Successful bidders for civils packages on phase one will also be shortlisted for four lots on phase two

High speed Javelin train at Ashford station, HS2

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Bidders who have prequalified for the civils packages for phase one of HS2 will automatically be shortlisted for up to four lots of work on phase two, as the infrastructure client prepares to fast-track the extension of the high speed line to Crewe or Stoke.

The additional packages will be worth between 拢1.8bn and 拢3.3bn, and are part of the 拢11.8bn major civils tenders launched yesterday by Chancellor George Osborne.

The packages for phase one are valued between 拢5.4bn and 拢8.6bn.

Applicants have until 18 November to respond to the prequalification questionnaire (PQQ) for the seven packages for phase one, with invitations to tender (ITT) to be issued in spring next year and contracts awarded in early 2017.

Shortlisted applicants will then be invited to bid for up to four packages of work for an additional 50 miles of the high-speed line from Birmingham, where phase one ends, to either Crewe or Stoke once the route for phase two is announced.

Its part of the government鈥檚 plans to speed up development of phase two of the high-speed project, with HS2 hopeful of opening the extension by 2027, just a year after the completion of phase one.

HS2 Phase One Civils Packages

  • S1 - 鈥楨uston Tunnels and Approaches鈥� (拢0.6bn - 拢0.9bn)
  • S2 - 鈥楴ortholt Tunnels鈥� (拢0.9bn - 拢1.4bn)
  • C1 - 鈥楥hiltern Tunnels and Colne Valley Viaduct鈥� (拢0.8bn - 拢1.3bn)
  • C2 - 鈥楴orth Portal Chiltern Tunnels to Brackley鈥� (拢0.8bn - 拢1.3bn)
  • C3 - 鈥楤rackley to Long Itchington Wood Green Tunnel South Portal鈥� (拢0.6bn - 拢0.9bn)
  • N1 - 鈥楲ong Itchington Wood Green Tunnel to Delta Junction / Birmingham Spur鈥� (拢0.9bn - 拢1.5bn)
  • N2 - 鈥楧elta Junction to West Coast Main Line Tie-in鈥� (拢0.8bn - 拢1.3bn)

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