Official UK procurement notice
Gen5 Consult - Transport, Highways & Infrastructure Consultancy Framework
Authority: Hampshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought9 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionHampshire 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:
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).
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
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 2 Mar 2026
- Buyer regions
- UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
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.
Lots and requirements (9)Procurement structure
9 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1A - Multi-DisciplinaryAwardedPublished value£80,000,000
- Value
- £80,000,000 exc. VAT · £96,000,000 inc. VAT
Award criteria (2)
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 1) — 70%
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 1) — 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 1) — Grade 1 Apprentice / Jr. Technician / Entry level - 3% Grade 2 Technician / Graduate - 3% Grade 3 Consultant - 3% Grade 4 Senior Consultant - 3% Grade 5 Principal Consultant - 3% Grade 6 Managing Consultant / Associate - 3% Grade 7 Partner / Director - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Short Contract - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option A - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option C - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option E - 2%
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 1) — 1) Cost Control - (14%) 2) Decision Making and Risk Management - (14%) 3) Technical Excellence - (18%) 4) Health, Safety and Wellbeing - (10%) 5) Climate Emergency and the Environment - (7%) 6) Society, Community and Inclusion - (7%)
Lot #2B1 - Engineering Design SpecialismsAwardedPublished value£2,500,000
- Value
- £2,500,000 exc. VAT · £3,000,000 inc. VAT
Award criteria (2)
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 2) — 70%
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 2) — 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 2) — 1) Cost Control - (14%) 2) Decision Making and Risk Management - (14%) 3) Technical Excellence - (21%) 4) Health, Safety and Wellbeing - (11%) 5) Society, Community and Inclusion - (10%)
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 2) — Grade 1 Apprentice / Jr. Technician / Entry level - 3% Grade 2 Technician / Graduate - 3% Grade 3 Consultant - 3% Grade 4 Senior Consultant - 3% Grade 5 Principal Consultant - 3% Grade 6 Managing Consultant / Associate - 3% Grade 7 Partner / Director - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Short Contract - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option A - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option C - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option E - 2%
Lot #3B2 - Transport Planning SpecialismsAwardedPublished value£2,500,000
- Value
- £2,500,000 exc. VAT · £3,000,000 inc. VAT
Award criteria (2)
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 3) — 70%
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 3) — 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 3) — 1) Cost Control - (14%) 2) Decision Making and Risk Management - (14%) 3) Technical Excellence - (21%) 4) Health, Safety and Wellbeing - (11%) 5) Society, Community and Inclusion - (10%)
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 3) — Grade 1 Apprentice / Jr. Technician / Entry level - 3% Grade 2 Technician / Graduate - 3% Grade 3 Consultant - 3% Grade 4 Senior Consultant - 3% Grade 5 Principal Consultant - 3% Grade 6 Managing Consultant / Associate - 3% Grade 7 Partner / Director - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Short Contract - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option A - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option C - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option E - 2%
Lot #4B3 - Strategic Planning SpecialismAwardedPublished value£2,500,000
- Value
- £2,500,000 exc. VAT · £3,000,000 inc. VAT
Award criteria (2)
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 4) — 70%
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 4) — 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 4) — 1) Cost Control - (14%) 2) Decision Making and Risk Management - (14%) 3) Technical Excellence - (21%) 4) Health, Safety and Wellbeing - (11%) 5) Society, Community and Inclusion - (10%)
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 4) — Grade 1 Apprentice / Jr. Technician / Entry level - 3% Grade 2 Technician / Graduate - 3% Grade 3 Consultant - 3% Grade 4 Senior Consultant - 3% Grade 5 Principal Consultant - 3% Grade 6 Managing Consultant / Associate - 3% Grade 7 Partner / Director - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Short Contract - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option A - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option C - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option E - 2%
Lot #5B4 - Environmental, Sustainability and Decarbonisation SpecialismsAwardedPublished value£2,500,000
- Value
- £2,500,000 exc. VAT · £3,000,000 inc. VAT
Award criteria (2)
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 5) — 70%
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 5) — 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 5) — 1) Cost Control - (14%) 2) Decision Making and Risk Management - (14%) 3) Technical Excellence - (21%) 4) Health, Safety and Wellbeing - (11%) 5) Society, Community and Inclusion - (10%)
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 5) — Grade 1 Apprentice / Jr. Technician / Entry level - 3% Grade 2 Technician / Graduate - 3% Grade 3 Consultant - 3% Grade 4 Senior Consultant - 3% Grade 5 Principal Consultant - 3% Grade 6 Managing Consultant / Associate - 3% Grade 7 Partner / Director - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Short Contract - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option A - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option C - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option E - 2%
Lot #6B5 - Ecological, Landscape & Arboriculture SpecialismsAwardedPublished value£2,500,000
- Value
- £2,500,000 exc. VAT · £3,000,000 inc. VAT
Award criteria (2)
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 6) — 70%
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 6) — 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 6) — 1) Cost Control - (14%) 2) Decision Making and Risk Management - (14%) 3) Technical Excellence - (21%) 4) Health, Safety and Wellbeing - (11%) 5) Society, Community and Inclusion - (10%)
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 6) — Grade 1 Apprentice / Jr. Technician / Entry level - 3% Grade 2 Technician / Graduate - 3% Grade 3 Consultant - 3% Grade 4 Senior Consultant - 3% Grade 5 Principal Consultant - 3% Grade 6 Managing Consultant / Associate - 3% Grade 7 Partner / Director - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Short Contract - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option A - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option C - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option E - 2%
Lot #7B6 - Advice and Community engagement for Active Travel SpecialismAwardedPublished value£2,500,000
- Value
- £2,500,000 exc. VAT · £3,000,000 inc. VAT
Award criteria (2)
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 7) — 70%
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 7) — 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 7) — 1) Cost Control - (14%) 2) Decision Making and Risk Management - (14%) 3) Technical Excellence - (21%) 4) Health, Safety and Wellbeing - (11%) 5) Society, Community and Inclusion - (10%)
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 7) — Grade 1 Apprentice / Jr. Technician / Entry level - 3% Grade 2 Technician / Graduate - 3% Grade 3 Consultant - 3% Grade 4 Senior Consultant - 3% Grade 5 Principal Consultant - 3% Grade 6 Managing Consultant / Associate - 3% Grade 7 Partner / Director - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Short Contract - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option A - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option C - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option E - 2%
Lot #8B7 - Traffic Management, Traffic Order and Parking ConsultancyAwardedPublished value£2,500,000
- Value
- £2,500,000 exc. VAT · £3,000,000 inc. VAT
Award criteria (2)
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 8) — 70%
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 8) — 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 8) — 1) Cost Control - (14%) 2) Decision Making and Risk Management - (14%) 3) Technical Excellence - (21%) 4) Health, Safety and Wellbeing - (11%) 5) Society, Community and Inclusion - (10%)
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 8) — Grade 1 Apprentice / Jr. Technician / Entry level - 3% Grade 2 Technician / Graduate - 3% Grade 3 Consultant - 3% Grade 4 Senior Consultant - 3% Grade 5 Principal Consultant - 3% Grade 6 Managing Consultant / Associate - 3% Grade 7 Partner / Director - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Short Contract - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option A - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option C - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option E - 2%
Lot #9B8 - Street Lighting Design SpecialismAwardedPublished value£2,500,000
- Value
- £2,500,000 exc. VAT · £3,000,000 inc. VAT
Award criteria (2)
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 9) — 70%
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 9) — 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality criterion 1 (Lot 9) — 1) Cost Control - (14%) 2) Decision Making and Risk Management - (14%) 3) Technical Excellence - (21%) 4) Health, Safety and Wellbeing - (11%) 5) Society, Community and Inclusion - (10%)
- Price criterion 1 (Lot 9) — Grade 1 Apprentice / Jr. Technician / Entry level - 3% Grade 2 Technician / Graduate - 3% Grade 3 Consultant - 3% Grade 4 Senior Consultant - 3% Grade 5 Principal Consultant - 3% Grade 6 Managing Consultant / Associate - 3% Grade 7 Partner / Director - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Short Contract - 3% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option A - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option C - 2% Fee percentage for NEC4 Professional Services Contract Option E - 2%
What it takes to wini
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits — there is no single procedure weighting.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 16 Dec 2025, 10:01 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Dec 2025, 10:01 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 2 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
UN25128- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050770Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
- As per the Framework Agreement Terms and Conditions, a purchase order will be raised through our internal payment system and on receipt of a valid undisputed invoice, this will be paid within 30 days.
- Risks
Devolution/Local Government Reform The government wants all remaining two-tier areas in England to be eventually restructured into single-tier unitary authorities and is termed Local Government Reform (LGR). This reorganisation is part of a broader devolution strategy to simplify local government structures, save more…
public funds, and improve local accountability. It is anticipated, that during the life of this framework, the LGR process will commence and/or progress potentially impacting this framework and the call-off contracts awarded from it. Impacts most likely will include, novations of the legal entities you may contract with. There are assignment clauses within the framework agreement that allow us to assign, novate etc. the agreements to another body.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 29 Oct 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- success fee · 2.50% of the award value
Timeline
9 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published25 Apr 2025, 10:53 BST
- Market engagement27 May 2025, 23:59 BST
This Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is being published to alert the supply chain and notify interested parties that Hampshire County Council (HCC) will be hosting an in-person market engagement event for the upcoming tender opportunity of the above Framework. HCC would like to invite more…
interested suppliers to an in-person engagement session to help inform the Council's future tendering arrangements. The market engagement event will take place between 10:00 - 12:00 on Tuesday the 27th May 2025 and will be held at the County Council’s offices. The event will cover the following; • The current contractual arrangements • Working with Hampshire County Council • Contracting options • Tendering in Hampshire including indicative timescales. Suppliers wishing to attend this event should register (if not already registered) on the Council's e-tendering platform, In-tend (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Home) and 'Express an Interest' against the project “UN25128 – Place, Connectivity & Infrastructure (PCI) Professional Services Framework 2026-2030”. Please then use the Correspondence function for the project and provide the name of attendees and their email addresses so that invitations and event details can be issued. Suppliers wishing to attend this event need to confirm with the Council, via the correspondence function on In-tend, by 14:00 on Monday 19th May 2025. Please Note: this is market engagement information only at this stage and may not necessarily lead to any future procurement process. In the event this proceeds to a tendering opportunity, it is not yet certain which procurement route will be followed. Information gathered through the engagement event will help to shape the proposed future procurement. Suppliers will be neither advantaged nor disadvantaged from involvement in this exercise. - Next notice expected4 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published371 days ago17 Sept 2025, 10:24 BST
- Clarification questions by338 days ago20 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends329 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown29 Oct 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Latest notice published281 days ago16 Dec 2025, 10:01 GMT
- Award decision expected by263 days ago2 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts205 days ago2 Mar 2026, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast| Lot | Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · A - Multi-Disciplinary; 2 · B1 - Engineering Design Specialisms; 3 · B2 - Transport Planning Specialisms; 4 · B3 - Strategic Planning Specialism; 5 · B4 - Environmental, Sustainability and Decarbonisation Specialisms; 6 · B5 - Ecological, Landscape & Arboriculture Specialisms; 7 · B6 - Advice and Community engagement for Active Travel Specialism; 8 · B7 - Traffic Management, Traffic Order and Parking Consultancy; 9 · B8 - Street Lighting Design Specialism | supplier not published | — | 8 Dec 2025 | CancelledThe Authority has concern over the sustainability of the commercial rates submitted, which will impact the longevity of this framework. The Authority has had to make the difficult decision to terminate this tender opportunity (as currently published). We are re-assessing the award stage evaluation criteria and anticipate a new Gen5 Consult tender opportunity will go live in early January. The Authority apologies for any inconvenience this may cause but encourages suppliers to participate in the new opportunity once published. |
Notice history
13 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Apr 2025- Procurement termination notice published16 Dec 2025, 10:01 GMTUK12
- Published value updated16 Dec 2025, 10:01 GMTwas £100,000,000
- Status changed to complete16 Dec 2025, 10:01 GMT
- Procurement method changed16 Dec 2025, 10:01 GMT
- Deadline withdrawn16 Dec 2025, 10:01 GMT
- Buyer details updated16 Dec 2025, 10:01 GMT
- Tender notice published1 Oct 2025, 09:09 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 29 Oct 2025, 14:00 GMT1 Oct 2025, 09:09 BST+7 days · was 22 Oct 2025, 14:00 BST
- Tender notice published17 Sept 2025, 10:24 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active17 Sept 2025, 10:24 BST
- Procurement method changed17 Sept 2025, 10:24 BST
- Deadline published: 22 Oct 2025, 14:00 BST17 Sept 2025, 10:24 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published25 Apr 2025, 10:53 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
The Authority has extended the Clarifications Deadline to 5pm on Monday 20th October 2025 and the Tender Return Submission Deadline to Wednesday 29th October 2025 at 2pm.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-04: 1 release · 25 Apr 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender