Firms have just over five weeks to express interest in route linking Birmingham and Crewe
HS2 has fired the starting gun on the search for a design and delivery partner for the railway鈥檚 next leg.
Firms have until 23 July to express interest in the 拢500m contract for phase 2a of the line from Birmingham to Crewe.
A maximum of four firms will be shortlisted for the job, which is expected to last ten years.
In a , the 拢100bn project said the successful partner would manage and coordinate the design and construction of the next phase until completion.
It added that it will 鈥渁ctively promote sustainable procurement throughout its supply chain and welcomes applications from economic operators committed to the principles of reducing, reusing and recycling resources and to the practices of buying responsibly鈥�.
The announcement of the contract follows the launch earlier this month of the race for the 拢370m Solihull Interchange scheme, where the phase 2a line will branch off.
Firms have until 5 July to express interest in the construction of the Arup-designed station, the last of four new stations on the line鈥檚 first phase from London to Birmingham.
A Balfour Beatty/Vinci team is building Old Oak Common in west London while a Mace/Dragados pairing will build both Curzon Street in Birmingham and Euston in central London.
Firms set to run the rule over the Solihull job include Sir Robert McAlpine while Laing O鈥橰ourke, which missed out on Curzon Street, and the Bam/Ferrovial team, that was overlooked for both Curzon Street and Euston, are also likely to throw their hats into the ring.
The station will include an automated people mover, which will link to the NEC, Birmingham International Station and Birmingham Airport, and carry up to 2,100 passengers an hour in each direction, with a service every three minutes along a 2.3km route.
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