Transport systems consultancy services

Tender description

The HS2 Connectivity Programme includes a GBP 48 600 000 package of improvements in Sutton Coldfield to transform the town's connectivity to HS2. Within that is GBP 19 000 000 for the Sutton Coldfield HS2 Gateway. This piece of work is to progress the Sutton Coldfield HS2 Gateway scheme through to Outline Business Case (OBC) stage including a review of existing options, modeling and preliminary design. The Brief set out 7 Tasks and an optional Task 8 (subject to availability of funding). As the scheme is heavily focused on delivery of high quality urban design as a mechanism to transform integration and movement within Sutton Coldfield town centre it is therefore expected that this commission is urban design led. The specific tasks involved with this commission are as follows: Task 1 — Option Development; Task 2 — Lower Parade Bus Review; Task 3 — Consultation / Concept Design finalization; Task 4 — Preliminary Design; Task 5 — Risk; Task 6 — Microsimulation model; Task 7 — Outline Business Case; Task 8 — Park and Ride (subject to availability of funding).