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Design & Build - Waterbeach Railway Station

Cambridgeshire County Council

Awarded
works
SME-friendly
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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
England
Delivery: England, United Kingdom
Contract value
£30,000,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
23 August 2024
Published
6 August 2025

Procurement

Contract period
29 April 2025 - 28 April 2027
2 years
Procedure type
Restricted procedure
CPV classifications
  • 45213321 Railway station construction work

What happened

Cambridgeshire County Council awarded this contract to C Spencer Ltd worth £28,582,981 on 22 Jul 2025. The contract runs until 28 Apr 2027.

Description

This scheme involves the relocation of Waterbeach Railway Station. \r

Procurement activity includes the detailed design and construction of the scheme via appointment of a main Contractor under NEC Option A. \r

The scheme comprises a new railway station consisting of 2 No. platforms, accessible footbridge, and secondary means of escape (SME), a 200-space car park, taxi and bus drop-off, cycle storage, public realm, and a new access road from Cody Road. The new highway and car park will be operated and maintained by Cambridgeshire County Council. \r

The scheme also includes the decommissioning and demolition of the existing Waterbeach Railway Station.\r

It is proposed to transfer ownership, operation, and maintenance of the new station to Network Rail. \r

The current Station Facilities Operator (SFO) is Govia Thameslink Railway operating as Great Northern.\r

The Contractor will carry out the rail works as 'Third Party Works,' as defined in Standard NR/L2/CIV/095 and non-rail works as Outside Party works as defined in NR/L2/CIV/095.\r

The ES4 preliminary design has been completed by WSP as the Lead Designer and it is anticipated this will achieve the 'Approved in Principle' (AIP) milestone prior to the Invitation to Tender (ITT). \r

Sable Leigh Consultancy (SLC) are appointed as 'Project Manager' and Client Representative on behalf of the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP). \r

Volker Fitzpatrick has been undertaking Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) activities. The key outputs of the ECI work will be shared transparently as part of the tender pack. \r

Network Certification Body (NCB) has also been appointed in ES4 as the independent assessment body for CSM and interoperability.\r

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The Authority have invested in an e-tendering tool in order to facilitate its tendering processes in a compliant and transparent manner.\r

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Potential Providers will need to register an account via the "Procontract Portal" at https://procontract.due-north.com/Register before being able to view the full tender details.\r

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In order to access the tender documentation, click "Find Opportunities", then on the drop-down menu, filter by "Cambridgeshire Public Services" by clicking on "Update" to find the relevant opportunity or alternatively within the organisations drop down select Cambridgeshire County Council to also find the relevant opportunity.\r

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UPDATE: The closing date for the SQ has now been moved back to Friday 23 August at 12 noon. \r

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We have also taken the opportunity to review the requirements associated with company turnover, this has been reduced, and in line with a revised estimated Contract value for the Design and Construction now put at between £20m and £30m, we can confirm that we are reducing the requirement for bidders to demonstrate a turnover of £30m per annum. \r

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Awarded supplier

Supplier
C Spencer Ltd
Award value
£28,582,981
Award date
22 July 2025

Contact

Address
New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, PE28 4YE
Contact name
Jon Collyns

Identifiers

Buyer reference
CCC001-DN705594-20741503
Notice ID
bc5d5d60-c73e-4a36-9d52-b3a89c4fd336-857861
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-55336965-9508-415e-b1ad-6c4f1e5bf636

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