High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd, the company behind theUK’s £33 billion high speed rail link, is in the process of recruiting land and property management companies along the route of the first phase of the project fromLondontoBirmingham.
The company is seeking companies that can provide both local as well as wider national expertise in valuations services; estate services; property management and in both urban regeneration and commercial development.
According to HS2, the aim of this process is to “spread the economic benefits of planning and building the new railway across the country at the earliest opportunity.”
HS2 say local firms along the route will be able to add to HS2’s knowledge and provide focused local expertise about the area in which they are based and boost confidence among local people.
Liz Hirst, HS2 Ltd’s Head of Land & Property, said: “We want to create opportunities for local and small business contractors and we are interested in learning more about both large and small companies with the skills that will be needed on HS2.”
An Official Journal of the European Union contract notice has been published inviting expressions of interest for the HS2 Ltd Land and Property Professional Services Framework.
Firms have until 14 January to submit an Expression of Interest to the Property framework.