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title: "Market Engagement for Engineering Consultancy Services"
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# Market Engagement for Engineering Consultancy Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-for-engineering-consultancy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03f653). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC: "Market Engagement for Engineering Consultancy Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/rhondda-cynon-taf-cbc-ons-w06000016)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Civil engineering consultancy services, Consultative engineering and construction services, Highways consultancy services, Infrastructure works consultancy services, Structural engineering consultancy services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKL15, UKL17
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03f653`

## 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/market-engagement-for-engineering-consultancy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03f653#tl-md)

## Description
In 2008 Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC , Merthyr Tydfil CBC  and Bridgend CBC  (together the “LA Founders”) entered into a Joint Venture arrangement with an external consultancy firm to establish a Joint Venture Company currently trading as Redstart (the “JV”).
The main purpose of the JV was to provide engineering consultancy services to the LA founders via a quick and compliant route to market.
The JV arrangement is due to expire on 31st August 2024 and RCT CBC acting as the Lead Authority reprocuring the services wish to engage with the market to determine early feedback on proposed delivery models for the future.
The purpose of this exercise is to explore the options in respect of future delivery models for providing core engineering consultancy services to the LA founders

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 71310000, 71311000, 71311200, 71311210, 71311300, 71312000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024801-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-23T12:44:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-30T04:56:23.124Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03f653