Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-11-23
Buyer: West Midlands Combined Authority
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 71311200
Estimated value: 5000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Midlands Connect is seeking to establish a procurement framework for its technical work going forward. The framework will consist of a number of specialist lots targeting different aspects of our future technical programme. We also intend to have a lot for small, advisory commissions for key specialisms.
It is envisaged that the duration of the framework will be 4 years and will be open for other public sector organisations to access. This is subject to change however and will be confirmed at the time of tender publication.
To express an interest in this PIN and receive further information regarding our supplier engagement event, please see section VI.3 (additional Information)
A supporting lot to support Midlands Connect’s technical activities around general transport planning services. Topic areas will include (but not necessarily limited to): rail planning, highway scheme/corridor planning, research and policy, freight and logistics, modal shift and behaviour change, environmental impacts, transport decarbonisation and social impacts assessment.
A lot to support Midlands Connect with the development and application of the ‘Midlands Connect Highway Model’, plus ancillary services around standard transport economic appraisal using model outputs.
A lot to support Midlands Connect with rail modelling services. This will include the development and application of the ‘Midlands Rail Assignment Network Demand and Appraisal’ (MiRANDA) suite, plus support with MOIRA/MOIRA2 modelling and HS2’s PLANET model. This lot will also include ancillary services of standard transport economic appraisal using model outputs.
A lot to support Midlands Connect with aspects of our technical programme in the field of technology and innovation. Topic areas will include (but not limited to): smart payment mechanisms, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, intelligent transport systems, open data and standards, etc.
A lot to support Midlands Connect with measuring the non-standard (i.e. beyond WebTAG) economic outputs from transport schemes and programmes. The lot will also include research into aspects of the economy which either have direct/indirect impacts on transport or from transport/connectivity.
A lot for small value commissions on niche specialisms to support and advise Midlands Connect in the development of our technical programme. Specialisms could include (but not limited to): freight and logistics, alternative fuels technology, economic analysis, land use modelling, environmental impact appraisal etc. A full list of identified specialisms will be supplied with the tender documents.
Please register your company on our e-tendering portal (Bravo Solution). Instructions on how to register are located at: https://www.wmca.org.uk/media/1692/wmca_etendering_supplier_registration_guide_2016.pdf
Once registered, please access Project_399 on our e-tendering portal and respond to PQQ_131: Midlands Connect Specialist Technical Framework — Supplier Engagement Event (not evalutated), to submit company information and confirm your interest in attending the Market Consultation Webinar on Monday 1 December 2020. This is not a formal PQQ or expression of interest in a tender exercise. It is to be used purely for suppliers to submit general information to WMCA and to express interest in taking part in a Market Consultation Webinar.
Following the Market Consultation exercise, feedback from the event will be considered and built into the wider tender opportunity, which is expected to be published in December 2020.
Please note that the closing date for responses to the PQQ is 17.00 on Friday 27 November. Invitations to attend the event will be circulated to all suppliers that have provided a PQQ response on Monday 30 November.


Award value: 5000000