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title: "Preliminary Design Development of the Billingham Beck Bridge Replacement project"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07742e"
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# Preliminary Design Development of the Billingham Beck Bridge Replacement project

Buyer: Stockton on Tees Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07742e

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## Summary

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council procured engineering consultancy for the preliminary design development of the Billingham Beck Bridge Replacement project. The work covers project management and the development of highways, structural, geotechnical and environmental designs, together with Construction, Design and Management (CDM) services. Delivery is associated with Billingham and the surrounding Stockton-on-Tees area. This is a professional services requirement for a bridge replacement scheme, combining transport infrastructure design with the coordination and management activities needed to develop the project safely and compliantly. The relevant service classification is engineering services (CPV 71300000).

The procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council made a direct award to Ove Arup & Partners Ltd under the NEPO212 Support Services for the Development of the Built Environment Framework, Lot 9 for Highways & Transportation. The limited procedure was conducted without prior publication of a call for competition, using the framework’s direct-award route. The award was made on 4 September 2026 and the contract was signed on the same date. The awarded contract value is £84,890 excluding any stated tax treatment. One bid was recorded, with price as the award criterion. The procurement was covered by the Government Procurement Agreement, and the associated lot is recorded as cancelled despite the active award and contract.

This procurement shows that the council uses a framework-based direct-award route for bridge replacement design and related highways consultancy. A credible future competitor would need integrated capability across project management, highways and bridge engineering, structural design, geotechnical assessment, environmental services and CDM coordination. Experience of developing preliminary designs for transport infrastructure, managing multidisciplinary teams and addressing construction health and safety duties would be relevant. Suppliers should also be able to operate within a public-sector built-environment framework and demonstrate that they can coordinate technical, environmental and compliance inputs into a coherent design package. The award to a large multidisciplinary engineering consultancy indicates a requirement suited to organisations with broad in-house expertise or a dependable specialist delivery team, rather than a narrowly focused single-discipline practice.

## Notice

Design development for the Billingham Beck Bridge Replacement project, including project management, highways, structural, geotechnical, environmental and CDM services.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Direct award under the NEPO212 Support Services for the Development of the Built Environment Framework to provide consultancy support for the preliminary design development of the Billingham Beck Bridge Replacement project.

### Procurement Information

Direct Award from the NEPO 212 - Support Services for Development of the Built Environment Framework - Lot 9 Highways & Transportation

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088112-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £84,890 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Stockton on Tees Borough Council |
| Locality | STOCKTON ON TEES |
| Postcode area | Cleveland |
| Postcode | TS17 6BJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC3 Tees Valley |
| ITL 3 | TLC31 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees |
| Local authority | Stockton-on-Tees |
| Electoral ward | Mandale & Victoria |
| Westminster constituency | Middlesbrough and Thornaby East |
| Delivery location | TLC11 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Ove Arup & Partners Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71300000 - Engineering services

## Release History

- 17 Sep 2026 at 11:23 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088112-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.stockton.gov.uk

## Provenance

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