Official UK procurement notice
South Wales Trunk Road Agent (SWTRA) – Consultancy Services Framework 2022
Authority: Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionConsultancy Services Framework to deliver operational and technical management of services and improvements.
Framework consists of six consultants undertaking consultancy services over three geographical regions (East, Central & West).
A Primary supplier and a Reserve supplier appointed to each geographical region.
- Recurrence: Prior to the expiry of the Framework.
CPV: Advisory and consultative engineering services · Bridge-design services · Civil engineering consultancy services · Consultative engineering and construction services · Engineering design services · Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works · Engineering services · Engineering-design services for traffic installations · Environmental engineering consultancy services · Environmental impact assessment for construction · Highways consultancy services · Highways engineering services · +2 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers · 7 bids on the busiest of 3 lots (1.2 per place) · 6 appointed (full)
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1West RegionAwardedRenewal
Lot #2Central RegionAwardedRenewal
Lot #3East RegionAwardedRenewal
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- As stated within the ITT Document: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- As stated within the ITT Document: 60%
- Price: 40%
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “South Wales Trunk Road Agent (SWTRA) – Consultancy Services Framework…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · Prior to the expiry of the Framework.
- First published
- 8 Nov 2021, 09:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Oct 2022, 16:38 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Dec 2021 – …
- Authority reference
NPT-1513- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-030254- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f479Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Further information regarding each supplier's status within each Lot: - Lot 1 (West): Amey OW Ltd (Primary), Kier Highways Ltd (Reserve); - Lot 2 (Central): Atkins Ltd (Primary), AECOM Ltd (Reserve); - Lot 3 (East): WSP UK Ltd (Primary), Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd (Reserve). Note: The Contract Values published in this Notice are estimates. (WA Ref:120173)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 17 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 17 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
17 Dec 2021 → 26 Oct 2022 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown17 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened17 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published26 Oct 2022, 16:38 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete26 Oct 2022, 16:38 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £9,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Central Region
- Signed
- 17 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
West Region
- Signed
- 29 Jul 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
East Region
- Signed
- 28 Jun 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · West Region | 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
| 2 · Central Region | 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
| 3 · East Region | 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- AECOMFramework contractor
- Amey OW LimitedFramework contractor
- Arcadis Consulting (UK) LtdFramework contractor
- AtkinsFramework contractor
- Kier Highways LimitedFramework contractor
- W S P UK LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria