Midlands Rail Hub - Market Engagement

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Network Rail is publishing this Period Indicative Notice (PIN) to invite organisations to the Midlands Rail Hub (MRH) market briefing session and request responses to the market sounding questionnaire (MSQ). Please supply your email address if you would like to attend the briefing session which will take place via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 21st June 2022 at 10:00 GMT for approximately 30-40 minutes (subject to change) and/or if you would like to respond to the MSQ. This notice is not a call for competition, but advertisement of a market briefing session and MSQ for the MRH programme of works. The market briefing session will provide the market with an overview of MRH’s scope and objectives as well as the current thinking on how the MRH programme of works may be procured. Following the briefing session, organisations will be invited to complete a MSQ in order for Network Rail to obtain feedback on topics including capacity, proposed procurement strategy and proposed commercial and incentive model. Following the briefing session and consideration of responses to the MSQ, Network Rail may or may not undertake further market engagement including but not limited to further consultation questionnaires and/or workshops as Network Rail considers necessary. Should you wish to attend the market briefing session and/or provide feedback via the MSQ, please register your interest by providing a maximum of three email addresses via the Eventbrite link provided below and, where you are able to attend the session, accept the Microsoft Teams invite to follow. Please register interest by 17th June 2022 to ensure a place at the briefing. Organisations who are unable to attend the briefing session may still participate in the MSQ which will be issued alongside a slide deck summarising the key information from the briefing session. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/midlands-rail-hub-market-engagement-tickets-358526160397 Lot 1: The MRH programme of works currently consists of eight multidisciplinary infrastructure interventions to be undertaken across the East and West Midlands with the core purpose, and combined output, of providing up to 12 additional services per hour between central Birmingham and key regional cities and transport hubs. Network Rail currently envisages that intervention requirements will include the design and build of: new platforms and sidings; two new chords into Birmingham Moor Street; widening of existing viaduct; power supply upgrades; new freight loops; new overhead line equipment (OLE) and various signalling works. The majority of the programme is still undergoing options selection and so the exact work scope and procurement strategy are yet to be finalised.