Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-03-11
Buyer: Portsmouth City Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71311200 | 71311210 | 71318000: Lighting engineering services | 71410000 | 71600000
Estimated value: 200000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-04-08
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Portsmouth City Council ('the council') on behalf of the Partnership for South Hampshire (PfSH) is seeking to appoint consultants to provide advice and support to assess potential strategic development opportunity areas.
2) A transport impact assessment and transport modelling to support the comparative assessment. Each commission is offered as a separate lot and bids may be submitted for one or both.
The cumulative value of the contracts is estimated to be in the region of GBP 200 000, however this may increase significantly in the event that additional services are required to complete the commissions and/or scope/term extension options are utilised. The initial contract period will be for 12 months however additional related services may be drawn down for a 3-year period from award of contract. The closing date for bid returns is 8 April 2020 at 10.00.
See Section 'II.2.14) Additional information' below for the list of local authorities which are members of PfSH.
Portsmouth City Council ('the Council') acting as the contracting authority on behalf of the Partnership for South Hampshire (PfSH) is seeking to appoint consultants to provide consultancy advice and support to assess potential strategic development opportunity areas (SDOAs) in order to identify the most sustainable way to deliver new development in the sub-region through to 2036 and beyond. This lot is for the provision of comparative assessments of strategic development options. The work itself will be a key part of the evidence base that is part of a wider review of the 2016 spatial position statement and the production of a new joint strategy.
• consideration of additional aspects including landscape, ecology, biodiversity net gain, environmental net gain, green infrastructure opportunities, health and wellbeing, accessibility, flood risk, wastewater treatment, air quality, mix of uses, capacity, infrastructure, deliverability, viability and phasing.
The value of this contract is estimated to be in the region of GBP 75 000. In the event that additional data collection, data analysis or assessment of additional options or sites is required to complete the commission, the value of the contracts will increase accordingly. In addition, should the council or PfSH have future requirements for commissions that are similar in scope and technical expertise to the initial brief, the council and PfSH reserve the right to award this work to the winning bidder through this contract.
The initial contract term for both contracts will be for a period of 12 months with the possibility of extending the term by a further 24 months to a maximum term of 36 months, in increments to be agreed and subject to the performance and agreement of both parties.
Suppliers are invited to submit tenders for one or both of the lots. Suppliers choosing to submit tenders for both lots are invited to submit an additional variant bid that outlines the benefits (financial, technical, operational etc.) of awarding both contracts to one supplier. Variant bids will be evaluated on their own merits. The council is under no obligation to award on a combined basis and it reserves the right to award contracts to the most economically advantageous tenders.
The value of the contract is estimated to be in the region of GBP 75 000 for the initial 12 month term. However this may increase significantly above 10 % of the estimated value in the event that additional services are required to complete the commissions and/or options to extend the scope/term of the contract are utilised in accordance with Regulations 32 (9-12) and 72 (1)(e).
See Section 'II.2.14) Additional information' below for the list of local authorities which are members of PfSH.
Portsmouth City Council ('the council') on behalf of the Partnership for South Hampshire (PfSH) is seeking to appoint consultants to provide consultancy advice and support to assess potential strategic development opportunity areas (SDOAs) in order to identify the most sustainable way to deliver new development in the sub-region through to 2036 and beyond. PfSH requires a transport impact assessment and transport modelling to support the comparative assessment. The work itself will be a key part of the evidence base that is part of a wider review of the 2016 Spatial Position Statement and the production of a new Joint Strategy.
• a separate evidence based study that will run in parallel to and informing the comparative assessment;
• modelling of strategy options — this will require use of the Solent Sub-Regional Transport Model (SRTM);


Award value: 200000