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# Q20540 - Highways Managing Consultant

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/q20540-highways-managing-consultant-ocds-h6vhtk-03c58f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Manchester City Council: "Q20540 - Highways Managing Consultant". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Manchester City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/manchester-city-council-ons-e08000003)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Highways consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £221,832 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03c58f`

## 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/q20540-highways-managing-consultant-ocds-h6vhtk-03c58f#tl-md)

## Description
Under ESPO 664_21 Consultancy Services, Lot 5 Highways, Traffic and Transport, the Council
are seeking to procure the services of a Managing Consultant as defined in the ESPO User Guide.
Consultancy services are required for an experienced highways maintenance specialist who has
the ability to be involved in the following activities:-
• To lead the identification and prioritisation of an annual highways maintenance carriageway
and footway programme of work.
• To check and validate Gaist roadscape intelligence to inform the initial draft list of schemes.
• To design individual maintenance schemes including their proposed treatments.
• Working with contractors to develop programmes of work, traffic management proposals,
and establishing the appropriate permits to work.
• Checking works during construction and giving instructions to contractors and sign off upon
completion.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71311210
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** By conducting a further competition under ESPO 664_21 Consultancy Services, Lot 5 Highways, Traffic and Transport, the Council
are seeking to procure the services of a Managing Consultant as defined in the ESPO User Guide.
Consultancy services are re...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Q20540 - Highways Managing Consultant (active)
  - Award id: `012494-2023-Q20540-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Waterman Infrastructure and Environment**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-03269195`
  - Value: £221,832 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Q20540 - Highways Managing Consultant (active)
  - Signed Value: £221,832
  - Signed Date: 01/05/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012494-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-05-02T11:57:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T21:25:46.887Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03c58f