Design consultancy services

Tender description

Highways England confirms its intention to procure the Technical advisor partner (TAP) services in 2 tranches through existing and prospective procurement frameworks to align to our Regional investment programme's delivery schedule. Tranche 1 TAP services will support technical assurance of schemes moving from existing frameworks to Regional Delivery Partnership during 2019. Those suppliers on existing frameworks will be provided more information about the timings and work to be procured directly from Highways England and your framework manager. Tranche 2 TAP services will be to support new schemes as part of the Road investment strategy (RIS) 2 to be announced in 2019 and delivered throughout Road Period 2. (The programme of schemes to be decided on the publication of RIS 2, with the start of work from April 2020). TAP services will be procured via a new model to be tendered during summer 2019. More information will be published in late 2018 early 2019 on this route. The Regional delivery partnership (RDP) is Highways England's new approach to project development, design and construction; serving the Regional investment programme's (RIP) modernising of our strategic road network in England. The RDP will be used for £9bn of road investment, working with suppliers to effectively and efficiently support three Highways England imperatives; safety, customer service and delivery. Today we are confirming our intention to procure the Technical advisor partners (TAPs) services element of RDP in 2 tranches. These will be delivered through existing and prospective procurement frameworks to align to the RDP delivery. Out of total provision of 300 000 000 GBP for TAP work estimate to be required to support delivery of RIP over the next six years, up to 50 000 000 GBP will be procured for Tranche 1 schemes via existing frameworks, with the majority of Tranche 2 contracts to be opened to the whole of the market again in Summer 2019. — Tranche 1 TAP Services will support the technical assurance of schemes moving from existing frameworks to the Regional Delivery Partnership during 2019. Those suppliers on existing frameworks will be provided more information about the timings and work to be procured directly from Highways England and your framework manager, — Tranche 2 TAP Services will support new schemes as part of the Road investment strategy (RIS2) to be announced in 2019 and delivered throughout Road Period 2. (Start of work April 2020) Tranche 2 TAP services will be procured via a new model to be tendered during Summer 2019. More information will be published in late 2018/Early 2019 on this route.