Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-09-11
Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71300000
Estimated value: 30460000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-10-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Hertfordshire County Council (the ‘Council’) is currently out to procurement for the provision of transport, infrastructure and planning services. Further information in regards to this opportunity can be found in II.2.4) Description of the procurement field (OJEU contract notice refers). Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to express interest which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system. Please see VI.3) Additional information for further information. Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the correspondence area in the e-Tendering system, in accordance with the procurement documents and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above.
Spatial Planning and Policy services cut across several departments, including the spatial planning and policy unit, the transport, waste and environmental management unit, growth and infrastructure, and the highways service. The services outlined in this lot have traditionally been commissioned by in-house staff, and delivered through the Council’s existing transport planning framework. With significant growth planned for Hertfordshire, the chosen supplier will play an active role in ensuring this growth is good growth, providing the expertise, evidence and strategic vision to support economically, socially and environmentally sustainable development.
Please note: The TUPE staffing information for this procurement has been provided along with other documentation for this procurement. TUPE related information must be treated as protected data in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and must be kept confidential. By clicking on the view details button and accessing the documentation for this procurement, tenderers agree:
(a) to undertake to treat the information as confidential and commercially sensitive at all times and take all reasonable steps to prevent any inadvertent disclosure to any third party;
(b) that under no circumstances will any of the information be disclosed by your organisation or your personnel to any third party without the Council’s prior consent in writing;
(c) that the information supplied will be stored securely and destroyed or returned to the Council, after your organisation’s bid has been submitted or you decide not to proceed with a tender submission;
(d) that you will indemnify the Council for any losses, arising from your breach or breach by any of your personnel of these confidentiality requirements specified above and data protection requirements in relation to TUPE Staffing Information;
(e) the requirements above apply whether the supplier uploads a tender response to this procurement or not.
The Council’s Core Modelling work takes place primarily via the Highways’ Transport Planning function. This team acts as a custodian for the countywide model (COMET) which is the current transport model for informing current and future transport patterns and demand across Hertfordshire. Developed in collaboration with the existing Transport Planning Framework provider, COMET was created in line with national guidance, specifically the Department for Transport’s Web Transport Analysis Guidance (WebTAG). COMET consists of a suite of models including an EMME based Variable demand and passenger transport model and a Saturn based highway model. Having a countywide model such as COMET provides a means of identifying the impact of future development on the transport network and ensuring that growth in Hertfordshire is good growth, enabling the Council to identify future areas of stress and scenario test scheme options. With the Council planning a pipeline of medium and major-sized schemes, having a countywide model such as COMET in place will only grow in relevance going forwards. As such, by supporting the maintenance and development of a countywide modelling function, the chosen supplier will play an active role in supporting ‘good growth’ in Hertfordshire.
Please note: The TUPE Staffing Information for this procurement has been provided along with other documentation for this procurement. TUPE related information must be treated as protected data in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and must be kept confidential. By clicking on the view details button and accessing the documentation for this procurement, tenderers agree:
(a) to undertake to treat the information as confidential and commercially sensitive at all times and take all reasonable steps to prevent any inadvertent disclosure to any third party;
(b) that under no circumstances will any of the information be disclosed by your organisation or your personnel to any third party without the Council’s prior consent in writing;
(c) that the information supplied will be stored securely and destroyed or returned to the Council, after your organisation’s bid has been submitted or you decide not to proceed with a tender submission;
(d) that you will indemnify the Council for any losses, arising from your breach or breach by any of your personnel of these confidentiality requirements specified above and data protection requirements in relation to TUPE staffing information;
(e) the requirements above apply whether the supplier uploads a tender response to this procurement or not.

Eligibility requirements: Please refer to the tender documentation provided at www.supplyhertfordshire.uk

Award value: 30460000