Decision details

The procurement project team, with support from other disciplines from across the Council and externally, had made positive progress with the delivery of the new Highways operating model and the associated procurement activity and were on programme to deliver these key contracts for the Council. The first of these contracts was the appointment of a new Term Maintenance Contractor which was agreed by Cabinet on 12th July 2022.

The Cabinet report, and the confidential Appendix 1 , reported on the outcome of the procurement exercise for the second of these contracts, the Term Consultancy Contract (TCC) and recommended the award of contract to the preferred bidder with the most economically advantageous tender in accordance with the agreed assessment model for quality and price.

The Term Consultancy Contract was another key component of the new Highway service operating model for the Highways Service and would deliver a high-quality service and value for money.  

The range of services that the Term Consultant would provide comprise of specialist support on structures and street lighting, project management and supervision and to compliment the client team on various activities including procuring and supervision of works through the frameworks, as well as general top up of capacity, applying innovation and ensuring best value was being delivered.

The Term Consultant had also been set up so that other service areas of the Council could make use of it for various disciplines and expertise and be able to provide advice and support on developing feasibility and detailed design for large scale capital funded infrastructure projects, flooding and environmental investigation and analysis and Traffic Modelling to deliver the most cost-effective solutions. A full list of activities was shown in Appendix 3.

RESOLVED –

(1)               That progress made to date on the procurement of the new Highways Services Contracts be NOTED.

(2)               That the award of the Highways Term Consultancy contract to the preferred bidder be AGREED, as detailed within Confidential Appendix 1.