Published date: 14 May 2021

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: 17 June 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Technical inspection services of engineering structures - 71631400

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, South East, South West

Value of contract

£42,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_246295/959805

Published date

14 May 2021

Closing date

17 June 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

15 August 2021

Contract end date

14 August 2028

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?

No

Description

Highways England is looking to appoint suitable contractors that can assist
with the national Technical Survey and Testing contracts in relation to
structures inspections surveying.

This will involve Structural inspections, general inspections, principal
inspections and the overall monitoring/reporting of structures.

Further details can be found in the tender documents, accessed through the Bravo portal.

There are six regional contracts, all with a value of £7m. Please see the Instructions for Tenderers for details of award limits.

More information

Links

Additional text

The tender has been launched on the Bravo e-sourcing system. Instructions for registering and using the Bravo system are provided below.
1) Register your company on the eSourcing portal
- browse to the eSourcing Portal: https://highways.bravosolution.co.uk and click link to register;
- accept T&C's and click 'continue';
- enter your correct business and user details;
- note username you chose and click 'Save' when complete;
- you will receive an email with unique password (please keep this secure).
2) Express Interest in tender
- login to portal with the username/password;
- click 'PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers' link. (These are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitations
to tender open to any registered supplier);
- click on relevant PQQ/ITT to access content;
- click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of this page;
- this will move the PQQ/ITT into your 'My PQQs/My ITT's' page. (This is secure area reserved for your
projects only);
- you can access attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in 'PQQ/ITT Details' box.
3) Responding to tender
- click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or 'Decline to
Respond' (please give a reason if declining);
- the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek clarification;
- note deadline for completion, then follow the instructions to complete the PQQ/ITT;
- there may be a mixture of online/offline actions to perform (there is detailed online help available).
You must then submit reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top

About the buyer

Address

The Cube, 199 Wharfside St
Birmingham
B1 1RN
England

Email

marc.ripley@highwaysengland.co.uk