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Published 6 Oct 2023, 17:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Highways Term Service and Associated Professional Services

Official notice

Authority: Knowsley Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

3 lotsWorksCompetitive procedure with negotiation
Published estimate£100,000,000total for 3 lots
Submissions closed 4 Dec 2023awarded 26 Jul 2024
Awarded to Tarmac Trading Limited, AECOM LIMITED2 awards

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The undertaking of a suite of services to deliver planned and reactive highways asset management projects, as well as highway capital investment schemes, namely:

Service Part 1 – General Contract Management

Service Part 2 – Reactive Maintenance

Service Part 3 – Planned Maintenance and Improvements

Service Part 4 – Schemes

And Associated Professional Services.

CPV: Building construction work · Civil engineering consultancy services · Construction work · Construction work for bridges and tunnels, shafts and subways · Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads · Construction-related services · Consultative engineering and construction services · Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy · Energy and related services · Engineering design services · Engineering-related scientific and technical services · Environmental engineering consultancy services · +9 more

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · all with a published value (£200,000,000 together) · evaluation weights differ by lot
Lot #1Highways Term Maintenance and Professional ServicesPublished value£100,000,000

This Lot consists of the combination of requirements under Lots 1a and 1b. Additional information: The £100m value is estimated over the full 10 year term, taking an estimated value of £10m per annum. It is possible that over the 10 year term spend may be in the range of £80m and £140m. This will depend on inflation and grant awards (Regional, National, or European) for additional services that are the same or substantially similar in nature and scope as those contained in the procurement documents.

Delivery: North West
Extensions: There are options to extend for further periods of time up to a maximum of 10 years in aggregateVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Highways Term MaintenanceAwardedPublished value£90,000,000
Delivery: North West
Extensions: There are options to extend for further periods of time up to a maximum of 10 years in aggregateVariant bids: not allowed
Lot #3Professional ServicesAwardedPublished value£10,000,000

The undertaking a suite of services to deliver highways asset management projects and highway capital investment schemes and associated Professional Services.

Delivery: North West
Extensions: There are options to extend for further periods of time up to a maximum of 10 years in aggregateVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored

Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.

Lot distribution rule: The Council reserves the right to award lots as follows: - Lot 1a and Lot 1b - Just Lot 2 - Just Lot 1a - Just Lot 1b This means the following Lots may not be awarded: - Just Lot 2 - Just Lot 1a - Just Lot 1b - Lot 1a and Lot 1b It will be a Council decision, based on identified best fit for the Councils needs considering the offers received from Bidders. This decision shall be made at the Councils sole discretion.
Conditions of participation2
  • Suitability

    In accordance with Regulations 57, 58 and 60 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, applicants will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015, on the basis of information provided in response to the Selection Questionnaire

  • Condition of participation
    no text published
    Minimum: Applicants will be assessed in accordance with Regulations 58 and 60 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, as set out in the procurement documents. Lot 1a and Lot 2 each have a minimum average annual turnover requirement of: £10m Lot 1b has a minimum average annual turnover r…
Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40–50 points depending on the lot. Read the split per lot below.

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
Works
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
6 Oct 2023, 17:11 BST
Last source update
11 Sept 2024, 20:36 BST
Authority reference
DN688556
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-029180
Classification (CPV)
Building construction workCivil engineering consultancy servicesConstruction workConstruction work for bridges and tunnels, shafts and subwaysConstruction, foundation and surface works for highways, roadsConstruction-related servicesConsultative engineering and construction servicesConsulting services for water-supply and waste consultancyEnergy and related servicesEngineering design services
+11 moreEngineering-related scientific and technical servicesEnvironmental engineering consultancy services
Delivery area
North West (UKD71)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0408c9 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Contract performance conditions are set out in the procurement documents and include conditions that relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The contracting authority will operate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers to provide time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

Unsuccessful tenderers shall be notified by the contracting authority as soon as possible after the decision is made as to the reasons why they were unsuccessful. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide that aggrieved parties who have been harmed, or are at risk of harm, by breach

of the rules are to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Publisher note: The £100m value is estimated over the full 10 year term, taking an estimated value of £10m per annum. It is possible that over the 10 year term (through either Lots 1a and 1b or Lot 2) spend may be in the range of £80m and £140m. This will depend on inflation and grant awards (Regional, National, or European) for additional services that are the same or substantially similar in nature and scope as those contained in the procurement documents.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
4 Dec 2023, 11:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 Dec 2023 → 11 Sept 2024 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    4 Dec 2023, 11:00 GMT
  2. Notice published
    11 Sept 2024, 20:36 BST

Notice history

3 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Oct 2023
  1. Buyer details updated
    20 Oct 2023, 12:17 BST
  2. Deadline moved to 4 Dec 2023, 11:00 GMT
    20 Oct 2023, 13:02 BST
    +18 days · was 16 Nov 2023, 11:00 GMT
  3. Status changed to complete
    11 Sept 2024, 20:36 BST
Published amendments (2 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextEstimated total value · II.1.5100,000,000230,000,000
—TextAdditional information · II.2.14The £90m value is estimated over the full 10 year term, taking an estimated value of £9m per annum. It is possible that over the 10 year term spend may be in the range of £80m and £120m. This will depend on inflation and grant awards (Regional, National, or European) for additional services that are the same or substantially similar in nature and scope as those contained in the procurement documen…The £90m value is estimated over the full 10 year term on the Councils current annual budget, taking an estimated value of between £8m and £12m per annum. It is possible that over the 10 year term spend may be in the range of £80m and £200m. This will depend on inflation and grant awards (such as City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement) and other Regional, National, or European funds for addi…
—TextAdditional Informaiton · II.2.14The £10m value is estimated over the full 10 year term, taking an estimated value of £1m per annum. It is possible that over the 10 year term spend may be in the range of £8m and £15m. This will depend on inflation and grant awards (Regional, National, or European) for additional services that are the same or substantially similar in nature and scope as those contained in the procurement documents…The £10m value is estimated over the full 10 year term on the Councils current annual budget, taking an estimated value of between £800,000 and £1.2m per annum. It is possible that over the 10 year term spend may be in the range of £8m and £20m. This will depend on inflation and grant awards (such as City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement) and other Regional, National, or European funds for …
—TextAdditional Information · II.2.14The £100m value is estimated over the full 10 year term, taking an estimated value of £10m per annum. It is possible that over the 10 year term spend may be in the range of £80m and £140m. This will depend on inflation and grant awards (Regional, National, or European) for additional services that are the same or substantially similar in nature and scope as those contained in the procurement docum…The £100m value is estimated over the full 10 year term on the Councils current annual budget, taking an estimated value of between £80m and £130m per annum. It is possible that over the 10 year term spend may be in the range of £80m and £230m. This will depend on inflation and grant awards (such as City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement) and other Regional, National, or European funds for a…
—DeadlineDate · IV.2.216 Nov 20234 Dec 2023+18 d

2 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2023-10: 1 release · 6 Oct 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £100,000,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 2latest 26 Jul 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 2 · Highways Term Maintenance1 award
Tarmac Trading Limited£90,000,000 †—Awarded
Lot 3 · Professional Services1 award
AECOM LIMITED£10,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 029180-2024-1 · Tarmac Trading Limited

    Signed
    26 Jul 2024
    Value
    £90,000,000
    Status
    active
  • Professional Services · AECOM LIMITED

    Signed
    26 Jul 2024
    Value
    £10,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2 · Highways Term Maintenance1bids———
3 · Professional Services3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Knowsley Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public servicesEnvironmental protection Huyton Municipal Building - 1st Floor, Archway Road, Knowsley, North West, L36 9YZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • STAR ProcurementReview body Knowsley
  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • AECOMAwarded supplier Aldgate Tower, 2 Leman Street, London, North West, E1 8FAContact email
  • Tarmac Trading LimitedAwarded supplier Ground Floor T3 Trinity Park, Bickenhill Lane, Birmingham, North West, B37 7ESContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria