Published date: 30 September 2022

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 24 June 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Transport systems consultancy services - 71311200

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£29,859.50

Procurement reference

OXFS001-DN615667-46719949

Published date

30 September 2022

Closing date

24 June 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

22 August 2022

Contract end date

31 August 2023

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) is seeking to appoint a consultant to produce a Strategic Active Travel Network (SATN) for Oxfordshire. The SATN was designated as a priority workstream by the OCC Active Travel Programme Board in March 2021 and fits with the objectives of the new OCC administration.

The SATN will be part of a wider set of strategic and policy work aimed at improving the way active travel infrastructure is designed, implemented and maintained. OCC is currently developing its new Local Transport and Connectivity Plan (LTCP) which, along with its supporting strategies, will set out the direction, policies and objectives to be pursued in the following years. The underlying ambition across all of these documents is to enable a radical transformation in travel patterns; specifically, a reduction of trips by cars and other private motorised vehicles and an increase in active travel and use of public transport.

From a strategic perspective, active travel is currently being planned primarily through Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIP's). At present, three LCWIP's have been approved in Oxfordshire (Oxford, Bicester and Kidlington) and four more are at different stages of development (Banbury, Witney, Abingdon and Didcot), with the aim of completing them throughout 2022-23. OCC is planning to roll out further LCWIP's in the coming years, following a prioritisation exercise that will consider resident population, key trip generators and major development sites. The SATN will help to provide an indication of important strategic routes in rural parts of the county where LCWIPs are unlikely to be developed.

The Oxfordshire Cycling Network (OCN), a network of local cycling groups and campaigners, developed a proposal for a "Strategic Cycling Network for Oxfordshire" in 2017 . This has been a major inspiration for the prioritisation of SATN as a strategic project for active travel development in the county. OCC is expecting that OCN's methodology and proposed routes will be an important starting point for the SATN.

Award information

Awarded date

15 August 2022

Contract start date

22 August 2022

Contract end date

31 August 2023

Total value of contract

£29,859

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Phil Jones Associates Ltd

Address

Seven House, 18 High Street, Longbridge, Birmingham B31 2UQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Verity Roberts

Address

County Hall
New Road
Oxford
OX1 1ND
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 7393001061

Email

verity.roberts@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Website

http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk