--- title: "Gloucestershire Highways Professional Services Procurement 2025" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-87ee2261-ee35-4987-906d-ac4f5e872541" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-87ee2261-ee35-4987-906d-ac4f5e872541" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-87ee2261-ee35-4987-906d-ac4f5e872541.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-87ee2261-ee35-4987-906d-ac4f5e872541.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2024-09-10" --- # Gloucestershire Highways Professional Services Procurement 2025 Buyer: GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-87ee2261-ee35-4987-906d-ac4f5e872541 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-87ee2261-ee35-4987-906d-ac4f5e872541) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-87ee2261-ee35-4987-906d-ac4f5e872541.json) ## Summary Gloucestershire County Council, based in Gloucester, has initiated the "Gloucestershire Highways Professional Services Procurement 2025" tender, classified under CPV 71000000 for architectural, construction, engineering, and inspection services. This procurement, which follows a Restricted Procedure, aims to appoint a single supplier for professional highways consultancy services. The tender period ends on 9th October 2024, and the contract spans from 22nd December 2024 to 31st March 2031, with a total estimated value between £20m and £60m excluding VAT. The procurement focuses on services including network and asset management design, maintenance, and improvement, further ensuring the services' environmental sustainability, social value, and compliance with council policies. This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses with expertise in professional highways consultancy, particularly those with specialist technical skills in transport and network management. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are also suitable to compete, fostering local economic support. The selected consultant will collaborate closely with the council's internal teams and other providers, reinforcing flexibility and market competitiveness. This partnership will be vital in delivering efficient, sustainable transport solutions that provide excellent value for money and benefit local communities, making it an excellent growth opportunity for qualified businesses. ## Notice The purpose of a newly procured contract model for professional services from 2025/26 is to put Gloucestershire County Council into the best position to be fit for the future in delivering its objectives. The Council has engaged with suppliers, officers and lead cabinet members to inform a contract form that introduces an element of competition, whilst maintaining competitive tension and attractiveness to market, protecting the TUPE rights of individuals, fostering flexibility and agility and maintaining collaboration between other highways suppliers. Based on these criteria a single supplier arrangement with a specialist supplier framework has been deemed to be the most advantageous option given expected contract spend and the specialist supplier framework is expected to support the local economy. The Client requires the single supplier Consultant under this model to deliver professional highways consultancy services (Services) in relation to development proposals for all relevant Client's schemes, including but not limited to dealing with Client's and / or Local Planning Authorities, Highways Authorities and other Consultees, as more fully described within the Scope. To deliver its highways schemes the Client requires the services of an external consultant possessing specialist technical skill to supplement and support Client's in-house teams and the Client's other providers. It shall be a mutual objective for both Client and Consultant to ensure that the professional highways services are: 1.1.1 environmentally sustainable; 1.1.2 provide social value to benefit local communities; 1.1.3 strengthen the role of the local communities in the decision making process; 1.1.4 sustainable in delivery, function and serviceability compliant with Gloucestershire County Council's policies and standards 1.1.5 Safe and fit for purpose; 1.1.6 provide excellent value for money. The Services under this Contract consist of a comprehensive highways and transport, network and asset management design, maintenance and improvement services for Client. We are following a 2 stage process using the Restricted Procedure. The contract form will be the NEC4 Professional Services Contract as amended in accordance with the procurement documents. The contract is valued between PS20m and PS60m ex VAT. This contract value range is based on predicted budgets over both the initial term and optional terms of the contract. The estimated value does not include contingency to account for inflation, potential one-off funding bids, DfT awards and other unknown possible increases in funding over the total potential contracted periods. Due to recent unpredictability regarding these areas the contract value will be adjusted to reflect these circumstances as a modification using Regulation 72 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, if required during the contract term. The incumbent Consultant has indicated that there is a TUPE implication , full details in the tender documents. Additional information: Please follow the link below to view the project on Procontract: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=8ff16d33-e76e-ef11-812f-005056b64545&p=696a9836-1895-e511-8105-000c29c9ba21005056b64545&p=696a9836-1895-e511-8105-000c29c9ba21 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a81798d9-cbc6-45d8-af24-8e34a0d4448c | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Restricted procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 10 Sep 2024 | | Submission deadline | 9 Oct 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 22 Dec 2024 - 31 Mar 2031 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | GLOUCESTER | | Post town | Gloucester | | Postcode | GL1 2TH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | | ITL 3 | TLK73 Gloucestershire CC | | Local authority | Gloucester | | Electoral ward | Westgate | | Westminster constituency | Gloucester | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services ### Codes - 71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services ## Release History - 10 Sep 2024 at 19:12 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a81798d9-cbc6-45d8-af24-8e34a0d4448c - 9 Sep 2024 at 20:07 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/82de351a-736e-4b77-8c81-9a92d8f52bff ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a81798d9-cbc6-45d8-af24-8e34a0d4448c 10th September 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/82de351a-736e-4b77-8c81-9a92d8f52bff 9th September 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=8ff16d33-e76e-ef11-812f-005056b64545&p=696a9836-1895-e511-8105-000c29c9ba21 Procontract Link ## Notice URLs - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=8ff16d33-e76e-ef11-812f-005056b64545&p=696a9836-1895-e511-8105-000c29c9ba21005056b64545&p=696a9836-1895-e511-8105-000c29c9ba21 - https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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