement, contract strategy, buildability, sustainability, and social value.Our initial market engagement day will focus on bulk warehousing, industrial units, civil works including extensive parking, industrial bulk mechanical handling equipment, industrial refurbishment, and marine quay upgrades. Additionally, we will cover requirements for minor civil works and a reactive maintenance framework.We invite the market to join us for this event and contribute your experience and any innovative insights to these outline scope requirements. The purpose of this PIN is to invite expressions of interest to participate in the market engagement exercise. The aim of this market engagement stage is to share the ABP Humber region 2025 / 2026 infrastructure procurement pipeline and engage further with the market to gather feedback and understand market capability and capacity to support our ambitions, explore delivery options and strategies, and identify commercial and procurement approaches that would best facilitate meeting value and programme objectives. Approaches to sustainability and social value objectives will be encompassed. Insights and feedback gathered from the early engagement will inform the final procurement strategy.The process is primarily aimed at contractors, and supply chain with relevant experience of civil infrastructure projects, building projects and minor civil works and maintenance frameworks. We are particularly interested in the following scope of supply: o Bulk warehousingo Large scale vehicle parking facilities and heavy duty paving o Quay wall strengtheningo Industrial refurbishment and heavy duty concrete slabs o Minor civil works frameworks o Reactive maintenance frameworks. o Line markingEstimated value - The Indicative value of the 2025 project pipeline PS70m, with a further estimated PS120m in 2026. Projects range in value from PS2.5 - PS60m with the minor civils works and reactive maintenance framework estimated value PS16m. The market engagement exercise will be carried out in a single phase. A market engagement event will be held for ABP to share the pipeline and high-level requirements. The event will include an open Q&A session and the opportunity to have one-to-one discussions with the ABP Team. Following this further data will be captured via questionnaires. Following the market engagement exercise, ABP will consider the outcomes. If a decision is made to proceed, a procurement strategy will be developed in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023. A compliant procedure will be undertaken to appoint suitably qualified supplier/s for the design and delivery . Additional information: This Prior Information Notice does not constitute a call for completion to procure any works or services and in not published to reduce time limits for the receipt of tenders. ABP are not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party responding to the Prior Information Notice or any party who may participated in any future procurement process.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dc95
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004100-2025
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

45210000 - Building construction work

45213000 - Construction work for commercial buildings, warehouses and industrial buildings, buildings relating to transport

45220000 - Engineering works and construction works

45223300 - Parking lot construction work

45240000 - Construction work for water projects

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Feb 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
30 Mar 2025Expired
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
ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS
Contact Name
Group Procurement
Contact Email
procurement@abports.co.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
WC2E 9ES
Post Town
Central 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
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

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