The first phase will be organised in accordance with the requirements of the Design Contest Notice as set-out within Regulations 94 to 97 of UCR16. This will involve anonymous submission of concept proposals in response to the design challenge, constraints, opportunities and requirements outlined within this document.
The submissions will be appraised anonymously by a Judging Panel, leading to the selection of up to Six Winners, whose authors will be invited to proceed to the second phase of the procurement.
Anonymity will be lifted at the second phase, with the Winners identified from the Design Contest invited to develop their design concepts in response to more detailed Briefing requirements, including general and scheme-specific feedback on Phase one submitted material. It should be noted that winners will be permitted to form Bid Teams and reach out to additional resources to support them during this more technical phase. The continued involvement of the individual or organisation that participated in the Design Contest submission during Phase 1 will however be a required prerequisite and a Lead Consultant will need to be identified that will be expected to co-ordinate the work of the Bid Team. The second phase of the procurement will be organised in accordance with the requirements of ‘Use of the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Call for Competition’, as per Regulation 50 of UCR16.
As the design progresses, greater consideration will need to be given to the heavily conditioned railway environment, the construction zone and methodology, railway possessions etc. Winners (Bid Teams) from the Design Contest phase will need to demonstrate their ability to deliver the project requirements, seeking appropriate advice and supplementary resource accordingly to develop the concept proposals to address the multi-faceted nature of the design challenge and more prescribed technical requirements of this phase.
It is anticipated that Participants will be required to meet with representatives from Network Rail’s Built Environment team on two separate occasions - a group briefing session at the start of the design development phase and at an individual design approach workshop. Subject to the on-going travel and social distancing restrictions associated with the Coronavirus pandemic being lifted, the preference will be for physical meetings to take place, which will be held in London. However, should this prove not to be possible, virtual meetings and clarification interview presentations will be held.
Bid Teams will be required to submit developed proposals based on the solutions presented and specified during the negotiation. As part of the Phase 2 submission material, the Lead Consultant from each Bid Team will need to confirm their capability of satisfying Network Rail’s requirements in respect of health and safety, financial standing, BIM capability, levels of insurance protection cover etc.
The procurement will conclude with Bid Teams being invited to attend a clarification interview to present their proposals and answer questions from the Evaluation Panel. The presentations are scheduled to take place in London (subject to lifting of travel and social distancing restrictions noted above) in late 2020 / early 2021.
Honoraria payments will be paid to each Bid team that participates in the Negotiated Procedure phase.
It is anticipated that up to Three Preferred Bidders will be invited to enter into a Service Contract with Network Rail to further develop their non-site specific design proposals in more detail.
The process has been structured such that Network Rail (and/or others at its discretion) may also potentially, at some point in the future, appoint the authors of the respective developed designs to undertake technical design associated with delivery of site-specific solution(s). There will however be no obligation incumbent upon Network Rail (or others) to exercise such a call-off, nor for the authors of the respective developed designs to be required to undertake site-specific technical designs at some point in the future.
Please refer to Phase One (Design Contest), Phase Two (Negotiated Procedure without Prior Call for Competition) and Phase Three (Developed Design Service Contract Award) sections for further details regarding the procurement process.
Brief and Appendices
Download the PDF version of the Competition Brief which includes Appendices 1-5