Official UK procurement notice
Buckinghamshire Highways Term Consultancy Services Contract
Authority: Buckinghamshire Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBuckinghamshire Council (the Council) is the Highway Authority responsible for maintaining the highway network in Buckinghamshire. This includes the maintenance and consultancy. The Council’s current integrated services contract is due to expire on 31 March 2023. The new service delivery model will include a Term Maintenance Contract; a Term Consultancy Contract to include design and other professional services; and two separate framework arrangements.
This Contract Award Notice relates to the Term Consultancy Contract only (“the Contract”).
CPV: Bridge-inspection services · Construction consultancy services · Construction supervision services · Consultative engineering and construction services · Ground investigation services · Quantity surveying services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Buckinghamshire Council (the Council) is the Highway Authority responsible for…AwardedRenewalPublished value£36,000,000
Buckinghamshire Council (the Council) is the Highway Authority responsible for maintaining the highway network in Buckinghamshire. This includes the maintenance and consultancy.
The Term Consultancy Contract is used for the provision of professional services for infrastructure-related projects and services with regards highways. The Consultant provides professional technical resources to deliver these services efficiently and effectively. The Consultant shall undertake the role of Principal Designer under the CDM Regulations 2015.
The Council’s current integrated services contract is due to expire on 31 March 2023 and therefore the Council commenced the procurement of its replacement service provision in 2021. The new service delivery model will include a Term Maintenance Contract to include routine and reactive maintenance, minor improvement works and winter services; a Term Consultancy Contract to include design and other professional services; and two separate framework arrangements.
This Contract Award Notice relates to the Term Consultancy Contract only (“the Contract”).
The Contract is for an initial term of eight (8) years subject to extension (see II.2.11 below) and is based on the NEC4 Term Service Contract (as appropriately amended and augmented by the Council). Additional information: Where the notice states 2 tenders received - this refers to final tenders.
The estimated total value stated corresponds to a 12 year contract period.
The estimated total value is £36,000,000 based on £3,000,000 per annum over the full 12 year period.
The volumes /quantities are not guaranteed and the actual value will vary from year to year.
The contract allows for BCIS indexation each year of the contract which is not included in the stated estimated value.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Suitability
List and brief description of conditions:
Applicants are referred to the SQ and SQ Guidance for information about conditions for participation
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Jun 2021, 16:20 BST
- Last source update
- 3 May 2023, 17:42 BST
- Authority reference
DN578362- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-012719- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b9a4Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
The main financing conditions, payment mechanism and performance standards will be described in the procurement documents to be made available at initial stage. It is expected that the NEC4 Term Service Contract will be used and Applicants are referred to the procurement documents made available at this Contract Notice stage.
Publisher note: 1. To express interest in the Contract, Applicants must complete and submit the SQ through the Portal no later than the deadline in IV.2.2. Please note that Applicants must allow sufficient to upload their SQ Responses as the Council is under no obligation to consider SQ Responses submitted after that deadline. 2. In order to submit an SQ Response, Applicants must register on the Buckinghamshire Business Portal if they have not already done so. 3. For technical assistance relating to the Buckinghamshire Business Portal, please contact 0330 005 0352. 4. An Applicant may be a single organisation or a consortium. In addition Applicants may be entitled to rely on third parties in order to achieve the minimum standards set out in the SQ Guidance. Applicants are referred to the SQ Guidance for requirements that apply in these cases. 5. All financial values in this Contract Notice are estimated and may be subject to change. The estimated total value of the Contract in II.1.5 provides for and includes the value of the optional maximum extension period. Applicants are also referred to the procurement documents for further details about the likely values of work under the Contract and in particular, that given its nature as a term service contract there will be no guarantee of a particular volume or value of work under the Contract. 6. All dates set out in this Contract Notice are based on the Council’s current procurement programme which it reserves the right to change and update at any stage during the procurement. Such dates may therefore change. 7. A response to this Contract Notice does not guarantee that an Applicant will be invited to submit an initial tender. The Council is not bound to enter into any contract arising out of the procedures envisaged by this Contract Notice and may vary its requirements or procedure at any time. The Council reserves the right to abandon, delay or postpone this procurement at any time. Applicants are referred to the SQ Guidance for full instructions and conditions of participation in this procurement. 8. Applicants will be solely responsible and liable for all costs associated and arising out of or in connection with responding to this Contract Notice and the SQ and with submitting any tender, howsoever such costs are incurred. 9. In relation to II.2.6 estimated total value, this is the minimum value. The estimated total value is £36,000,000 based on £3,000,000 per annum over the full 12 year period
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
Timeline
2 Aug 2021 → 3 May 2023 · 4 dates- Next notice expected2 Aug 2021, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline13 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected17 Jan 2022
- Notice published3 May 2023, 17:42 BST
Notice history
9 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Aug 2021- Status changed to active10 Aug 2021, 10:25 BST
- Procurement method changed10 Aug 2021, 10:25 BST
- Deadline published: 13 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST10 Aug 2021, 10:25 BST
- Buyer details updated10 Aug 2021, 10:25 BST
- Published value published: £36,000,00010 Nov 2021, 10:44 GMT
- Deadline moved to 13 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT10 Nov 2021, 10:44 GMT+91 days · was 13 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
- Status changed to complete30 Jan 2023, 14:47 GMT
- Buyer details updated30 Jan 2023, 14:47 GMT
- Buyer details updated3 May 2023, 17:42 BST
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2021-08: 1 release · 10 Aug 2021
- 2021-06: 1 release · 8 Jun 2021
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balfour Beatty Living Places LimitedBuckinghamshire Highways Service | — | — | Awarded |
| AtkinsRéalis UK Ltd | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 012719-2023-1 · AtkinsRéalis UK Ltd
- Signed
- 5 Apr 2023
- Value
- £36,000,000
- Period
- … – 1 Apr 2035
- Status
- active
Buckinghamshire Highways Service · Balfour Beatty Living Places Limited
- Signed
- 21 Dec 2022
- Value
- —
- Period
- … – 1 Apr 2035
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire Council (the Council) is the Highway Authority responsible for… | 2bids · 2 electronic | 0 | — | £240,000,000 – £300,000,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £240,000,000 – £300,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
- High Court, Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- ATKINS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- Balfour Beatty Living Places LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria