Highways and Infrastructure Professional Services Contract (NCCT43472)

The Council expects that the Consultant will, in collaboration with the Council’s in-house teams, Kier, and the traffic signals provider (Yunex Limited), deliver the following services:

• Highway design services, project delivery (including early contractor involvement and developing works orders), stakeholder engagement and consultation, and specialist expertise required for the development of highway maintenance, asset management, and capital improvement schemes
• Major highway infrastructure and other design services (feasibility, preliminary and detailed including planning and other statutory approvals), through integrated design teams as well as wider resource provision (including necessary specialist resources)
• Bridges and structures design and advisory services, including asset management, inspection and maintenance
• Business case development, including in support of funding applications to funders such as the Department for Transport and Homes England (e.g., cost benefit analysis, carbon analysis, etc.)
• Environmental and ecology services (including carbon assessment), archaeology and heritage advisory services
• Travel and Transport planning advisory services (including strategic planning and travel planning services)
• Intelligent transport services, future mobility services, and design and advisory services
• Spatial planning (including master planning, planning applications, statutory services, carbon assessments and environmental impact assessments)
• Maritime services (including supporting design and project delivery for coastal, harbour and river environments)
• Flood and water management design and advisory services
• Land, property and asset management advisory services
• Economic development advisory services, including feasibility studies/assessments, strategic and project specific modelling, government engagement/lobbying, and associated reporting
• Quantity surveying, costing, commercial and contract administration services
• Development of tender documentation and tender evaluation support
• Construction phase services
• Surveys and investigations
• Development research, and developer design and build agreement checks
• Heat, energy, water and sewage advisory services
• Waste services, including advice on residual waste, household waste recycling centres, waste facilities planning advice/application, permitting