Notice Information
Notice Title
Highways Services Strategic Delivery Partner (SDP4)
Notice Description
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council has awarded a contract for the provision of Highways Services Strategic Delivery Partner (SDP4) services. The contract was awarded via a direct award under the Crown Commercial Service RM6165 Construction Professional Services Framework (Lot 1). The services provide strategic, technical and professional support to the Council's highways service, supporting programme development, governance, assurance and delivery, and ensuring continuity of service.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council has awarded a contract for the provision of Highways Services Strategic Delivery Partner (SDP4) services. The services comprise the provision of strategic, technical and professional consultancy support to the Council's highways and transport functions, including programme and project management, commercial and contractual support, governance and assurance, business case development, and specialist engineering and advisory services. The contract supports the Council's delivery of its highways capital and operational programmes and ensures continuity of service, resilience of delivery capability and compliance with relevant assurance and funding requirements. The contract was awarded via a direct award under the Crown Commercial Service RM6165 Construction Professional Services Framework (Lot 1).
Procurement Information
The contract was awarded by direct award under the Crown Commercial Service RM6165 Construction Professional Services Framework (Lot 1), in accordance with the framework's call-off procedures. The Council required continuity of specialist highways and transport delivery capability to support the delivery of major, externally funded transport programmes. The existing Strategic Delivery Partner contract had reached its maximum permissible value and could not be further extended. The Council's original intention was to undertake a competitive procurement using the replacement CCS framework. However, delays to the availability of the new framework, combined with the impending closure of the existing RM6165 framework to new procurements, meant that it was not possible to complete a compliant competitive process within the available timescales. Without the award of a time-limited contract, the Council would have experienced an immediate loss of critical delivery capacity, placing live programmes at significant risk and exposing the Council to potential delay, funding clawback and non-compliance with funder governance requirements. The direct award of a 12-month contract to the incumbent supplier under RM6165 was therefore the only lawful, practical and proportionate option available to maintain continuity of service while a future competitive procurement is prepared. The award was approved in accordance with the Council's governance and financial regulations.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-068498
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034894-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award 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
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
-
- CPV Codes
71300000 - Engineering services
71310000 - Consultative engineering and construction services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £2,083,333 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Apr 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 Apr 20261 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRADFORD
- Postcode
- BD1 1HX
- Post Town
- Bradford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE4 West Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE41 Bradford
- Delivery Location
- TLE41 Bradford
-
- Local Authority
- Bradford
- Electoral Ward
- City
- Westminster Constituency
- Bradford West
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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