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Published 19 Jan 2026, 11:31 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Gen5 Consult - Transport, Highways & Infrastructure Consultancy Framework 2026 - 2030

Official notice

Authority: Hampshire County Council (Local council)

Framework agreement9 lotsServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)

+6 more

East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)

Framework ceiling (notional)£100,000,000total for 9 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Submissions closed 13 Feb 2026awarded 24 Mar 2026

Awarded to Atkins Limited +11 more15 awards

Framework period 4 yrsends 14 Apr 2030 · starts 15 Apr 2026

What is being bought9 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Hampshire County Council (HCC) is seeking to replace its existing Place, Connectivity & Infrastructure Professional Services Framework (ET14110) by establishing a new four-year multi-supplier Framework for the provision of specialist technical transportation and civil engineering professional services, together with infrastructure development and support services. The Framework aims to provide HCC with continued engineering infrastructure and development consultancy services and allows for provision for specialist technical transportation and engineering services.

The Framework includes but is not limited to the following technical professional services:

Lot A - Multi-Disciplinary Services

Sustainable and accessible transport infrastructure planning services

Highways, Transportation, Civil and Structural engineering design services

Design and advice services under Section 278 and 38 of the Highways Act (1980)

Construction estimating, commercial and financial management services

Safety audit, engineering and management

Waste infrastructure and development design services

Flood and water management and drainage design services

Ecological and environmental services

Landscape architecture and design services

Sustainable and community integration strategic planning

Infrastructure technology strategy and design services

Intelligent traffic systems design and advice services

Building Information Modelling (BIM) services

B1 - Engineering Design Specialisms

Bridge and Structural inspections including masonry, reinforced concrete, post tensioned and steel structures

Infrastructure design services covering developments, minor and specialist street and transportation design services

Inclusive and Public Realm Design, including transport design services

3D and BIM modelling and Visualisations and animations (for engagement purposes)

Flood and water management services including hydraulic modelling

LLFAs support and design services

Highways drainage design services including SuDs

Development drainage assessment services and design checking services

Design of small scale waste water treatment plants

B2 - Transport Planning Specialisms

Active Travel and healthy streets, including walking and cycling design specialisms, Pedestrian wayfinding signage strategies and Urban area cycle network strategies

Accessible infrastructure and planning services including inclusive design, low traffic neighbourhoods and school streets

Future mobility planning services (including local mobility hubs, e-mobility solutions, electric vehicle charging etc.) and Low carbon approaches

Travel Data and Modelling including Walking and cycling data, Travel and journey modelling, Car parking data, Intelligent traffic data (including queue surveys), TAG Compliant traffic modelling and Real time journey information visualisations, business engagement

Planning including school travel planning, local travel plans and support

Business case development and Scheme economic appraisal including Cost Benefit Analysis services, Sustainability appraisals

Bid application preparations including DfT Full Business Case services, Specialist business case and funding bid support

Master planning services including Land use / spatial planning services

Associated general research services

B3 - Strategic Planning Specialism

Planning application support services

Planning appeals support services

Town & Country planning Act support services

Strategic & spatial planning services

Developer and stakeholder engagement services

B4 - Environmental, Sustainability and Decarbonisation Specialisms

Air quality zone modelling & assessment

Air quality, health and environmental research services (in the context of transport)

Modelling and advice services

Action plan support services (in the context of transport)

Vehicle emission modelling / simulation services

Sustainable travel and transport consultancy services & decarbonisation, including Carbon offsetting advice

Health impact surveys and assessments including noise monitoring

Waste management planning

Environmental audits and Socio-economic appraisals

Environmental survey, inspection and supervision services including Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

B5 - Ecological, Landscape & Arboriculture Specialisms

Landscape design & management services

Arboriculture planting & management advice

Arboriculture surveys & assessments including TPO & felling advice

Arboriculture and landscape survey, inspection and supervision services

Ecological & habitat assessments and surveys

Ecological appraisals and Ecological Impact Assessments

Protected species surveys & assessment, for animals including but not limited to otters, bats, dormice, etc., or for birds

Ecological survey, inspection and supervision services

B6 - Advice and Community Engagement for Active Travel Specialism

Community engagement services for sustainable travel, such as surveys, school streets, community events

Applying behavioural change science for sustainable travel solutions

School engagement services for active travel including cycling and walking

B7 - Traffic Management, Traffic Order and Parking Consultancy

Traffic Orders - drafting, consolidation, TRO reviews, variations and amendments

Digital TRO mapping - Interface with Traffic Order management software

Signs and lining reviews - including Parking, Speed Limits, Movement Restrictions

Parking reviews including On-road and Off-road parking and resident parking schemes

Moving Traffic Enforcement - development and delivery of schemes.

Low cost Traffic Management measures

B8 - Street Lighting Design Specialism

Scoping/feasibility of street lighting projects

Preliminary and detailed design of lighting schemes, including drawings and schedules, to British and EU standards

Lighting designs to meet planning consent/conditions, including minimising impact on local ecology

S278 and S38 street lighting designs with accompanying PFI Certificate of Approval

Support PFI Street Lighting accrual process

The new Framework will be divided into nine separate lots. Lot A will deliver larger scale multi-disciplinary consultancy services and Lot B will be sub dividend into eight smaller-scale specialist consultancy services.

The Framework will be available to all Public Bodies within the geographical area of England (e.g. Local Authorities, NHS, Fire, Police, schools etc.), but predominantly those within the South East and South West regions. These public bodies shall be named as 'Participating Authorities' for the purposes of this Framework but Hampshire County Council shall remain the named lead 'Contracting Authority' for the purposes of this procurement and will retain overall control and ownership of the Framework. This Framework will be an NEC4 Framework Contract, with call-offs through the Framework using the NEC4 Professional Service Contract (PSC) and Professional Service Short Contract (PSSC).

No preliminary market engagement: This is a re-procurement as the initial procurement was terminated during the evaluation process. Market engagement was carried out in April 2025 during the initial procurement (UN25128) and is deemed to not be required again, as no further information is needed from the market. Preliminary market engagement notice identifier: 2025/S 000-016954.

CPV: Construction-related services · Engineering design services · Engineering services · Environmental engineering consultancy services · Miscellaneous engineering services · Technical planning services · Transport systems consultancy services · Urban planning services

How this framework works

From the published notice

Type: Open framework
Call-offs: call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
Bids received: 3 bids received · 21 suppliers appointed
Framework period: 4 yrs from 15 Apr 2026
Buyer regions: UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
Supplier levy on call-offs (max %): 2.50% of call-off value

Who may buy through it

The Framework will be available to all Public Bodies within the geographical area of England (e.g. Local Authorities, NHS, Fire, Police, schools etc.). These public bodies shall be named as 'Participating Authorities' for the purposes of this Framework but Hampshire County Council shall remain the named lead 'Contracting Authority' for the purposes of this procurement and will retain overall control and ownership of the Framework.

Published description of the framework

Tenderers shall only be permitted to tender for either Lot A or Lot B, tenderers cannot bid for both. Those Tenderers applying to Lot B, can tender for 1 or more of the specialisms.

Lot A 'Multi-disciplinary Services' shall comprise a maximum of 3 large multi-disciplinary engineering professional services companies, for the provision of engineering services.

Lot B 'Specialist Services' shall comprise a maximum of 6 suppliers (varies from 3-6) for each of the specialisms for the provision of specialist consultative services.

Call-offs will be run by HCC who will act as the 'client' and by other Public Authorities who will be 'Participating Authorities'. To address any potential liability to HCC in this area, a Participating Authorities Agreement will be used between HCC and the Participating Authority.

Framework and Contract management will take place centrally in the Frameworks Team of Engineering Consultancy. This team will manage all requests for service, Orders and Call-Offs, manage any issues relating to Framework management and will manage payments to suppliers.

Call-offs published through it3

G5C_HCC_A_005 Cypress Crescent Retaining Wall · Hampshire County Council · 14 Oct 2026
G5C_HCC_A_003 Hitches Lane Heritage Support · Hampshire County Council · 30 Sept 2026
G5C_HCC_A_001 2026 Principal Inspection Package 1 · Hampshire County Council · 24 Sept 2026

Notices that name this framework as their framework in the official record. Many call-offs are never published, so this is a floor, not utilisation.

Lots and requirements (9)Procurement structure

9 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lot

Every one of these 8 lots carries the same published figure, £2,500,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1A - Multi-DisciplinaryAwarded 4 yrsPublished value£80,000,000