Official UK procurement notice
Highways and Infrastructure Professional Services Contract
Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorfolk County Council is re-procuring its Works ( Term Maintenance Contract), its Highways and Infrastructure Professional Services Contract and its Traffic Signals, Digital Innovation and Electrical Services Contract. These contracts will be separate procurement exercises. This Contract Notice concerns the professional services contract only.The contract will provide Norfolk County Council with highway design services and specialist expertise required for the development of schemes. This work will be carried out collaboratively with Norfolk County Council’s in-house teams. A range of expertise will be required including highway design, environmental assessments, carbon assessments, archaeology and heritage, transport planning, planning, intelligent transport services and bridges and structures. Potential bidders should note that although architectural services are named in the CPV codes the core services of this procurement is highways related.
CPV: Approval plans, working drawings and specifications · Architectural and related services · Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Architectural, engineering and planning services · Business and management consultancy services · Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs · Civil engineering consultancy services · Computer-site planning consultancy services · Construction consultancy services · Construction-related services · Consultative engineering and construction services · Engineering design services · +16 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The contract will provide Norfolk County Council with highway design services and…Published value£140,000,000
The contract will provide Norfolk County Council with highway design services and specialist expertise required for the development of schemes. This work will be carried out collaboratively with Norfolk County Council’s in-house teams. A range of expertise will be required including highway design, environmental assessments, carbon assessments, archaeology and heritage, transport planning, planning, intelligent transport services and bridges and structures.Potential bidders should note that although architectural services are named in the CPV codes the core services of this procurement is highways related. Additional information: The contract is for an initial term of 84 months with the right to extend by 2 further periods of 36 months each plus a further 12 months.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive dialogue
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 5 Mar 2024, 11:38 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Feb 2025, 16:45 GMT
- Authority reference
NCCT42829- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004438- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04457fFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.
Publisher note: The duration of contract (Service Period) given in section 11.2.7 is the full contract length, excluding contract mobilisation activities to be undertaken in parallel with the existing contract period. The contract is for an initial term of 7 years with the right to extend by 2 further periods of 3 year years each plus one further year. If necessary,services that commence during the Service Period may be completed after its end.The contract value in this notice is an estimate as contractual volumes will fluctuate depending on available funding. The figure is based on the full term of 14 years and is exclusive of VAT. The contract value will be subject to indexation and the values given here are in 2024 prices before the application of indexation.Norfolk County Council is offering exclusivity on the schemes which will be delivered by the Works Contractor up to the estimated construction value of £20m, subject to performance, benchmarking and ability to sub-contract with specialist providers.Norfolk County Council expressed interest in the government’s Devolution Priority Programme and has been accepted. This process has the potential to lead to the establishment of a county combined authority for Norfolk and Suffolk, with strategic powers, headed by an elected mayor. Government is also expected to invite participation by Norfolk in Local Government Review. This process has the potential to lead to unitary local government in Norfolk. The contract may be assigned or novated to any successor authority(ies) to Norfolk County Council or to any joint body incorporating any such successor. The Service Manager will be entitled to instruct the provision of services under the contract for the benefit of any local authority serving all or part of the area currently served by Norfolk County Council and Suffolk County Council. The firm appointed will be required to give undertakings to the beneficiary authority, via NEC clause X8 or otherwise. No commitment is given to instruct any such services and no exclusivity is offered in this respect.This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council`s e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement, applicants must first be registered on the system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the `tenders` section and `express an interest` to view the documentation. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing [email protected]. If you are interested in bidding, please register for the project and then send correspondence confirming your interest and that you wish to have access to the contractual documents ( In draft) that will be accessed via SharePoint.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
7 Feb 2025 → 25 Apr 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected7 Feb 2025
- Notice published10 Feb 2025, 16:45 GMT
- Submission deadline17 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected25 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Feb 2025- Published value published: £140,000,00010 Feb 2025, 16:45 GMT
- Status changed to active10 Feb 2025, 16:45 GMT
- Procurement method changed10 Feb 2025, 16:45 GMT
- Deadline published: 17 Mar 2025, 14:00 GMT10 Feb 2025, 16:45 GMT
- Buyer details updated10 Feb 2025, 16:45 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
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2 amendments published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- he Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the dateReview body
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