CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Consultant to produce Brynmawr Sustainable Transport & Pedestrian Movement Report

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (BGCBC) has commissioned a Strategic Outline Case in accordance with the requirements for Stage One WelTAG aimed at improvements to the Blaina Road Corridor in Brynmawr, to the south of the town centre. The study also takes into account movement to and through the town centre including links to the town centre particularly from areas to the south (Nantyglo)

The focus area of the study comprised the following strategic sites and connections between them:

1. Lakeside Retail Park including access to neighbouring communities;

2. Former NMC brownfield site which has been consented for retail development and work has started on site;

3. Stagecoach Depot Site (3a) and Austin & Sons Vehicle Repair Garage (3b) to the rear of the site and linkages to the neighbouring Warwick Road Park and housing estate;

4. Auto Links Garage across Lake Road;

5. Roundabout on Blaina Road and linking to Blaen-Afon Road;

6. Former GP Surgery site on Blaina Road

7. The Boiler House, Grade II Listed heritage building

8. Costs Coffee Shop, Blaina Road

9. Vacant Brownfield Site (9i) and Petrol Station (9ii), Blaina Road and

10. Improvement to the lakeside environment, including access to the waterside and enhancement of the Pump House as a local landmark should be considered as a local stopping point and feature of the landscape.

Scope of work Required

In order to inform their approach to delivering traffic interventions in Brynmawr, BGCBC is seeking suitably qualified and experience consultants to undertake a qualitative study of the pedestrian and vehicle movements in and around Brynmawr town centre.

This commission will include:

• high level high definition camera surveys

• Tracking of vehicle and pedestrian paths to identify and represent graphically desire lines and vehicle speeds;

• Tracking of vehicle wheels to provide real world axle tracking for all motorised vehicles at the roundabout(s);

• All data processing is required to be carried out in the UK.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Tenders are to be submitted by 12:00 noon Monday 27th September 2021

The timescale for project completion in terms of final report of plan is October 2021

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

ITT_89915

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

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

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

This Procurement exercise is being run by the Authority's e-tendering portal Bravo Solutions https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.

All documentation has been uploaded to enable direct access following registration.

NB: You must download all documentation directly from the portal, tender documents will not be communicated by any other means.

E-Tender access information:

— Go to https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.

— The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.

— Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.

The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.

— On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.

— The Password will be sent by e-mail to the e-mail address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.

— In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.

— Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click ‘Forgot your password?’.

— Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.

— If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.

— Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.

— Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).

— Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration.

Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.

— The Help desk is available Monday-Friday: 8:00-18:00.

Telephone: +44 8003684852 e-mail: help@bravosolution.co.uk

— Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 12:00 noon 27th September 2021.

How to find the ITT:

— Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT's Open to all Suppliers'.

— The etender references for this contract are: Project_48217 and ITT_89915.

— Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button'. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers' area to the ‘MyITT's' on the home page.

— You will then see the full details of the ITT in the Qualification, Technical and Commercial envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments' area.

— Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages' area to contact the buyer directly

—Do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.

Deadlines for submissions is 12 noon the 27th September 2021 with clarifications allowed until 12:00pm on the 22nd September 2021.

(WA Ref:113974)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice