Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-11-16
Buyer: Transport Scotland
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71311000: Civil engineering consultancy services | 71311100 | 71311210 | 71311300 | 71322000: Civil engineering design services
Estimated value: 500000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Transport Scotland is responsible for improving transport infrastructure across Scotland which involves delivery of major trunk road construction schemes. Major road construction schemes often include requirements to divert and/or protect utilities to enable their completion.
The objective of this tender is to appoint multiple consultants to provide the following services to Transport Scotland:
— review and coordinate utility works programmes associated with trunk road design and construction projects,
— review the correctness and completeness of processes undertaken in accordance with New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997,
Further information on Transport Scotland can be accessed through our website at: www.transport.gov.scot
Transport Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Ministers has identified a requirement to appoint a suitably experienced economic operator (a “Consultant”) to provide the following specialist services to support the delivery of trunk road projects across Scotland:
(i) Review and coordination of an overall utility works programme to ensure the strategy for utility diversions is appropriate and provides the most effective option to support the delivery, of for example: the A9 Dualling Programme of works, on time and to budget;
(ii) Correctness and completeness review of the process undertaken to ensure application of the appropriate legislation; the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 and New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, the Conditions of Contract, including the Employer’s Requirements and relevant codes of practice including, but not limited to: Measures necessary where apparatus is affected by major works (diversionary works). Any conflicts in these requirements should be identified together with recommendations for further review and/ or action.
(iii) Technical review of utility diversion proposals to identify appropriateness and completeness of any proposals, ensure designs can practically be achieved and are compliant with relevant regulations;
(iv) Liaise with Statutory Undertakers, Designer, Contractor, etc. as necessary to ensure compliance with the proposed design and verification of the costs for the diversionary routes/or protection works and provide recommendations;
(v) Risk management and mitigation review. Appraisal of Utility designs and programme to identify key risks to programme delivery and the measures taken to identify and mitigate these by undertakers and relevant parties (i.e. Designer, Contractor, etc.).
vi) Specialist technical support relating to utility queries, dispute resolutions etc. which may involve, but not be limited to: attendance at meetings, preparation of draft correspondence, providing adhoc advice and recommendations.
The appointed Consultants will be required to have personnel with specialist experience of reviewing utility diversion/protection proposals, with an in depth understanding of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 and New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, as well as Transport Scotland’s and Statutory Undertakers contract requirements.
Transport Scotland ultimately wish to ensure a sufficiently robust and rigorous process has been undertaken to ensure prospective tenderers/contractors/consultants have sufficient information to accurately price and undertake construction works and programme activities within a specified timeline.
The Consultant may also be required to attend offices, construction sites or other locations within the UK at which the statutory utility owners and contractors are based.


Winner: Allen, Gordon and co
Award value: 500000
Number of bids: 3