Enabling Civil's Works (Package 2) (ECW2)

Tender description

The Enabling Civils Works (Package 2) (ECW2) Contract is to carry out the enabling civils works for HS2 Phase 2a, consisting of the construction of a bridge and associated slip roads across the M6 motorway at Yarnfield Lane, Stone, Staffordshire, together with highways improvements to Yarnfield lane; and off-route road improvement schemes at 20 locations across the line of route that are intended to mitigate the effects of increased traffic numbers during the main HS2 construction works with associated survey works. The Contract included route wide engineering and environmental surveys to inform the design of the railway. Lot 1: The Enabling Civils Works (Package 2) (ECW2) Contract is to carry out the enabling civils works for HS2 Phase 2a, consisting of the construction of a bridge and associated slip roads across the M6 motorway at Yarnfield Lane, Stone, Staffordshire, together with highways improvements to Yarnfield lane; and off-route road improvement schemes at 20 locations across the line of route that are intended to mitigate the effects of increased traffic numbers during the main HS2 construction works with associated survey works. The Contract Scope included route wide engineering and environmental surveys to inform the design of the railway. ECW2 was awarded via a secondary competition using the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Construction, Works and Services (CWAS) Framework. This tender included a schedule of rates for environmental surveys provided by the tenderers, to be used to price any additional survey scope that was to be instructed to the winning Contractor once in contract.