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# Enterprise Contract – External Technical/Commercial advisory services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/enterprise-contract-external-technical-commercial-advisory-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03ac9f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** North Lanarkshire Council: "Enterprise Contract – External Technical/Commercial advisory services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [North Lanarkshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/north-lanarkshire-council-ons-s12000050)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction consultancy services, Financial management consultancy services, Highways consultancy services, Infrastructure works consultancy services, Project management consultancy services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKM84
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £440,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03ac9f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/enterprise-contract-external-technical-commercial-advisory-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03ac9f#tl-md)

## Description
This is a Contract Award Notice related to North Lanarkshire Councils (the 'Council') requirement for the services of specialist external technical/commercial advice for the Enterprise Project, as it relates to the procurements for Housing and Corporate Maintenance and Investment Services (the ‘Housing Contract’) and Roads & Infrastructure Maintenance & Improvement Services (the ‘Roads Contract’).
This notice is to advise that the Council has entered into a contract with Optimum Professional Solutions Limited.
The Contract is for an initial period of 6 months anticipated to commence February 2023. The Council reserves the right to extend the Contract for a further period or periods of up to 14 months. The maximum contract period being 20 months.
The estimated value of the Contract is GBP 440,000 exclusive of VAT.
Services to be provided include (but not limited to);
(1) specialist technical roads and infrastructure advice; and
(2) specialist commercial advice.
The Council’s existing strategic partnerships for Housing & Corporate and Roads & Infrastructure expire January 2024 and June 2024 respectively. The Council created an Enterprise Project team (the Project Team) to manage the delivery of the Enterprise Project, the delivery of the successor contracts for Housing & Corporate and Roads & Infrastructure are component parts of phase 1 of the Enterprise Project. A number of enabling contracts have been procured to supplement inhouse capacity and capability to support the successful and timely delivery of the Enterprise Project – the requirement set out in this Contract Award Notice being the latest enabling contract now required.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71311210, 71311300, 71530000, 71621000, 72224000, 79412000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Council has awarded this contract under the conditions of regulation 33.1.b(ii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations.
Optimum Professional Solutions Ltd (‘OPS’) was originally commissioned to provide support to the Roads and Infrastruct...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 005761-2023-NLC-NTP-22-135-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Optimum Professional Solutions Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-76270`
  - Value: £440,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 005761-2023-NLC-NTP-22-135-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £440,000
  - Signed Date: 17/02/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005761-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-02-28T09:31:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T12:18:08.502Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03ac9f