Market Engagement Event: TransPennine Route Upgrade, Project W2BC, ES5-8 Civils and Station Strategy, Market Engagement Event

Tender description

Network Rail would like to conduct a market engagement exercise for the W2BC project, that will engage with the supply chain for the ES5-8 work packages for civils (including Geotech), stations, and tunnels. The purpose is to gather valuable insights from suppliers to refine the W2BC Contract Strategy for Civils, Stations, and Tunnels for ES5-8, to inform the procurement strategy and packaging for the above works. The main objective is gaining insightful market feedback on the overall strategy, the activity serves as a dynamic platform for direct engagement with our supply chain partners. It provides a unique opportunity for feedback, with a specific emphasis on optimising supply chain expertise, drawing upon lessons from prior procurements, exploring innovation, identifying further efficiency opportunities, and assessing the constructability necessary for informed packaging of the works. THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Lot 1: This is a market engagement event, exercise for the W2BC project, that will engage with the supply chain for the ES5-8 work packages for civils (including Geotech), stations, and tunnels. The purpose is to gather valuable insights from suppliers to refine the W2BC Contract Strategy for Civils, Stations, and Tunnels for ES5-8, to inform the procurement strategy and packaging for the above works. Network Rail needs your active participation to ensure the future procurement follows an optimal sourcing strategy that balances Network Rail's key drivers against the market's appetite, capability and capacity. The proposed market engagement event is to take place via Teams Webinar on Thursday the 18th of April 2024, from 10:00am to 12:00pm. If you would like to attend the virtual briefing, please submit your interest by registering using the following Eventbrite event link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transpennine-route-upgrade-w2bc-project-market-engagement-event-tickets-861959583317?aff=oddtdtcreator Your registration needs to be completed by 10:00am (GMT) on Thursday 11th April 2024. When registering for the event you will be asked to provide the Name and Email Address of the Key Contact of your Organisation (the nominated person will be responsible for completing a post market engagement questionnaire on behalf of your organisation, this must only be one person per organisation). This does not preclude several members of the same organisation from registering and attending the market engagement event. For clarity, we only wish to receive one supplier questionnaire per organisation in the post- market engagement phase. There will not be an opportunity to verbally ask questions during the event, however communications can be written in the chat during the presentation which will be addressed following the event. A supplier questionnaire will be available to complete following the event to obtain specific feedback that will inform the procurement strategy for the W2BC Civils, Stations, Tunnels ES5-8. Any questions or clarifications in respect of this request for information should be addressed to TRUW2BCProcurement@networkrail.co.uk.