Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c97-bd55-7060-90b9-02f3f5c9aeb8/hs2-c1-align-jv-structural-steel-at-shaft-head-houses-and-portal-buildings-su closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # HS2 C1 ALIGN JV - Structural Steel at Shaft Head Houses and Portal Buildings (Supply & Install) [Bip Solutions Limited](https://tendernation.io/buyers/bip-solutions-limited) Estimated value £1 Published 14 Jan 2022 Deadline Closed 28 Jan 2022 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The Contractor (Align JV) has identified a package of works for the supply and installation of Primary Steel associated with our works on the Chiltern Tunnels Shaft Head Houses and Portal Buildings. The scope of works will include the undertaking of shop drawings, manufacture, supply, delivery and required plant and cranage to install approx. 260T of primary steelwork. This includes all steel columns, beams and bracing elements supporting the roof and all connections to the headhouse and portal buildings RC elements. The subcontractor will be responsible for the connection design and the design of fixings between steelwork and RC elements. The package will be competitively tendered and assessed against a split between commercial (price) and defined technical criteria. In July 2017, ALIGN (Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine and Volker Fitzpatrick) won the significant C1 package of the UK High Speed 2 line (HS2). Lot C1 consists of 21.6km of high speed rail infrastructure in a rural environment. This will include a 3.37km viaduct, 15.75km twin-tubes tunnel and five vent shafts handling both piston effect and tunnel ventilation. ## CPV classification Steel Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/7db189d1-477b-4075-ad71-b494731cab5c) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Bip Solutions Limited: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/bip-solutions-limited) [Sector More Mining & quarrying products tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/mining-quarrying-products) ## More tenders like this [Gravel, sand, crushed stone and aggregates – Contratación del Suministro de Aridos para Las Obras de Reparación de Daños Causados a Las Infraestructuras de Saneamiento y Abastecimiento del Municipio de Mira · Empresa de Transformación Agraria S.A.,S.M.E., M.P., (TRAGSA) · 14 days left · 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-8934-71d6-ae1a-e43a74df4d7d/spain-gravel-sand-crushed-stone-and-aggregates-contratacion-del-suministro) [Gravel, sand, crushed stone and aggregates – Framework agreement for crushed stone, gravel and other rock masses · Karmøy Kommune · 1 day left · 20 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156aa-0ecf-7098-a3c6-48488c95e962/norway-gravel-sand-crushed-stone-and-aggregates-framework-agreement-for-cr) [12\_27 Building Supplies · ESPO · 65 days left · 23 Dec 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a157e5-4600-7363-8305-3627336e8b24/12-27-building-supplies) [Sand – „Доставка на пясък за дейността на ОП „Чистота“, гр. Кюстендил“ · ОБЩИНА КЮСТЕНДИЛ · 28 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-1041-733f-bb6a-cc0274c68d50/bulgaria-sand-dostavka-na-piasiek-za-deinostta-na-op-cistota-gr-kiustendil) [Gravel, sand, crushed stone and aggregates – Ramavtal - Leveranser av bergkross och transporter av schaktmassor · Orust kommun · 28 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-9686-700d-97f1-a0a359ca10c1/sweden-gravel-sand-crushed-stone-and-aggregates-ramavtal-leveranser-av-b) [Gravel, sand, crushed stone and aggregates – Bergkrossmaterial 2026 · Östersunds kommun · 7 days left · 26 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-766f-73fa-b659-c28ead5dcdcd/sweden-gravel-sand-crushed-stone-and-aggregates-bergkrossmaterial-2026)