Development & Design Partnership Framework (NPR/IRP including Eastern Region)

Tender description

This is the pre-qualification questionnaire for the Development and Design Partnership Framework (DDPF) to provide services and works (enabling works and intrusive surveys) for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP), Network North (NN) and Eastern Region Projects. The scope of the framework covers the provision of professional development, design, technical, and all the services to deliver Engineering Stage (ES) 1 to 5 for the DDPF. Any programme allocated to framework suppliers will be instructed to proceed through the following ES only: ES1 (Requirements defined and baselined), ES2 (Constraints identified and project feasibility confirmed), ES3 (Minimum Viable Product single option identified and endorsed), ES4 (Approval in Principle), and ES5 (Construction ready design approved and requirements validated). The framework will be awarded through a single lot. The value of the framework is an estimate only, and as such, the framework value and associated workbank is not guaranteed. The workbank allocated through the framework will be subject to our client's, the Department for Transport, instruction and funding. The initial term of the DDPF is 5 years with an option to extend the framework by yearly increments up to a further 3 years (as set out in the DDPF) IMPORTANT - To complete the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) stage and submit an expression of interest and be considered for the Invitation to Tender stage, Participants are required to complete two PQQ objects by the PQQ submission deadline: - pqq_3272 - Development & Design Partnership Framework (NPR/IRP including Eastern Region Projects) - Qualification envelope, AND; - pqq_3418 - Development & Design Partnership Framework (NPR/IRP including Eastern Region Projects) – Technical and Commercial envelope Full details are contained in the 'Instructions to Participants' document within the tender documentation.