HS2 Ltd recognised that the integration of railway systems would be crucial and explained that it planned to establish a collaborative alliance amongst the main railway systems contractors to encourage them to work together to deliver the integrated systems. Although HS2 Ltd’s pre-contract market engagement found suppliers to be receptive to this approach, it also admitted this was a “bold” and “complex” approach.47 It told us this approach had not been used in the railway sector before, but ...

HS2 Ltd recognised that the integration of railway systems would be crucial and explained that it planned to establish a collaborative alliance amongst the main railway systems contractors to encourage them to work together to deliver the integrated systems. Although HS2 Ltd’s pre-contract market engagement found suppliers to be receptive to this approach, it also admitted this was a “bold” and “complex” approach.47 It told us this approach had not been used in the railway sector before, but there were examples from other sectors of bringing together multi-party collaborative contracting, such as the oil and gas industry. We asked HS2 Ltd abo Type: conclusion | Number: 18 | Response status: under_consideration