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Ground Investigations

EAST WEST RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

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Summary of the contracting process

East West Railway Company Limited procured ground investigation works for rail infrastructure development in the United Kingdom. The work supports infrastructure design and the Development Consent Order process by investigating ground conditions in areas critical to the design, including major structures and locations with known geotechnical complexity. Findings are intended to inform earthwork slope angles, foundation design, the suitability of excavated material for reuse as fill, contaminated-land management, retaining-wall and drainage design, and temporary works. The requirement is classified as construction work. It covers surveys and boreholes, including additional surveys required as the design develops and new risks or opportunities are identified. The work relates to Phase 1 ground investigations and supports both preliminary and detailed design activities.

The procurement has been awarded through a selective restricted procedure using the RISQS qualification system and a dynamic purchasing system. Five bids were recorded. The single lot is marked cancelled, but two active awards identify Concept Engineering Consultants Ltd as supplier, with corresponding active contracts. One contract is valued at £6,308,167.33 and the other at £25,000,000, both in GBP; the figures are reported separately and have not been combined. Both contracts were signed on 10 October 2024. The second contract has a 720-day period. Evaluation weighted geotechnical and geoenvironmental quality at 42%, health, wellbeing, safety and security at 21%, environmental sustainability and social value at 7%, and pricing at 30%. The £25 million contract was amended to increase its value for additional ground investigations and continued delivery pending replacement arrangements.

This procurement indicates demand for specialist ground investigation capability within a major rail infrastructure programme. Relevant suppliers would need to deliver surveys and boreholes that produce dependable geotechnical and geoenvironmental evidence for earthworks, structures, foundations, drainage, retaining walls, temporary works, contaminated land and material reuse. Experience of working where investigations directly inform evolving rail design and Development Consent Order requirements would be particularly relevant. Competitors should be able to manage additional investigations as design development identifies new risks, opportunities or areas requiring further evidence, while maintaining continuity of delivery. The evaluation shows that technical quality, especially geotechnical and geoenvironmental expertise, carried greater weight than price. Demonstrable approaches to health, wellbeing, safety and security, environmental sustainability and social value would also be important. The awarded supplier is an SME-sized engineering consultancy.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Ground Investigations

Notice Description

Ground investigation will inform many aspects of the infrastructure design including slope angles for earthworks, foundations for all structures, suitability of material for reuse as fill, contaminated land, retaining wall, drainage design and design of temporary works. The ground investigations will inform the preliminary design for DCO and for the upcoming detailed design. The Phase 1 ground investigation will target areas that are identified by the designer as critical to the design such as major structures or areas of known geotechnical complexity.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Ground investigation surveys to inform many aspects of the infrastructure design including slope angles for earthworks, foundations for all structures, suitability of material for reuse as fill, contaminated land, retaining wall, drainage design and design of temporary works. considers that in circumstances where the Contractor was merely exercising a right to claim compensation under an NEC4 Option B "Priced Contract with a Bill of Quantities where there has been a change to the required quantities and the scope of the contract had not otherwise changed there has been no modification but that this is properly characterized as the operation of the contract as originally awarded. However as regards the additional ground investigation surveys, now required EWR acknowledges that this will involve a contractual modification to extend the scope.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cc82
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067106-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

CPV Codes

45000000 - Construction work

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£31,308,167 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
EAST WEST RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MILTON KEYNES
Postcode
MK9 1EN
Postcode Area
Milton Keynes
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ12 Milton Keynes
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Milton Keynes
Electoral Ward
Central Milton Keynes
Westminster Constituency
Milton Keynes Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Concept Engineering Consultants Ltd

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