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<p>The procurement of the new HS2 Phase One fleet is being undertaken in accordance
with the Utilities Contract Regulations 2016. The regulations require all tenderers
be treated equally on a non-discriminatory basis. This means that HS2 cannot mandate
that the design and manufacture of the new fleet should be undertaken in the UK.</p><p>
</p><p>This also means that HS2 cannot reward, in its procurement scoring mechanism,
UK or regional content over non-UK content. However, the Utilities Contract Regulations
do include a scoring mechanism that assesses each Tenderer’s plans for developing
skills, education and employment opportunities and promoting supply chain opportunities
through the supply and maintenance of the new trains.</p><p> </p><p>All parties invited
to tender are required to make clear in their proposal how the manufacture and maintenance
of the rolling stock will add value to the UK economy and contribute to the delivery
of the HS2 programme strategic goals. All such commitments made will be included in
the contract with the winning bidder.</p><p> </p><p>To support UK suppliers HS2 will
ensure they are fully aware of specific opportunities through the contract opportunities
table published on its website, through targeted ‘meet the contractor’ events and
through regular engagement. To date, this approach has ensured that over 99% of direct
and indirect HS2 awarded contracts have been to UK based organisations, over 70% of
which are SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>The procurement you refer to for the supply of new Piccadilly
line trains from Siemens Mobility Limited was conducted by London Underground Limited
(a subsidiary of Transport for London).</p>
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