Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd is getting ready to go out to tender with a contract for Dawlish to Holcombe Cliff Resilience Works worth up to an estimated £25 million.
Photo Network Rail: the breached railway at Dawlish in February 2014
The owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain has issued a Periodic Indicative Notice setting out its intention to go out to tender with phase 4 of the South West Rail Resilience Programme. Phase 4 of the programme covers cliff resilience works between Dawlish to Holcombe – the works involve civils, primarily cliff stabilisation and rock anchors, together with netting of the various cliff faces.
The railway connects communities, businesses and visitors in 50 towns and cities in the South West with the rest of the UK. Since the damage caused by heavy storms which resulted in an eight-week closure of the railway in 2014, Network Rail has been developing plans to improve the resilience of the railway between Exeter and Newton Abbot.
It took two months to get trains running again beyond Exeter at a cost of £50 million. Overall impact of the disruption to the economy of the South West was estimated to be in excess of £1 billion.
The events highlighted the fragility of the existing railways assets, the severity of the operating environment and the importance of the route to the UK economy.
The infrastructure operator now intends to invite the supply chain market to undertake the design and construction for the Phase 4 works together with associated any enabling works.
Network Rail will commence a pre-qualification exercise through a separate (call for competition) notice with the aim of shortlisting the three highest scoring candidates for the tender stage.
The works is entirely dependent on funding availability (expected during 1st quarter 2022) and consents, with an anticipated value range of between £15 million to £25 million.
Click here to access the Periodic Indicative Notice documentation.
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