Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-08-01
Buyer: Highways England
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
CPV classification: 71356000 | 71356100 | 71356400 | 71600000 | 71631000
Estimated value: 300000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Routes to Market pre-procurement market update on Technical Advisor Partnership procurement approach, related to the Regional Delivery Partnership.
Highways England confirms its intention to procure the Technical advisor partner (TAP) services in 2 tranches through existing and prospective procurement frameworks to align to our Regional investment programme's delivery schedule.
Tranche 1 TAP services will support technical assurance of schemes moving from existing frameworks to Regional Delivery Partnership during 2019. Those suppliers on existing frameworks will be provided more information about the timings and work to be procured directly from Highways England and your framework manager.
Tranche 2 TAP services will be to support new schemes as part of the Road investment strategy (RIS) 2 to be announced in 2019 and delivered throughout Road Period 2. (The programme of schemes to be decided on the publication of RIS 2, with the start of work from April 2020). TAP services will be procured via a new model to be tendered during summer 2019. More information will be published in late 2018 early 2019 on this route.
The Regional delivery partnership (RDP) is Highways England's new approach to project development, design and construction; serving the Regional investment programme's (RIP) modernising of our strategic road network in England. The RDP will be used for £9bn of road investment, working with suppliers to effectively and efficiently support three Highways England imperatives; safety, customer service and delivery.
Today we are confirming our intention to procure the Technical advisor partners (TAPs) services element of RDP in 2 tranches. These will be delivered through existing and prospective procurement frameworks to align to the RDP delivery.
Out of total provision of 300 000 000 GBP for TAP work estimate to be required to support delivery of RIP over the next six years, up to 50 000 000 GBP will be procured for Tranche 1 schemes via existing frameworks, with the majority of Tranche 2 contracts to be opened to the whole of the market again in Summer 2019.
— Tranche 1 TAP Services will support the technical assurance of schemes moving from existing frameworks to the Regional Delivery Partnership during 2019. Those suppliers on existing frameworks will be provided more information about the timings and work to be procured directly from Highways England and your framework manager,
— Tranche 2 TAP Services will support new schemes as part of the Road investment strategy (RIS2) to be announced in 2019 and delivered throughout Road Period 2. (Start of work April 2020) Tranche 2 TAP services will be procured via a new model to be tendered during Summer 2019. More information will be published in late 2018/Early 2019 on this route.
This PIN is not a call for competition and is not published to reduce time limits for receipt of tender. The Technical advisor partners (TAP) procurement for Tranche 2 work will be launched by the publication of a Contract Notice in Summer 2019. Non-participation in Tranche 1 TAP work does not prevent any supplier from participating in any of the further procurements.
The Regional Delivery Partnership (RDP) is Highways England’s new approach to modernising our strategic road network in England. It will manage the 9 000 000 000 GBP road investment strategy working with suppliers to effectively and efficiently support three Highways England imperatives, safety, customer and delivery.
RDP will enable Highways England to work more effectively with our supply chain to deliver the record investment in our road network over the next 6 years. The collaborative and partnership approach drives efficiencies and innovations thru a programmatic and regional approach. This new relationship to build roads together releases financial savings and, thru pipeline of work, creates the environment where the supply chain can make long-term investments in their staff and technology....
In January 2018, we announced 9 000 000 000 GBP of contracts to deliver the road investment programme over the next 6 years. There are 2 types of services we are procuring: 18 regional Delivery Integration Partners (already in procurement) and technical advisors whose procurement we will be launching shortly.


Award value: 300000000