Published date: 14 June 2019

Last edited date: 14 June 2019

This notice was replaced on 16 September 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 16 September 2019)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Procurement reference

tender_208854/776537

Published date

14 June 2019

Closing date

14 September 2019

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Highways England is the government company responsible for maintaining and operating the major road network in England.

We are planning to hold an engagement event to brief potential suppliers on our planned replacement for our existing Specialist Professional and Technical Services (SPaTS) framework.

The event will be held on 21 June 2019 in Birmingham.

Interested suppliers are invited to register for the event by contacting spatsreplacement@highwaysengland.co.uk. One attendee per organisation will be allowed.

More information

Additional text

Lot 1: Provision of specialist and technical research and related advisory services across a broad range of transport-related fields.

Lot 2: Provision of advice and related services across a broad range of procurement and supply chain management activities.

This engagement event will focus on replacing the technical services, procurement advice and post-implementation evaluation lots from the current SPaTS framework (SPaTS lots 1, 5 and 6).

Replacements for SPaTS lots 2, 3 and 4 (Commercial Services, Commercial & Dispute Resolution and Insurance Advice) will be sourced separately. Communication on these topics will be provided when available.

About the buyer

Address

The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street
Birmingham
B1 1RN
England

Email

spatsreplacement@highwaysengland.co.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/highways-england