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Development Management Advice and Auditing Support Services

Transport Scotland

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30 Jul 2026 at 01:00

PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Transport Scotland procured specialist consultancy services through the Development Management, Road Safety and Active Travel Support Service Framework. The work supports Transport Scotland in its statutory consultee role on planning applications under Scotland’s Town and Country Planning regulations, helping to ensure that third-party developments do not compromise the safety or operational efficiency of the trunk road network. It also supports Scottish Government casualty-reduction targets and active-travel objectives. The service includes development-management advice, road-safety support and auditing. Planning-authority consultations are to be handled across Transport Scotland’s operating-company areas, covering Scotland. The main classification is CPV 90712100, relating to urban environmental development planning.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded following a restricted procedure. Three suppliers were selected for the single lot: Jacobs U.K. Limited, SYSTRA Limited and AtkinsRealis. The contract was signed on 30 July 2026 and is active, with a value of £3,000,000. Three electronic bids were received, all from non-EU suppliers, and none came from SMEs. The requirement was evaluated through a selective process under the Government Procurement Agreement. The framework’s previous arrangement handled approximately 1,000 planning-authority consultations each year, indicating the operational scale of the service. Community benefits formed part of the signed agreement.

This requirement is relevant to established multidisciplinary consultancies with expertise in development management, transport planning, road safety and auditing. Credible competitors would need to assess planning proposals against the safety and operational requirements of a strategic trunk-road network, provide defensible consultation responses, and support a public-sector statutory-consultee function. Experience of Scottish planning and transport regulations, road-safety assessment, active-travel considerations and high-volume casework would be particularly useful. The award to three large consultancies shows that Transport Scotland values suppliers able to combine specialist technical advice with sufficient capacity to share work across operating-company areas. Firms seeking future work with this buyer should also be able to meet electronic procurement requirements and deliver the community benefits included in the agreement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Development Management Advice and Auditing Support Services

Notice Description

The Development Management, Road Safety and Active Travel Support Service (DMRSATSS) Framework provides a dedicated and specialist consultancy support service to Transport Scotland (TS). This support enables Transport Scotland to discharge the duties of Scottish Ministers in their role as a statutory consultee to the planning process under the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008. Furthermore, it supports the delivery of the Scottish Government's Casualty Reduction Targets as set out in the Road Safety Framework to 2030.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Development Management, Road Safety and Active Travel Support Service (DMRSATSS) Framework provides a dedicated and specialist consultancy support service to Transport Scotland (TS). Transport Scotland is commissioning specialist consultancy support through this Framework to assist the Development Management (DM) team in discharging the Scottish Ministers' statutory consultee responsibilities under the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008. The purpose of this support is to ensure that third-party development proposals do not compromise the safety or operational efficiency of the Trunk Road Network. Under the previous Framework (Lot 1), the Development Management team supported by consultants, responded to approximately 1,000 planning authority consultations annually. The primary purpose of these responses was to ensure that third-party developments do not undermine the safety and operational efficiency of the Trunk Road Network. For the new Framework, responsibility for planning authority consultations will be divided across Transport Scotland's Operating Company (OC) areas: NE/SW (Amey) and NW/SE (BEAR). Work in each OC

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000838855
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL561279
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

30196000 - Planning systems

71240000 - Architectural, engineering and planning services

71410000 - Urban planning services

90712000 - Environmental planning

90712100 - Urban environmental development planning

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£3,000,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Transport Scotland
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G2 7ER
Postcode Area
Glasgow
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland
Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

Jacobs UK Ltd

SYSTRA LIMITED

AtkinsRéalis UK Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL561279
    Development Management Advice and Auditing Support Services - The Development Management, Road Safety and Active Travel Support Service (DMRSATSS) Framework provides a dedicated and specialist consultancy support service to Transport Scotland (TS). This support enables Transport Scotland to discharge the duties of Scottish Ministers in their role as a statutory consultee to the planning process under the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008. Furthermore, it supports the delivery of the Scottish Government's Casualty Reduction Targets as set out in the Road Safety Framework to 2030.

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