Notice Information
Notice Title
Advisory & Execution Services - for financing & raising debt for strategic projects
Notice Description
Finance & debt advisory services in the financing of new projects that will enable a significant increase in passenger volumes. The scale and complexity of the financing workstreams of these projects necessitates the appointment of advisory support for the negotiations with existing and prospective lenders, ratings agencies, and the raising of project finance.
Procurement Information
We are seeking to rely on paragraph 13 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, as we consider that the ground of urgency applies. These projects are still not confirmed to be viable or proceeding, but if they do proceed now we will not be able to finance the projects that will be required. If it is not in place we will not be able to progress the construction part of the projects and we consider that this would mean we do not have the ability to respond to access requests to the High Speed 1 line and meet our requirements to provide capacity as Infrastructure Manager and owner of the concession. We consider it is strictly necessary to proceed with this immediately in order to ensure that we are not in breach of our obligations under either the Railways (Access, Management and Licensing of Railway Undertakings) Regulations 2016 or our Concession Agreement with the Secretary of State.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d2e0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067989-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66122000 - Corporate finance and venture capital services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £2,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 19 Dec 2025 - 30 Dec 2026 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HS1 LIMITED (TRADING AS LONDON ST. PANCRAS HIGHSPEED)
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@stpancras-highspeed.com
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- N1 9AG
- Post Town
- North London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI43 Haringey and Islington
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Islington
- Electoral Ward
- Caledonian
- Westminster Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067989-2025
23rd October 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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