PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

M42 Triple Box Contract Crane Lift

BIP SOLUTIONS LIMITED · published 6 May 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release IDc4840e98-5e98-431f-bcc1-a236d64ba359-895933
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-0dc55171-ddc1-49f5-b28d-38a15634841b
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/8u5J6V4e
Release typetender
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
Not disclosed
award field
Tender value
£1,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Restricted procedure (above threshold)
Category
works
CPV
42414100
Cranes
Delivery
West Midlands, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

About the Opportunity: Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is seeking an experienced specialist lifting contractor to plan and install 226 precast prestressed inverted T beams (up to ~93 t) for the M42 Coleshill Box Structure on HS2 Phase 1 (Central East). This is a high risk CPA Contract Lift over a live motorway, requiring experience with major road closures and work near National Highways assets. Scope includes lifting and installing beams across three spans onto elastomeric bearings, with and without pre installed diaphragm shutters, to tight tolerances. About the buyer's selection process: When selecting a supplier BBV look for alignment of values, behaviours and cultures, between ourselves and our supply chain. BBV and HS2 have aligned their values to the following: * Integrity * Leadership * Respect * Safety In order to achieve a successful project outcome we have published a manifesto of our guiding principles, which include: * Making HS2 affordable * Delivering on promises * We build with people in mind * Delivering more than a railway * Achieving more together * Creative and challenging Successfully shortlisted supplier's will be those with verifiable experience, and the appropriate capacity ,resources and technical ability to deliver the scope of works. Supplier's may then be invited to the project, to formally demonstrate their experience and capabilities. As an alternative phone/webinar interviews may be conducted. On selection, shortlisted supplier's will be issued with a formal Invitation to Tender (ITT) to demonstrate their ability to work with these values and behaviours in mind, whilst proving their demonstration of capabilities and competence. About the buyer: BBV is a joint venture between Balfour Beatty Group and VINCI Group. Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long established joint venture between two global leaders in the delivery of critical Infrastructure and Highways Projects, such as the Channel Tunnel, Crossrail, M4/M5/M6 Smart Motorway projects and HS2 main works civil contract for the north. More about BBV: * VINCI is the largest contractor in the world * Balfour Beatty is the largest contractor in the UK * BBV have been working together for the past 30 years, their first project being the Channel Tunnel. For more information please visit our website www.balfourbeattyvinci.co.uk

Tender statusactive
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release6 May 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published8 May 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Published 6 May 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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