Published date: 15 April 2020

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


Closing: 29 November 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Transport systems consultancy services - 71311200

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£4,750,000

Procurement reference

tender_208517/833614

Published date

15 April 2020

Closing date

29 November 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

29 March 2024

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

In the West Midlands metropolitan area there are two variable-demand strategic transport models: PRISM (Policy Responsive Integrated Strategic Model) and CASM (Coventry Area Strategic Model). Highways England has a Midlands Regional Traffic Model [MRTM] that covers the whole West Midlands Conurbation and a wider area: this is not a model to which WMCA has presumed access rights but MRTM data was used in the building of PRISM 5. There are a small number of sub-conurbation highway network models in Saturn and numerous micro-simulation tools covering local areas; these models being owned by WMCA and the Constituent Authorities and operated by them or their modelling services suppliers.
Our most substantial and only conurbation-wide model is PRISM. This was built as a large strategic model intended to gain insight into strategic issues to inform policy and planning, but which has primarily been used to support business case development for large public transport schemes and the less frequent refreshes of local planning policy. It has evolved to do this well in the sense that business cases have been successfully produced and defended and local plans evidenced using the model have withstood planning inquiry examination and challenge.
The client group, comprising TfWM and the 7 Local Authorities, are seeking to appoint consultants for transport modelling services in the West Midlands. The appointed suppliers will apply, maintain and enhance PRISM 5 on behalf of the client group. A separate procurement activity is taking place in parallel to this tender to seek suppliers to support TfWM in the creation of our future modelling capability that will offer complementary modelling capabilities, some of which could supersede parts of the modelling functions offered by PRISM. However, we expect to continue using PRISM for the whole of this services framework period.

Award information

Awarded date

3 February 2020

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

29 March 2024

Total value of contract

£4,750,000

This contract was awarded to 5 suppliers.

Jacobs UK Ltd

Address

7th Floor, 2 Colmore Square, 38 Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6BN

Reference

Companies House number: 2594504

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Mott MacDonald Ltd

Address

35 Newhall Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B3 3PU

Reference

Companies House number: 1243967

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

SWECO UK Ltd

Address

Grove House, Mansion Gate Drive, Leeds, West Yorkshire

Reference

Companies House number: 02888385

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

SYSTRA Ltd

Address

Fifth Floor, Lancaster House, Newhall Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B3 1NQ

Reference

Companies House number: 338212

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

WSP UK Ltd

Address

One Queens Drive, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 4PJ

Reference

Companies House number: 1383511

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

West Midlands Combined Authority

Address

16 Summer Lane
Birmingham
B19 3SD
England

Email

procurement.team@wmca.org.uk