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Business Case Development: Birkenhead Central Gateway & Core Active Travel Network

Wirral Council

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21 Jul 2026 at 12:58

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Wirral Council commissioned specialist consultancy services to develop a fully integrated Gateway 2 Strategic Outline Business Case for the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Transport for the City Regions funding programme. The work covers two connected transport projects: Birkenhead Central Gateway and the Core Active Travel Network. It is infrastructure works consultancy and advisory engineering work, involving the development of the business case rather than construction delivery. Delivery is associated with Wirral, including Birkenhead, within the Liverpool City Region. The requirement is aimed at organisations that can combine transport planning, infrastructure appraisal and engineering advice into one coherent business case for major transport and active travel investment.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to STEER DAVIES & GLEAVE LIMITED on 21 July 2026. The gross awarded value is £126,360. The contract is scheduled to run from 31 July 2026 to 31 December 2026, with a possible six-month renewal, subject to the client’s prior written approval, giving a maximum extent to 30 June 2027. The process used a selective procedure, with the award made below threshold under a framework and without a competitive call-off. There was one completed lot, covering both projects. A contract signature was scheduled for 27 July 2026. The award is active and the tender is complete.

This award shows demand from Wirral Council for integrated transport consultancy capable of taking major infrastructure and active travel proposals through Gateway 2 business-case development for regional funding. Competitors targeting similar work will need credible capability in infrastructure consultancy, advisory engineering, transport planning and the preparation of strategic outline business cases. Experience of bringing multiple related schemes together into a single, coherent submission will be relevant, particularly where the work must support a combined-authority funding programme. The route to market also indicates that framework access and the ability to deliver focused, below-threshold call-off commissions are commercially important. Suppliers should be able to work across local-authority and regional transport priorities, with sufficient expertise to cover both gateway development and active travel planning.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Business Case Development: Birkenhead Central Gateway & Core Active Travel Network

Notice Description

The Services required under this Contract comprise the delivery of a fully integrated Gateway 2 Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) to the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority's (LCRCA) Transport for the City Regions (TCR) funding programme for the following projects: - Birkenhead Central Gateway - Core Active Travel Network

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cfcf
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068685-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - award under framework
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

71311300 - Infrastructure works consultancy services

71318000 - Advisory and consultative engineering services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£126,360 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
21 Jul 20262 months ago
Contract Period
31 Jul 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Wirral Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WALLASEY
Postcode
CH44 8ED
Postcode Area
Chester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD74 Wirral
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Wirral
Electoral Ward
Seacombe
Westminster Constituency
Wallasey

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Steer Davies Gleave

Further Information

Notice Documents

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