Published date: 29 July 2019

This notice was replaced on 28 July 2020

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Awarded contract (published 28 July 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Design consultancy services - 79415200

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

£150,000,000 to £260,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_198962/787308

Published date

29 July 2019

Closing date

20 September 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2026

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 seeks to appoint 6 Technical Advisers (TAs) to support delivery of the UK Road Investment Strategy (RIS) 2 schemes (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-investment-strategy-post-2020) through Highways England's preferred project delivery methodology Project Control Framework (PCF). TAs will recommend to Highways England the best route option and then protect its technical interests throughout development and delivery phases of a scheme. The TA will act as an enabler in its relationship with the DIP, assisting Highways England to create the environment for project success. The framework will be divided into 6 lots, with each lot having a specific value threshold for schemes and covering a defined geographical area:
- lots 1 to 3 (Band A) are for schemes with a client budget of less than or equal to £100m and cover South West and Midlands (Lot 1), South East and Eat (Lot 2) and North East and North West (Lot 3)
- lots 4 to 6 (Band B) are for schemes with a client budget of greater than £100m and cover South West and Midlands (Lot 4), South East and East (Lot 5) and North East and North West (Lot 6).
There will be 1 tenderer appointed to each lot but there is no guarantee of any work or specific schemes from this tender process. Schemes allocated to a lot will be issued through a direct award to the successful tenderer for that lot or in circumstances specified in the procurement documents tendered as a mini-competition which may include the suppliers appointed to all lots. Successful tenderers may also have opportunities to win additional schemes in the rest of England in the circumstances specified in the procurement documents. Please note that the award of a scheme at PCF stage 1 does not guarantee it will proceed to PCF stage 7; a scheme can be withdrawn at any PCF stage in line with Highways England's governance procedures.
Highways England will not allow a TA for a scheme to also be the DIP (framework) Principal Designer for any given scheme. A Market Share rule will be applied to the value of work any one TA can undertake during the framework. This value is £78m which represents 30% of the overall framework value.

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At the time of starting this procurement (July '19) the forward programme of schemes to be included in the TA framework is yet to be confirmed. The maximum total TA spend under the framework is currently estimated to be approximately £150m over the 6-year term. The Lot values have been set based on a 1:3 split between Band A and Band B and an even split between the Lots within each Band. The total framework value of £260m ensures sufficient contingency over and above the current estimated TA spend.
Highways England reserves the right to transfer any unallocated value between lots to fund additional schemes in different geographical areas therefore when considering potential value of work which may be won by a successful Technical Adviser Tenderers should consider the total expected value of the Framework as well as of the relevant lot.

About the buyer

Address

Lateral, City Square
LEEDS
LS11 9AT
England

Email

RDPTechnicalAdviser@highwaysengland.co.uk