Award

Traffic Officer Training Venue Hire

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

01 Sep 2023 at 12:23

Planning

03 May 2023 at 13:35

Summary of the contracting process

The National Highways has awarded a contract for Traffic Officer Training Venue Hire. The procurement process was conducted using a limited tender, with the award made to WSP UK LIMITED. The contract is now active with a value of £2,425,000 signed on 1st September 2023. The procurement stage has been completed, and the buying organisation is located in Birmingham, UK. The industry category is education and training services, specifically for traffic officer training. The procurement process was conducted with the Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition.

This tender for Traffic Officer Training Venue Hire offers opportunities for businesses in event services, training services, and training services in defence and security materials. Companies with experience in providing mock motorway sections, safety risk assessments, incident reporting systems, and business continuity regimes would be well-suited to compete. The tender includes requirements for car parking provision, vehicle facilities, accommodation, and safety defect management. Additionally, suppliers need to adhere to cancellation policies and provide monthly spend reports, creating a potential growth opportunity for businesses in the training and event services sector.

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Notice Title

Traffic Officer Training Venue Hire

Notice Description

Mock motorway white lined and including no less than 3 lanes and a hard-shoulder (to typical D3M standard). 5 mock motorway sections required per course with each being no less than 300 metres in length for exclusive and safe use per activity (please see accompanying overview information for course requirement) The 5 mock motorway sections must be able to capacitate 5 practical training activities simultaneously. Where mock motorway is required for other ad hoc training the presumption is that this will be for D3M standard with white lining and including no less than 3 lanes and a hard-shoulder unless otherwise stated *Robust safe working systems and procedures to prevent incursions or access onto mock motorway sections used by NH by other site users or third parties during NH training. This will also be a requirement for other ad hoc training run by and on behalf of NH *Site safety risk assessment must be in place and be reflective of the needs of the course and the various tasks and activities covered - these can be provided *A site safety incident reporting system must be in place for the notification and recording of health and safety incidents and near misses *On-site mock motorway / incident ground point of contact that is available and contactable at all times by the National Highways team during training timeframe for continuity of service and escalation/emergency purposes. This will also be a requirement for other ad hoc training run on site. *Onsite accessible virtual incident management learning system, XVR or similar, that can be incorporated into foundation course and accessed on demand *A regime to monitor and manage safety defects including potholes, surface defects and other on-site furniture/features liable to cause injury to delegates/training team while using and walking on the mock motorway sections and site footpaths. It is expected that defects reported by the customer will be reviewed by service provider within 24hrs and that those defects which are unsafe be made safe by service provider within a further 24hrs. This will also be a requirement during the timeframe of other ad hoc training run on site *A business continuity regime to both proactively monitor, record and treat severe weather and other incidents or events with the potential to impact training delivery. Lessons learnt and continuous improvement should be a feature of the regime. Progress updates are to be provided for the customer on a daily basis during any such period. A summary of lessons learnt and improvement opportunities to be provided within 2weeks of the cessation of the incident or event (weather or otherwise). This will also be a requirement during the timeframe of any other ad hoc training run on site *Mock motorway sections usable for clearing/up-righting vehicle purposes and which may become soiled or incur some oil and surface damage during the course of these activities. This section may also be needed for ad hoc training purposes. *Section of land near or in proximity to mock motorway sections useable for 4 wheel drive and adverse weather driving purposes. This section may also be needed for ad hoc training purposes *On-site car parking provision for delegates, visitors, and trainers *Secure on site car parking provision for up to 10 traffic officer training vehicles and 9 large incident screen trailers and a medium size equipment trailer plus secure storage for keys which are accessible within working hours. *On site- rest and welfare and W/C facilities *On-site broken down vehicles (range of cars/vans) and LGV (lorry) for use during carriageway clearance and exercising purposes (please see accompanying overview information for course requirement) *Accommodation provision for delegates on site or at alternative locations close or in relative proximity to the venue *Monthly forecast and actual report on spend *Capacity to book 12month in advance *Supplier to adhere to cancellation policy as per contract.

Lot Information

Lot 1

*Mock motorway white lined and including no less than 3 lanes and a hard-shoulder (to typical D3M standard). 5 mock motorway sections required per course with each being no less than 300 metres in length for exclusive and safe use per activity (please see accompanying overview information for course requirement) The 5 mock motorway sections must be able to capacitate 5 practical training activities simultaneously. Where mock motorway is required for other ad hoc training the presumption is that this will be for D3M standard with white lining and including no less than 3 lanes and a hard-shoulder unless otherwise stated *Robust safe working systems and procedures to prevent incursions or access onto mock motorway sections used by NH by other site users or third parties during NH training. This will also be a requirement for other ad hoc training run by and on behalf of NH *Site safety risk assessment must be in place and be reflective of the needs of the course and the various tasks and activities covered - these can be provided *A site safety incident reporting system must be in place for the notification and recording of health and safety incidents and near misses *On-site mock motorway / incident ground point of contact that is available and contactable at all times by the National Highways team during training timeframe for continuity of service and escalation/emergency purposes. This will also be a requirement for other ad hoc training run on site. *Onsite accessible virtual incident management learning system, XVR or similar, that can be incorporated into foundation course and accessed on demand *A regime to monitor and manage safety defects including potholes, surface defects and other on-site furniture/features liable to cause injury to delegates/training team while using and walking on the mock motorway sections and site footpaths. It is expected that defects reported by the customer will be reviewed by service provider within 24hrs and that those defects which are unsafe be made safe by service provider within a further 24hrs. This will also be a requirement during the timeframe of other ad hoc training run on site *A business continuity regime to both proactively monitor, record and treat severe weather and other incidents or events with the potential to impact training delivery. Lessons learnt and continuous improvement should be a feature of the regime. Progress updates are to be provided for the customer on a daily basis during any such period. A summary of lessons learnt and improvement opportunities to be provided within 2weeks of the cessation of the incident or event (weather or otherwise). This will also be a requirement during the timeframe of any other ad hoc training run on site *Mock motorway sections usable for clearing/up-righting vehicle purposes and which may become soiled or incur some oil and surface damage during the course of these activities. This section may also be needed for ad hoc training purposes. *Section of land near or in proximity to mock motorway sections useable for 4 wheel drive and adverse weather driving purposes. This section may also be needed for ad hoc training purposes *On-site car parking provision for delegates, visitors, and trainers *Secure on site car parking provision for up to 10 traffic officer training vehicles and 9 large incident screen trailers and a medium size equipment trailer plus secure storage for keys which are accessible within working hours. *On site- rest and welfare and W/C facilities *On-site broken down vehicles (range of cars/vans) and LGV (lorry) for use during carriageway clearance and exercising purposes (please see accompanying overview information for course requirement) *Accommodation provision for delegates on site or at alternative locations close or in relative proximity to the venue *Monthly forecast and actual report on spend *Capacity to book 12month in advance *Supplier to adhere to cancellation policy as per contract

Procurement Information

Following publication of the Prior Information Notice 2023/ 000-012671 only one expression of interest was received.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c607
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025807-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

79952000 - Event services

80000000 - Education and training services

80500000 - Training services

80600000 - Training services in defence and security materials

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£2,425,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Sep 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
31 Jul 2023Expired
Award Date
31 Aug 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
Contact Name
Lauren Hopkins
Contact Email
lauren.hopkins@nationalhighways.co.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS11 9AT
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Ladywood
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

WSP

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