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Gen5 Consult - Transport, Highways & Infrastructure Consultancy Framework

Hampshire County Council

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

TenderCancellation

16 Dec 2025 at 10:01

UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
TenderUpdate

01 Oct 2025 at 09:09

UK4 - Tender Notice
Tender

17 Sep 2025 at 10:24

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

25 Apr 2025 at 10:53

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process initiated by Hampshire County Council, titled "Gen5 Consult - Transport, Highways & Infrastructure Consultancy Framework," has reached the tender cancellation stage as of 16th December 2025. This process, aligned with the legal framework governed by the UK Public General Acts 2023, aims to replace the council's existing infrastructure services framework with a four-year, multi-supplier framework facilitating transportation and civil engineering professional services. Despite previous active status and multiple complete lots, concerns regarding the commercial sustainability of offered rates led to the cancellation, and a reassessment is underway, with a new tender opportunity anticipated early January. This framework, notably structured under the NEC4 contractual agreements, serves all public bodies across England, with a focus on the South East and South West regions.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for growth, particularly for businesses within engineering, transport consultancy, environmental services, and civil infrastructure development. The scope allows for diverse service offerings across nine lots, including multi-disciplinary services and specialisms like ecological impact assessments and sustainable travel consultancy. Businesses interested in partnering within public sector frameworks, particularly those experienced in high technical excellence and competitive pricing, will find this opportunity attractive. Companies capable of delivering services under NEC4 contracts and engaging with multiple public bodies across England could significantly benefit from competition in the re-evaluated tender process once it resumes. Engaging with Hampshire County Council provides an avenue to contribute towards public infrastructure developments and urban planning within significant regions, aligning with broader government reforms and efficiency drives.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Gen5 Consult - Transport, Highways & Infrastructure Consultancy Framework

Notice Description

Hampshire County Council (HCC) is seeking to replace its existing Place, Connectivity & Infrastructure Professional Services Framework (ET14110) by establishing a new four-year multi-supplier Framework for the provision of specialist technical transportation and civil engineering professional services, together with infrastructure development and support services. The Framework aims to provide HCC with continued engineering infrastructure and development consultancy services and allows for provision for specialist technical transportation and engineering services. The Framework includes but is not limited to the following technical professional services: The new Framework will be divided into nine separate lots. Lot A will deliver larger scale multi-disciplinary consultancy services and Lot B will be sub dividend into eight smaller-scale specialist consultancy services. The Framework will be available to all Public Bodies within the geographical area of England (e.g. Local Authorities, NHS, Fire, Police, schools etc.), but predominantly those within the South East and South West regions. These public bodies shall be named as 'Participating Authorities' for the purposes of this Framework but Hampshire County Council shall remain the named lead 'Contracting Authority' for the purposes of this procurement and will retain overall control and ownership of the Framework. This Framework will be an NEC4 Framework Contract, with call-offs through the Framework using the NEC4 Professional Service Contract (PSC) and Professional Service Short Contract (PSSC).

Lot Information

A - Multi-Disciplinary

Sustainable and accessible transport infrastructure planning services Highways, Transportation, Civil and Structural engineering design services Design and advice services under Section 278 and 38 of the Highways Act (1980) Construction estimating, commercial and financial management services Safety audit, engineering and management Waste infrastructure and development design services Flood and water management and drainage design services Ecological and environmental services Landscape architecture and design services Sustainable and community integration strategic planning Infrastructure technology strategy and design services Intelligent traffic systems design and advice services Building Information Modelling (BIM) services

B1 - Engineering Design Specialisms

Bridge and Structural inspections including masonry, reinforced concrete, post tensioned and steel structures Infrastructure design services covering developments, minor and specialist street and transportation design services Inclusive and Public Realm Design, including transport design services 3D and BIM modelling and Visualisations and animations (for engagement purposes) Flood and water management services including hydraulic modelling LLFAs support and design services Highways drainage design services including SuDs Development drainage assessment services and design checking services Design of small scale waste water treatment plants

B2 - Transport Planning Specialisms

Active Travel and healthy streets, including walking and cycling design specialisms, Pedestrian wayfinding signage strategies and Urban area cycle network strategies Accessible infrastructure and planning services including inclusive design, low traffic neighbourhoods and school streets Future mobility planning services (including local mobility hubs, e-mobility solutions, electric vehicle charging etc.) and Low carbon approaches Travel Data and Modelling including Walking and cycling data, Travel and journey modelling, Car parking data, Intelligent traffic data (including queue surveys), TAG Compliant traffic modelling and Real time journey information visualisations, business engagement Planning including school travel planning, local travel plans and support Business case development and Scheme economic appraisal including Cost Benefit Analysis services, Sustainability appraisals Bid application preparations including DfT Full Business Case services, Specialist business case and funding bid support Master planning services including Land use / spatial planning services Associated general research services

B3 - Strategic Planning Specialism

Planning application support services Planning appeals support services Town & Country planning Act support services Strategic & spatial planning services Developer and stakeholder engagement services

B4 - Environmental, Sustainability and Decarbonisation Specialisms

Air quality zone modelling & assessment Air quality, health and environmental research services (in the context of transport) Modelling and advice services Action plan support services (in the context of transport) Vehicle emission modelling / simulation services Sustainable travel and transport consultancy services & decarbonisation, including Carbon offsetting advice Health impact surveys and assessments including noise monitoring Waste management planning Environmental audits and Socio-economic appraisals Environmental survey, inspection and supervision services including Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

B5 - Ecological, Landscape & Arboriculture Specialisms

Landscape design & management services Arboriculture planting & management advice Arboriculture surveys & assessments including TPO & felling advice Arboriculture and landscape survey, inspection and supervision services Ecological & habitat assessments and surveys Ecological appraisals and Ecological Impact Assessments Protected species surveys & assessment, for animals including but not limited to otters, bats, dormice, etc., or for birds Ecological survey, inspection and supervision services

B6 - Advice and Community engagement for Active Travel Specialism

Community engagement services for sustainable travel, such as surveys, school streets, community events Applying behavioural change science for sustainable travel solutions School engagement services for active travel including cycling and walking

B7 - Traffic Management, Traffic Order and Parking Consultancy

Traffic Orders - drafting, consolidation, TRO reviews, variations and amendments Digital TRO mapping - Interface with Traffic Order management software Signs and lining reviews - including Parking, Speed Limits, Movement Restrictions Parking reviews including On-road and Off-road parking and resident parking schemes Moving Traffic Enforcement - development and delivery of schemes. Low cost Traffic Management measures

B8 - Street Lighting Design Specialism

Scoping/feasibility of street lighting projects Preliminary and detailed design of lighting schemes, including drawings and schedules, to British and EU standards Lighting designs to meet planning consent/conditions, including minimising impact on local ecology S278 and S38 street lighting designs with accompanying PFI Certificate of Approval Support PFI Street Lighting accrual process

Planning Information

This Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is being published to alert the supply chain and notify interested parties that Hampshire County Council (HCC) will be hosting an in-person market engagement event for the upcoming tender opportunity of the above Framework. HCC would like to invite interested suppliers to an in-person engagement session to help inform the Council's future tendering arrangements. The market engagement event will take place between 10:00 - 12:00 on Tuesday the 27th May 2025 and will be held at the County Council’s offices. The event will cover the following; • The current contractual arrangements • Working with Hampshire County Council • Contracting options • Tendering in Hampshire including indicative timescales. Suppliers wishing to attend this event should register (if not already registered) on the Council's e-tendering platform, In-tend (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Home) and 'Express an Interest' against the project “UN25128 – Place, Connectivity & Infrastructure (PCI) Professional Services Framework 2026-2030”. Please then use the Correspondence function for the project and provide the name of attendees and their email addresses so that invitations and event details can be issued. Suppliers wishing to attend this event need to confirm with the Council, via the correspondence function on In-tend, by 14:00 on Monday 19th May 2025. Please Note: this is market engagement information only at this stage and may not necessarily lead to any future procurement process. In the event this proceeds to a tendering opportunity, it is not yet certain which procurement route will be followed. Information gathered through the engagement event will help to shape the proposed future procurement. Suppliers will be neither advantaged nor disadvantaged from involvement in this exercise.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-050770
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/083164-2025
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

71300000 - Engineering services

71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services

71313000 - Environmental engineering consultancy services

71320000 - Engineering design services

71330000 - Miscellaneous engineering services

71356400 - Technical planning services

71410000 - Urban planning services

71500000 - Construction-related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£100,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
£100,000,000 £100M-£1B
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Dec 20258 months ago
Submission Deadline
29 Oct 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
4 Aug 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
2 Mar 2026 - 28 Feb 2030 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Cancelled
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Hampshire County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WINCHESTER
Postcode
SO23 8UJ
Postcode Area
Southampton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ36 Central Hampshire
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight, TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Winchester
Electoral Ward
St Michael
Westminster Constituency
Winchester

Further Information

Notice Documents

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