SMP Alliance - Environmental & Ecology Surveys

Contract summary

Industry

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• Architectural, engineering and planning services - 71240000

• Architectural, engineering and surveying services - 71250000

• Engineering services - 71300000

• Site-investigation services - 71510000

• Construction consultancy services - 71530000

• Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services - 71600000

• Environmental services - 90700000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£50,000 to £1,000,000

Procurement reference

SMP Alliance - Environmental & Ecology Surveys

Published date

17 November 2022

Closing date

10 August 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 September 2022

Contract end date

1 September 2027

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Private procurement rules

Supply chain notices are business-to-business transactions and are not bound by the same rules and restrictions as public sector contracts. The UK government is not responsible for the conduct of such procurement.

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Description

The Smart Motorways Programme (SMP) Alliance: The smart motorway programme seeks to further increase the safety performance of National Highways' strategic road network and mitigate capacity constraints to enhance our customer experience. National Highways have brought together six partners to act with them in an alliance across three functions to deliver the 10yr programme:
Production Hub: Fluor Ltd
• Digitally Enabled Design Partners: Jacobs UK Ltd and WSP UK Ltd
• On-Site Assembly Partners (OSAPs): bmJV (a joint venture between BAM Nuttall Ltd and Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd), Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd and Costain Ltd

Scope

On behalf of the SMP Alliance Partners (The Contracting Authority) noted above, we are now inviting expressions of interest for the provision of provision of all necessary people, equipment, plant and materials to undertake environmental and ecology surveys to support our programme of works, including our Places of Relative Safety (PRS) national programme. Scope of services are to include (but not limited to): -
• Undertaking an assessment of Biodiversity, No Net Loss / Net Gain in line with up-to-date guidance
• Establish and map the presence, or likely presence, of invasive non-native species, protected species in line with up- to-date guidance; and
• Prepare the ecological inputs to an Environmental Management Plan for the works and provide data to support subsequent detailed design
• Provision of Ecological Clerk of Works
• Arboriculture surveys in line with up-to-date guidance
• Noise surveys in line with latest guidance
• Landscape surveys in line with latest guidance
• Heritage surveys in line with latest guidance
• Archaeology surveys in line with latest guidance
• Groundwater surveys in line with latest guidance
• Air quality monitoring surveys in line with latest guidance
It should be noted that National Highways do not form part of Contracting Authority and will be the Client under this agreement.

This notice will remain live for two weeks, however SMPA reserves the right to extend or re-open this notice thereafter, or to otherwise provide future opportunity for further registration with regards this scope of works.

SMPA will not be bound to issue any invitation to tender to any party at any time and reserves the right to seek quotations from all / some / none of the prequalified suppliers at its sole discretion.

How to Register

Please register interest via email to sam.mclean@costain.com whereupon you will be re-directed to a portal to provide the documents / information identified below as minimum requirements. Your submission will be assessed by SMPA for compliance with our expectations and only if deemed satisfactory will your prequalification be successful. Shortlisted parties will subsequently be invited to tender if and when the requirement arises.

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

SMP Alliance - Environmental & Ecology Surveys

• Opportunity
• Published 25 July 2022, last edited 25 July 2022

Attachments

• HE614830-JAC-VES-ZZ_SCHME_ZZ-SP-ZZ-0001 PRS Programme_Tranche 2_Environmental Survey Specification.pdf
• Contract notice
• Example Specification

• SMP Alliance - Envrionmental & Ecology Services - Contract Notice & Minimum requirements.pdf
• Contract notice
• PDF of Contract Notice (Full)

Additional text

Minimum Requirements
• Confirmation of particular survey areas of interest and whether such will be directly delivered or sub-subcontracted
• Current proof of adherence to the Common Assessment Standard, either through Construction Line, Achilles or Builders Profile
• Confirmation that you will be willing to achieve Construction Line Platinum status through the course of your works if not already held
• Financial records / turnover information for the last 3 years
• Safety statistics including AFR for the last 3 years

• Policies covering the following:
- Health and safety
- Employee wellbeing and mental health
- Drugs and alcohol
- Modern slavery
- Corporate social responsibility / social value
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Data protection

• A table listing similar works you have undertaken in a high-speed motorways environment (or equivalent), complete with name and current contact details for referees for those schemes. Please include a brief description of the works undertaken, start- and end-dates, and the value.

• Confirmed acceptance of NEC4 terms and conditions

• Any geographical preferences and available resources

• A short statement (no longer than one A4 page) supporting your expression of interest, explaining why SMPA should select your company to tender these works. This statement will be used to help shortlist potential tenderers in the event that an unmanageable amount of responses are received.

• Competency pre-requisites: applicants must provide proof of relevant qualifications and experience for the respective surveys.

Note any applicants successful at moving through to award would form part of SMPA's overall supplier network, and would be expected to work together in an enterprise model both with other survey partners and the wider supplier network.

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Award information

Awarded date

14 November 2022

Contract start date

14 November 2022

Contract end date

14 November 2024

Total value of contract

£100,000

This contract was awarded to 4 suppliers.

Chevron Green Services

THOMSON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED

BWB Consulting Ltd

RPS Consulting Services Ltd

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About the buyer

Contact name

Sam McLean

Address

Birmingham
Birmingham
B4 6BN
England

Email

sam.mclean@costain.com