CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Strategic Transport Assessment

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The Vale of Glamorgan Council (‘the Council’) wishes to appoint suitably qualified consultants to prepare a Strategic Transport Assessment (“the Services”) to inform the evidence base for its Replacement Local Development Plan 2021 – 2036 (RLDP).

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Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

A. Set out current transport policy at the national, regional and local level and how this will inform the methodology for any Strategic Transport Assessment. This will include consideration of Planning Policy Wales, Technical Advice Note (TAN) 18: Transport, Future Wales: The National Plan 2040, Llwybr Newydd: The Wales Transport Strategy 2021, the adopted Vale of Glamorgan Local Development Plan 2011-2026 and any other documents considered to be relevant.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Please see tender documents

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

VGVM1506

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

The Vale of Glamorgan Council has declared a Climate and Nature emergency and is committed to working with suppliers that contribute to our journey towards Net Zero Carbon.

Tenders may be submitted in Welsh and will be treated no less favourably than a tender submitted in English.

(WA Ref:132403)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice