Published date: 14 March 2024

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


Closing: 21 December 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Transport systems consultancy services - 71311200

  • Highways consultancy services - 71311210

  • General management consultancy services - 79411000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£45,380

Procurement reference

05372-2023

Published date

14 March 2024

Closing date

21 December 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

16 February 2024

Contract end date

28 June 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This commission is for the continuation of a Quality Express Bus Corridor Identification study, which was completed in 2023 by Mott MacDonald. This study initiated the exploration of what a QEB service should look like by looking at best practice in the UK and elsewhere and identified eighteen potential corridors (or routes) that linked hubs with poor or no rail services and basic demand flows between them.

The purpose of this commission therefore is to continue to explore whether QEBs are a viable concept by building on the initial findings of the 2023 study and addressing the following fundamental aims:

 Identify what makes a QEB route viable, in general, by building on the findings of the 2023 study.
 Explore whether any of the corridors identified in the 2023 study are viable and what makes it/them viable.
 Create a tool for consistent and clear basic appraisal of QEB routes that will remain valid in the future.

It may be the case that this study identifies that QEBs are not a viable concept or that the concept is viable, but the corridors identified are not. This is an acceptable outcome from this study.

Award information

Awarded date

15 February 2024

Contract start date

16 February 2024

Contract end date

30 June 2024

Total value of contract

£45,380

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Atkins Ltd

Address

Epsom Gateway
Epsom
Surrey
KT18 5AL

Reference

Companies House number: 00688424

Value of contract

£45,380

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Midlands Connect Specialist Technical Framework Call Off (Lot 1)

About the buyer

Contact name

Bhupinder Chadha

Address

16 Summer Lane
BIRMINGHAM
B193SD
England

Telephone

0121 214 7302

Email

bhupinder.chadha@wmca.org.uk