Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-03-28
Buyer: Highways England
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71320000 | 71322000: Civil engineering design services | 71322300 | 71322500 | 71356200
Estimated value: 49700000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-05-20
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Highways England is looking for a suitable consultant, that can assist in the preparation of technical designs and undertake supporting work for a number of capital projects from initial scheme feasibility through to the as-built phase. This will include project enabling tasks and other similar duties. The areas of expertise that Highways England requires (but is not limited to) is as follows: structures, landscaping, pavements, drainage, vehicle restraint systems, technology design and advice, environment, geo-technics, geometrical designs, lighting, traffic modelling, traffic signals, noise and air quality (including non-invasive surveys), preparation of NEC4 contract documents, site supervision and stakeholder engagement/consultation.
Highways England East Asset Delivery covers the counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Milton Keynes, Essex, Norfolk, and Suffolk.
Routes within East Region include: the strategic road network in the East of England goes from the A5 in the west, the A47 and A14 in the north, south as far as M25 (but not including) and out to the coast of East Anglia and Essex. The East Region includes the following motorways and all-purpose trunk roads; M1, M11, A1(M), A1, A5, A11, A12, A14, A47, A120, A421 and A428.
For the duration of contract, and in order to provide the required level of service the successful consultant provider will be expected to relocate key delivery personnel to Highways England offices located within the East Region for the duration of this agreement. Details relating to the services required, quantities of works and overall description relating to this contract will be made available within the tender documents that can be downloaded free of charge from the esourcing portal BravoSolutions (https://highways.bravosolution.co.uk). You will be required to create an account.
This contract will be awarded for an initial 36 month period with an intention to extend for 12 months and a further 12 months based on satisfactory performance of the consultant. The performance will be assessed after the
Initial 12 months of the contract at an extension review point. The performance will be measured against.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
— browse to the e-Sourcing portal: https://highways.bravosolution.co.uk and click the link to register,
— click the “PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers” link (these are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitations to tender open to any registered supplier),
— this will move the PQQ/ITT into your “My PQQs/My ITT's page (this is a secure area reserved for your projects only),
— you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Buyer Attachments” in the “PQQ/ITT Details” box.
— click “My Response” under “PQQ/ITT Details”, you can choose to “Create Response” or “Decline to Respond” (please give a reason if declining),
— there may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the “Submit Response” button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the e-Tendering help desk.
As a supplier/organisation looking to bid for public sector contracts you should be aware that tender documentation for contracts over 10 000 GBP will be published on a single website and made available to the public. You should also be aware that if your bid is successful the resulting contract will be published. In some circumstances, limited redactions will be made to tender documentation and/or contracts before they are published in order to comply with existing law, to protect commercial interests and for the protection of national security.


Award value: 49700000