Purpose

Transport for the South East (TfSE) tendered a
call-off contract for consultancy support in 2023. To date, the
contract has commissioned 32 individual work projects supporting
the TfSE business plan. The ability to procure these projects
directly though the awarded consultant framework has saved
significant costs for TfSE and ESCC procurement and legal staff.
The increase in value will allow TfSE to continue its effective use
of the Call-off Contract which is crucial to the delivery of the
TfSE work programme.

Decision

Approval has been given to increase the
contract value for the Transport for the South East technical call
off contract, that will allow for the delivery of the technical
programme. As per the Value of Services section of the contract,
the allowed for modification approval increases the initial
contract value by £2,000,000 to meet the total estimated
value of £4,000,000 as the contract has reached the initial
limit of £2,000,000 (£1,000,000 per calendar year)
allocated to the initial term between 1 August 2023 to 31 July
2026.