{ "tag": [ "compiled" ], "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-06a408-2026-06-01T16:04:46+01:00", "date": "2026-06-01T16:04:46+01:00", "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-06a408", "initiationType": "tender", "planning": { "documents": [ { "id": "048947-2026", "documentType": "plannedProcurementNotice", "noticeType": "UK1", "description": "Pipeline notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048947-2026", "datePublished": "2026-05-26T15:38:28+01:00", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "048989-2026", "documentType": "plannedProcurementNotice", "noticeType": "UK1", "description": "Pipeline notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048989-2026", "datePublished": "2026-05-26T15:55:40+01:00", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "049785-2026", "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice", "noticeType": "UK2", "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049785-2026", "datePublished": "2026-05-27T14:55:45+01:00", "format": "text/html" }, { "id": "051542-2026", "documentType": "plannedProcurementNotice", "noticeType": "UK1", "description": "Pipeline notice on Find a Tender", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051542-2026", "datePublished": "2026-06-01T16:04:46+01:00", "format": "text/html" } ], "milestones": [ { "id": "engagement", "type": "engagement", "description": "HS2 Ltd is conducting this preliminary market engagement exercise, in the form of a Market Sounding Briefing and Questionnaire, to better understand supplier interest, capacity and capabilities in relation to the following procurement: Interim Maintenance Contracts (IMC). The objective of this preliminary market engagement is to understand market interest to deliver IMC to HS2 Ltd and help inform the tender specification. In particular: * To raise awareness of HS2 Ltd.'s plans; * To assess interest and seek views on the opportunity including potential (e.g. consortium) bid structures and the specialist capabilities being sought; * To consult on preferred commercial and delivery structures; * To explore risk appetite and related considerations; and * To seek views on the proposed procurement timeline. Organisations wishing to participate should note that engaging in this preliminary market engagement exercise, including completing and returning questionnaire response, is not a prerequisite to participating in any subsequent competitive process. HS2 Ltd will review responses to this engagement process and may conduct further iterative engagement processes, as it may require. In any subsequent procurement HS2 Ltd will make all relevant market engagement documents available to potential suppliers. Participation in this market engagement exercise will be wholly at each responding organisation's own cost. No expenses or costs incurred by any organisation responding to this notice and/or participating in this engagement process will be reimbursed by the HS2 Ltd. This market engagement exercise and any associated documents or communications should not be regarded as an investment recommendation or defined opportunity. No information contained in the documents or in any communication made between HS2 Ltd and any organisation in connection with any aspect of this market engagement exercise shall be relied upon as constituting a contract, agreement or representation that any contract shall be awarded. Whether or not HS2 Ltd subsequently commences a procurement and/or thereafter awards any contract related to this potential opportunity shall be solely at its discretion. For your feedback to be considered please complete the Questionnaire via the following SmartSurvey link https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HS2IMC1/ by no later than 5pm Wednesday 10 June 2026. For any queries, please e-mail scc@hs2.org.uk with \"IMC Procurement\" in the subject header.", "dueDate": "2026-06-10T23:59:59+01:00", "status": "scheduled" } ] }, "parties": [ { "id": "GB-PPON-PMNV-3857-LNLV", "name": "High Speed Two (HS2) Limited", "identifier": { "scheme": "GB-PPON", "id": "PMNV-3857-LNLV" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "Two Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway", "locality": "Birmingham", "postalCode": "B4 6GA", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom", "region": "UKG31" }, "contactPoint": { "email": "scc@hs2.org.uk" }, "roles": [ "buyer" ], "details": { "url": "https://www.hs2.org.uk/", "classifications": [ { "id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment", "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE", "description": "Public authority - sub-central government" } ] } } ], "buyer": { "id": "GB-PPON-PMNV-3857-LNLV", "name": "High Speed Two (HS2) Limited" }, "tender": { "id": "Project_3066", "legalBasis": { "id": "2023/54", "scheme": "UKPGA", "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents" }, "title": "Interim Maintenance Contracts (IMC)", "description": "HS2 is Britain's new high-speed railway connecting London and Birmingham. Our British-built trains will create capacity, or space, on the congested network, providing faster, zero carbon journeys between our two largest cities. Services will continue to Manchester, the North West and Scotland using the conventional railway network, cutting journey times. Due to the potential changes in HS2 Ltd.'s Delivery Strategy resulting from the HS2 Reset, HS2 Ltd has identified a need for capabilities to undertake routine repairs, maintenance and safeguarding of assets which it owns or for which it has responsibility. To develop this capability, it is HS2 Ltd.'s current intention to procure Interim Maintenance Contracts (IMCs) to undertake Care & Custody and Infrastructure Safeguarding of assets that have been completed by the current Main Works Civils Contracts (MWCC) and prior to the High-Speed Rail Systems (HSRS) contractors mobilising. The scope may also include optional non-core instructed elements of landscape design, planted plot creation works and localised civils construction works. The core scope of services has been categorised as Asset Specific Care & Custody and Infrastructure Safeguarding. These include the following scope areas: Asset Specific Care and Custody *Land Management *Environmental and Landscape Infrastructure Maintenance *Temporary Facilities Maintenance and Management *Civil Engineering Infrastructure Maintenance Infrastructure Safeguarding *Security Services *Principal Contractor (PC) Duties *Professional Services (Subject to additional instruction) *Lead Contractor Duties (relates to the role defined in the HS2 Code of Construction Practice, required alongside the CDM PC responsibilities) Optional Non-Core Services *Landscape design and planted plot creation *Civils construction", "items": [ { "id": "1", "additionalClassifications": [ { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "77000000", "description": "Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "79710000", "description": "Security services" } ], "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": "UK", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UK", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UK", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, { "region": "UK", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" } ], "relatedLot": "1" } ], "value": { "amountGross": 1240800000, "amount": 1034000000, "currency": "GBP" }, "mainProcurementCategory": "services", "specialRegime": [ "utilities" ], "lots": [ { "id": "1", "suitability": { "sme": true }, "contractPeriod": { "startDate": "2027-12-15T00:00:00+00:00", "endDate": "2037-12-31T23:59:59+00:00" }, "status": "planned" } ], "communication": { "futureNoticeDate": "2026-11-13T23:59:59+00:00" }, "status": "planned", "aboveThreshold": true }, "language": "en" }