Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Buckinghamshire County Council
11th Floor, New County Offices, Walton Street
Aylesbury
HP20 1YU
UK
Contact person: Mr Adrian Ratcliff
Telephone: +44 1296383337
E-mail: aratcliff@buckscc.gov.uk
NUTS: UKJ13
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.buckscc.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.supplybucksbusiness.org.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Highways Development Management Consultancy Support
Reference number: DN423785
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79400000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Procurement of the highways development management consultancy support that has local knowledge of transport issues within Buckinghamshire. The scale and nature of growth in Buckinghamshire and the number of national highway infrastructure projects in the area means that there is a need for responsive and specialist highways development management consultancy support to supplement the existing expertise in the highways development management team.
The contract spend is estimated at 350 000 GBP per annum. This is only an estimate and the actual spend maybe higher or lower than this figure.
The contract will initially be for a 5-year period and will commence on the 1.3.2020 and end on the 28.2.2025. The contract may be extended by 2 further 1 year periods.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 750 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ13
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Procurement of the highways development management consultancy support that has local knowledge of transport issues within Buckinghamshire. The scale and nature of growth in Buckinghamshire and the number of national highway infrastructure projects in the area means that there is a need for responsive and specialist highways development management consultancy support to supplement the existing expertise in the highways development management team.
Buckinghamshire is an area of increased housing growth with an identified 45 000 new homes required to be delivered across the County by 2023 as identified in Buckinghamshire’s 5 Local Plans. In addition there are significant national highway infrastructure projects that affect the Council such as: High Speed 2, East WestRail, Western Rail Access to Heathrow and Oxford to Cambridge Express Way and growth arc. The highways development management team is consulted on over 3 000 applications each year from the 5 local planning authorities in Buckinghamshire and have a national target to respond to 72 % of all planning applications within 21 days. The team also input into strategic plans such as local plans. Therefore, in order to fulfil these obligations there is a necessity for specialist highways development support in times of increase application demand and specialist support for more complicated developments, MDAs, major infrastructure projects and provide expert witness support at enquiries.
The team are looking for a consultancy that has a proven track record in providing highways development management consultancy support at the highest level.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The contract will be for 5 years with an option to extend by 2 further 1 year periods.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 179-436161
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10/02/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 5
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Origin Transport Consultants Ltd
12 Canal Street
Oxford
OX2 6BH
UK
NUTS: UKJ14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 750 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Buckinghamshire County Council
Walton Street
Aylesbury
HP20 1UA
UK
E-mail: procurement@buckscc.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/02/2020