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title: "Bowburn Development Route Options Assessment Report"
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buyer: "Durham County Council"
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# Bowburn Development Route Options Assessment Report

Buyer: Durham County Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b492104c-03d3-4875-a11b-d57cde063939

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## Summary

Durham County Council commissioned a route options assessment report for the Bowburn development. The work is a transport planning and highways consultancy service, intended to assess route options related to development in Bowburn. Delivery is in the North East of England. The requirement was procured as a further competition under the council’s existing framework for built-environment support services, within its highways and transportation lot. This is relevant to transport planning and engineering consultancies with experience assessing development-related road routes and preparing options assessment reports for local authorities.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to AECOM Limited. Durham County Council ran a selective further competition through a framework agreement. The tender deadline was 7 July 2026. The award was made on 28 September 2026, for £706,508.36. The contract runs from 2 September 2026 to 21 December 2028. The procurement covered one requirement: the Bowburn Development Route Options Assessment Report. Small and medium-sized enterprises were considered suitable to participate. No separate evaluation criteria are reported.

The award demonstrates demand from Durham County Council for substantial consultancy work assessing transport routes associated with development. A credible competitor for a future requirement of this kind would need to combine highways and transportation expertise with the ability to analyse route options and deliver a formal assessment report for a local authority. The work was procured through a further competition in an established built-environment support services framework, so a supplier’s position on an appropriate framework route is commercially relevant. SMEs were considered suitable, indicating that smaller consultancies could be credible competitors where they can demonstrate the necessary technical capability and delivery capacity. The selected supplier was a large consultancy, showing that the requirement was also within reach of firms able to resource a sizeable, multi-year commission.

## Notice

Bowburn Development Route Options Assessment Report Further competition in relation to Framework Agreement NEPO212: Support Services for the Development of the Built Environment: Lot 9: Highways & Transportation

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/17c6017b-2ffe-4c1b-9e7c-081948279627 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 28 Sep 2026 |
| Contract period | 2 Sep 2026 - 21 Dec 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £706,508 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £706,508 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Durham County Council |
| Locality | DURHAM |
| Postcode area | Durham |
| Postcode | DH1 5TS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC41 Durham |
| Local authority | County Durham |
| Electoral ward | Framwellgate & Newton Hall |
| Westminster constituency | City of Durham |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AECOM |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

## Release History

- 6 Oct 2026 at 11:38 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/17c6017b-2ffe-4c1b-9e7c-081948279627

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/17c6017b-2ffe-4c1b-9e7c-081948279627
  6th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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