26013 Cambourne to Cambridge Construction Procurement

The purpose of the Scheme is to increase capacity, improve journey times and the reliability and resilience of passenger services that serve the Greater Cambridge area.

To achieve this purpose, the Scheme will connect Camborne with Cambridge by a guided bus route.

Description of the Scheme Works:
• A mostly segregated guided busway and adjoining emergency and maintenance access track to also be used for active travel;
• public transport stops;
• operational lighting;
• bridges over the M11 motorway and Bin Brook;
• signalised junctions where the route crosses existing roads;
• Travel Hub (Park and Ride) providing spaces for cars, bicycles and coaches;
• amendments to existing highways and accesses, parking arrangements, drainage and the construction of fencing, environmental mitigation, earthworks and landscaping;
• along with other ancillary works as required.

It is intended to procure the works via a 2-stage tender process utilising the NEC4 Option C form of contract including X22 Early Contractor Involvement.

The outline Scope for the stage 1 works includes: -
• Undertake all necessary surveys

• TWAO Design validation

• Preliminary Design

• Detailed design

• Detailed construction programme

Cost management - the successful Contractor will work with the Client's commercial manager to develop the stage 2 target cost throughout the stage 1/ECI period.

Development of the target cost; Work package negotiation and procurement
all subcontract packages will be tendered on an 'open book' basis with the Client and Project Manager having full visibility of all tender returns and any adjustments, allowances, attendances etc

Preliminaries - based on resourced construction programme and staff rates included in stage 1 tender

Buildability assessments

Construction operations planning

Programme development

Logistics and access arrangements

The price for the stage 1 tender for the X22/ECI works will consist of contractor's preliminaries/fee for undertaking the stage 1 works and managing the design process, design costs for surveys, investigations and Scoping, TWAO Design Validation and Preliminary Design and Detailed Design. As part of the evaluation, tenderers will be required to provide fixed percentages for overheads and profit which will be applied to both stage 1 and stage 2 of the contract.

As part of the tender there will also be a requirement to provide a budget price for the scheme based on the current TWAO design cost plan which will be included in the ITT pricing document and a schedule of staff rates which will be used for the stage 2 preliminaries costs. Neither of these elements will form part of the tender evaluation for stage 1.

Full details of the procurement procedure, the intended Contract, required Works, and the process for expressing an interest in this opportunity are detailed within the associated tender documents.

The Council reserves the right to abandon the procurement and is not bound to award any contract arising from this Tender Notice. Applicants are solely responsible for all costs and expenses incurred in relation to the preparation and submission of their PSQ Response, as well as any costs arising from participation in subsequent stages of the procurement, assessment, and contract award process.