Published date: 2 October 2018
Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.
Contract summary
Industry
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services - 71000000
Location of contract
South West
Value of contract
£18,000,000 to £35,000,000
Procurement reference
GLOSCC001-DN363742-18407075
Published date
2 October 2018
Closing date
8 October 2018
Contract start date
1 April 2019
Contract end date
31 March 2025
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Gloucestershire County Council is tendering for a supplier(s) to deliver professional highways consultancy services (Services) in relation to development proposals for all relevant Client's schemes, including but not limited to dealing with Client's and / or Local Planning Authorities, Highways Authorities and other Consultees, as more fully described within the Scope.
To deliver its highways schemes Client requires the services of an external consultant possessing specialist technical skill to supplement and support Client's in-house teams and the Clients other providers.
The Council's vision for the successful delivery of the service are to deliver on the following three core values of the Client as set out in the Council's corporate Vision and Values:
- Living within our means;
- Doing the right things;
- Helping communities to help themselves.
The Council will expect the successful to supplier to support the Council in delivering this vision through the delivery of the contract.
We are looking for a good service with a focus on self-delivery (or subcontract arrangements which provide similar benefits to the client). A Partnering arrangement with staff co-located and co-mingled and joint ownership of day to day operations at management and team leader level. IT systems and on-site serviced office accommodation at Shire Hall and regional Depots will be provided by the client. Further details are provided in the procurement documents.
We are following a 2 stage process using the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation. Contract form will be the NEC4 Term Service Contract as amended in accordance with the procurement documents.
The contract is valued between £18m and £35m. This contract value range is based on predicted budgets over both the initial term and optional terms of the contract. The values also include contingency to account for inflation, potential one-off funding bids, DfT awards and other unknown possible increases in funding over the total potential contracted periods.
In addition to this Professional Services contract, we have recently procured or are in the process of procuring separate contracts for a Structural Maintenance partner and for a Term Maintenance partner. All 3 contracts will be managed by Gloucestershire County Council under the Gloucestershire Highways branding. Each supplier will be expected to work with the other suppliers and the Council in an open and collaborative manner in order to achieve the Council's objectives.
About the buyer
Contact name
Mike McGowan
Address
Shire Hall
Gloucester
GL1 2TG
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 1452328900
mike.mcgowan@gloucestershire.gov.uk
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