Published date: 7 September 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.


Closing: 8 October 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Procurement consultancy services - 79418000

Location of contract

LS11 9AT

Value of contract

£0 to £4,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_176392/703611

Published date

7 September 2018

Closing date

8 October 2018

Contract start date

5 November 2018

Contract end date

5 November 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Procurement Strategic Business Partner Framework will act as partner(s) to Highways England Procurement and Commercial team. Providing capacity and capability to the in-house team, enabling greater strength in depth, industry experience and new ideas to ensure Highways England procure contracts to leading edge procurement practice and programme milestones.
The Strategic Partner(s) will primarily focus on delivery of business-as-usual and tactical contracts, allowing Highways England permanent staff to focus on high value awards. These contracts include uniforms, insurance, Regional Investment Programme (RIP) & Smart Motorway Programme (SMP) schemes to be awarded in advance of new Routes to Market (RtM) contracts, Salt purchases and support to wider Highways England innovations and initiatives along with the additional contractual assurance, development and commercial validation that will be required.
Delivery outcome spans a range of directorates from Major Projects, Smart Motorways, RIP, Safety and Engineering Standards, Strategy and Planning, Communications, IT Directorate, HR, Facilities and Legal; all of which require procurement expertise and support to effect the increased level of spend into outsourced contracts that are compliant. The following main tasks requiring delivery within the next 12 months are as follows;

- Tender 6 Construction Projects (£350m)
- Provide advice and support to existing RIP teams (Compensation Events, Contractual Agreement, Contract Variations etc).

- A303 PFI / SW RIP
- Develop Procurement Strategy with Technical partner & award contract. Work as part of Integrated team to deliver Commercial & Procurement Strategy.

- SMP Alliance
- Design, deliver & Tender new SMP Alliance using Negotiated Procedure.

- RIP Technical Partner
- Develop Procurement Strategy & IfT for Technical advisor framework.
- Major Projects Technology Lower Thames Crossing/ A303/ Severn River Crossing
Projects General;
Additional Resource to increase resilience during recruitment & support holiday period, peak demand and unplanned activity.
Routes to Market and Framework Management.

About the buyer

Address

Lateral, 8 City Walk
Leeds
LS11 9AT
England

Email

Lauren.hopkins@highwaysengland.co.uk