Purpose

To approve the Major Consultants Framework 2024 – 2026.

Decision

The Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation) has agreed to:

(1)  approve the request to tender of the Major Consultants Framework 2024 - 2026, with an initial framework period of two years with the option to extend for a further two years.

(2)  Approve the evaluation procedure of the framework which will appoint two consultants to the framework based on a 70:30 quality / price evaluation subject to meeting the minimum quality threshold on each question of 60%. The two highest scoring Bidders will then be appointed to the framework. Call-off orders will then be awarded on an equitable 50/50 share of the work subject to satisfactory performance.