Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Norfolk County Council
County Hall, Martineau Lane
Norwich
NR1 2DH
UK
E-mail: sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH15
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.norfolk.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
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 and Infrastructure Professional Services Contract
Reference number: NCCT42829
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Norfolk County Council is re-procuring its Works ( Term Maintenance Contract), its Highways and Infrastructure Professional Services Contract and its Traffic Signals, Digital Innovation and Electrical Services Contract. These contracts will be separate procurement exercises.This Prior Information Notice concerns the professional services contract only.The contract will provide Norfolk County Council with highway design services and specialist expertise required for the development of schemes. This work will be carried out collaboratively with Norfolk County Council’s in-house teams.A range of expertise will be required including; highway design, environmental assessments, carbon assessments, archaeology and heritage, transport planning, planning, intelligent transport services, bridges and structures. Potential bidders should note that although architectural services are named in the CPV codes the core services of this procurement is highways related.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH17
UKH16
UKH15
Main site or place of performance:
Norfolk
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Norfolk County Council is re-procuring its Works ( Term Maintenance Contract), its Highways and Infrastructure Professional Services contract and its Traffic Signals, Digital Innovation and Electrical Services Contract. These contracts will be separate procurement exercises.This Prior Information Notice concerns the professional services contract only.The contract will provide Norfolk County Council with highway design services and specialist expertise required for the development of schemes. This work will be carried out collaboratively with Norfolk County Council’s in-house teams.A range of expertise will be required including; highway design, environmental assessments, carbon assessments, archaeology and heritage, transport planning, planning, intelligent transport services, bridges and structures. The yearly value of this contract will depend on the work commissioned. The estimate value is circa £7,000,000 per year. The Councils initial view is that the contract length will be 7 to 10 years.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
07/02/2025
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council`s e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement, applicants must first be registered on the system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the `forthcoming tenders` section and `express an interest` to view the documentation. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing support@in-tend.co.uk. Please note this is a prior information notice and at this stage the documents available to you will be a brochure with details of the services. We will be offering one to one with potential bidders via Teams in April. If you would like a one to one meeting, please use the correspondence facility via in-tend to express an interest. Examples of the areas the Council would like to explore with bidders are exclusivity, co-location, access to specialisms, offshoring, contract length and procurement process.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/03/2024