Routes to Market pre-procurement market update on Technical Advisor Partnership procurement approach, related to the Regional Delivery Partnership.

Tender description

Highways England confirms its intention to procure the Technical Advisor Partner (TAP) services in two 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.