Railway depot construction work

Tender description

A pre-market engagement communication to establish interest and support the procurement of a design and build maintenance depot (Washwood Heath) and Network Integrated Control Centre (NICC). The purpose of the Prior Information Notice (‘PIN’) is to issue a pre-market engagement communication to understand the level of appetite within the market for the following requirements: Description This procurement involves the design, fabrication, assembly, supply, construction, installation, supervision, inspection, testing, system commissioning, safety authorisation and maintenance of the works prior to completion of a rolling stock depot and the design, build and commissioning of a Network Integrated Control Centre at Washwood Heath in Birmingham (including maintenance of all the works up to their completion). The Washwood Heath Depot will be the single rolling stock maintenance and servicing facility for HS2 Ltd Phase 1. The scope includes: — a maintenance building located within the depot — building foundations, substructure, superstructure, cladding, lighting, acoustics, heating, ventilation, drainage and power connections, utility connections, welfare and domestic provisions, building security and a building management system. The maintenance building will contain light and heavy maintenance plant and equipment facilities (gantry cranes, mono rail cranes, access gantries, access pits, inspection and maintenance roads, heavy cleaning facility, heavy lift and bogie drop facilities, depot offices, depot control centre, pantograph test facility, biohazard facility, building management system and workshop and storage areas, etc), — depot infrastructure including: reception/departure roads, track/permanent way, test track, switches and crossings, overhead catenary system, stabling/cleaning sidings, depot signalling system, depot protection system, telecoms system, automatic vehicle inspection units, wheel lathe(s), carriage wash machines, toilet emptying facilities, platforms, walkways, train crew booking facilities and a separate heavy cleaning facility. Provision of non-traction high voltage and low voltage power network for all plant, equipment and buildings and all protection and controls and supervisory control and data acquisition associated with the traction and non-traction switchgear. Provision of all mechanical and electrical systems throughout the depot and associated buildings, — a network integrated control centre building located within the depot area, including building foundations, substructure, superstructure, cladding, lighting, acoustics, heating, ventilation, drainage and power connections, utility connections, operational and incident control rooms, training and IT systems room, offices, ancillary rooms, welfare and domestic provisions, building services, building security and a building management system, — car parking facilities, gatehouse, site security and lighting within the depot area and the provision of site drainage and all utilities related to the depot and connections to the main utility networks, — design integration with the other HS2 Ltd contractors (rail systems, civils, rolling stock and the depot facility operator), — for the depot, coordination of the fit-out works by contractor(s) appointed by the rolling stock manufacturer and maintainer/depot facility owner. The rolling stock manufacturer and maintainer is being procured as a separate HS2 Ltd contract, — for the NICC, coordination of the fit-out for the HS2 Ltd Rail Systems packages up until the completion of the depot works. On Completion of the depot works, the principal contractor duties for coordinating the fit-out and testing and commissioning of the NICC will transfer from the depot contractor to the HS2 Ltd Rail Systems packages; and The contractor will be the ‘Principal Contractor’ of the depot site and the NICC, responsible for construction integration, with the depot site being handed over to the contractor in stages. The scope excludes: site clearance, demolition, utility and watercourse diversions, ground remediation and ground levelling, construction of balancing ponds, automatic vehicle inspection equipment,