Official UK procurement notice
Gen5 Consult - Transport, Highways & Infrastructure Consultancy Framework
Authority: Hampshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought9 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionHampshire County Council (HCC) is seeking to replace its existing Place, Connectivity & Infrastructure Professional Services Framework (ET14110) by establishing a new four-year multi-supplier Framework for the provision of specialist technical transportation and civil engineering professional services, together with infrastructure development and support services. The Framework aims to provide HCC with continued engineering infrastructure and development consultancy services and allows for provision for specialist technical transportation and engineering services.
The Framework includes but is not limited to the following technical professional services:
The new Framework will be divided into nine separate lots. Lot A will deliver larger scale multi-disciplinary consultancy services and Lot B will be sub dividend into eight smaller-scale specialist consultancy services.
The Framework will be available to all Public Bodies within the geographical area of England (e.g. Local Authorities, NHS, Fire, Police, schools etc.), but predominantly those within the South East and South West regions. These public bodies shall be named as 'Participating Authorities' for the purposes of this Framework but Hampshire County Council shall remain the named lead 'Contracting Authority' for the purposes of this procurement and will retain overall control and ownership of the Framework. This Framework will be an NEC4 Framework Contract, with call-offs through the Framework using the NEC4 Professional Service Contract (PSC) and Professional Service Short Contract (PSSC).
CPV: Construction-related services · Engineering design services · Engineering services · Environmental engineering consultancy services · Miscellaneous engineering services · Technical planning services · Transport systems consultancy services · Urban planning services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 2 Mar 2026
- Buyer regions
- UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- 2.50% of call-off value
Who may buy through it
The Framework will be available to all Public Bodies within the geographical area of England (e.g. Local Authorities, NHS, Fire, Police, schools etc.). These public bodies shall be named as 'Participating Authorities' for the purposes of this Framework but Hampshire County Council shall remain the named lead 'Contracting Authority' for the purposes of this procurement and will retain overall control and ownership of the Framework.
Published description of the framework
Tenderers shall only be permitted to tender for either Lot A or Lot B, tenderers cannot bid for both. Those Tenderers applying to Lot B, can tender for 1 or more of the specialisms.
Lot A 'Multi-disciplinary Services' shall comprise a maximum of 3 large multi-disciplinary engineering professional services companies, for the provision of engineering services.
Lot B 'Specialist Services' shall comprise a maximum of 6 suppliers (varies from 3-6) for each of the specialisms for the provision of specialist consultative services.
Call-offs will be run by HCC who will act as the 'client' and by other Public Authorities who will be 'Participating Authorities'. To address any potential liability to HCC in this area, a Participating Authorities Agreement will be used between HCC and the Participating Authority.
Framework and Contract management will take place centrally in the Frameworks Team of Engineering Consultancy. This team will manage all requests for service, Orders and Call-Offs, manage any issues relating to Framework management and will manage payments to suppliers.
Lots and requirements (9)Procurement structure
9 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotEvery one of these 8 lots carries the same published figure, £2,500,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1A - Multi-DisciplinaryAwardedPublished value£80,000,000
Sustainable and accessible transport infrastructure planning services
Highways, Transportation, Civil and Structural engineering design services
Design and advice services under Section 278 and 38 of the Highways Act (1980)
Construction estimating, commercial and financial management services
Safety audit, engineering and management
Waste infrastructure and development design services
Flood and water management and drainage design services
Ecological and environmental services
Landscape architecture and design services
Sustainable and community integration strategic planning
Infrastructure technology strategy and design services
Intelligent traffic systems design and advice services
Building Information Modelling (BIM) services
Lot #2B1 - Engineering Design SpecialismsAwardedceiling above
Bridge and Structural inspections including masonry, reinforced concrete, post tensioned and steel structures
Infrastructure design services covering developments, minor and specialist street and transportation design services
Inclusive and Public Realm Design, including transport design services
3D and BIM modelling and Visualisations and animations (for engagement purposes)
Flood and water management services including hydraulic modelling
LLFAs support and design services
Highways drainage design services including SuDs
Development drainage assessment services and design checking services
Design of small scale waste water treatment plants
Lot #3B2 - Transport Planning SpecialismsAwardedceiling above
Active Travel and healthy streets, including walking and cycling design specialisms, Pedestrian wayfinding signage strategies and Urban area cycle network strategies
Accessible infrastructure and planning services including inclusive design, low traffic neighbourhoods and school streets
Future mobility planning services (including local mobility hubs, e-mobility solutions, electric vehicle charging etc.) and Low carbon approaches
Travel Data and Modelling including Walking and cycling data, Travel and journey modelling, Car parking data, Intelligent traffic data (including queue surveys), TAG Compliant traffic modelling and Real time journey information visualisations, business engagement
Planning including school travel planning, local travel plans and support
Business case development and Scheme economic appraisal including Cost Benefit Analysis services, Sustainability appraisals
Bid application preparations including DfT Full Business Case services, Specialist business case and funding bid support
Master planning services including Land use / spatial planning services
Associated general research services
Lot #4B3 - Strategic Planning SpecialismAwardedceiling above
Planning application support services
Planning appeals support services
Town & Country planning Act support services
Strategic & spatial planning services
Developer and stakeholder engagement services
Lot #5B4 - Environmental, Sustainability and Decarbonisation SpecialismsAwardedceiling above
Air quality zone modelling & assessment
Air quality, health and environmental research services (in the context of transport)
Modelling and advice services
Action plan support services (in the context of transport)
Vehicle emission modelling / simulation services
Sustainable travel and transport consultancy services & decarbonisation, including Carbon offsetting advice
Health impact surveys and assessments including noise monitoring
Waste management planning
Environmental audits and Socio-economic appraisals
Environmental survey, inspection and supervision services including Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
Lot #6B5 - Ecological, Landscape & Arboriculture SpecialismsAwardedceiling above
Landscape design & management services
Arboriculture planting & management advice
Arboriculture surveys & assessments including TPO & felling advice
Arboriculture and landscape survey, inspection and supervision services
Ecological & habitat assessments and surveys
Ecological appraisals and Ecological Impact Assessments
Protected species surveys & assessment, for animals including but not limited to otters, bats, dormice, etc., or for birds
Ecological survey, inspection and supervision services
Lot #7B6 - Advice and Community engagement for Active Travel SpecialismAwardedceiling above
Community engagement services for sustainable travel, such as surveys, school streets, community events
Applying behavioural change science for sustainable travel solutions
School engagement services for active travel including cycling and walking
Lot #8B7 - Traffic Management, Traffic Order and Parking ConsultancyAwardedceiling above
Traffic Orders - drafting, consolidation, TRO reviews, variations and amendments
Digital TRO mapping - Interface with Traffic Order management software
Signs and lining reviews - including Parking, Speed Limits, Movement Restrictions
Parking reviews including On-road and Off-road parking and resident parking schemes
Moving Traffic Enforcement - development and delivery of schemes.
Low cost Traffic Management measures
Lot #9B8 - Street Lighting Design SpecialismAwardedceiling above
Scoping/feasibility of street lighting projects
Preliminary and detailed design of lighting schemes, including drawings and schedules, to British and EU standards
Lighting designs to meet planning consent/conditions, including minimising impact on local ecology
S278 and S38 street lighting designs with accompanying PFI Certificate of Approval
Support PFI Street Lighting accrual process
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
- Price carries 30 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 3 points.
- “Gen5 Consult - Transport, Highways & Infrastructure Consultancy…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- The Framework will be available to all Public Bodies within the geographical area of England (e.g. Local Authorities, NHS, Fire, Police, schools etc.). These public bodies shall be named as 'Participating Authorities' for the purposes of this Framework but Hampshire County Council shall remain the named lead 'Contracting Authority' for the purposes of this procurement and will retain overall control and ownership of the Framework.
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Apr 2025, 10:53 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Dec 2025, 10:01 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 2 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
UN25128- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057209- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050770Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
As per the Framework Agreement Terms and Conditions, a purchase order will be raised through our internal payment system and on receipt of a valid undisputed invoice, this will be paid within 30 days.
- Risks
Devolution/Local Government Reform
The government wants all remaining two-tier areas in England to be eventually restructured into single-tier unitary authorities and is termed Local Government Reform (LGR). This reorganisation is part of a broader devolution strategy to simplify local government structures, save public funds, and improve local accountability. It is anticipated, that during the life of this framework, the LGR process will commence and/or progress potentially impacting this framework and the call-off contracts awarded from it. Impacts most likely will include, novations of the legal entities you may contract with. There are assignment clauses within the framework agreement that allow us to assign, novate etc. the agreements to another body.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 29 Oct 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- call-off levy · 2.50% of call-off value
Timeline
25 Apr 2025 → 2 Mar 2026 · 9 dates- Planning notice published25 Apr 2025, 10:53 BST
- Market engagement27 May 2025, 23:59 BST
This Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is being published to alert the supply chain and notify interested parties that Hampshire County Council (HCC) will be hosting an in-person market engagement event for the upcoming tender opportunity of the above Framework.
HCC would like to invite interested suppliers to an in-person engagement session to help inform the Council's future tendering arrangements.
The market engagement event will take place between 10:00 - 12:00 on Tuesday the 27th May 2025 and will be held at the County Council’s offices.
The event will cover the following;
- The current contractual arrangements
- Working with Hampshire County Council
- Contracting options
- Tendering in Hampshire including indicative timescales.
Suppliers wishing to attend this event should register (if not already registered) on the Council's e-tendering platform, In-tend (in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Home ↗) and 'Express an Interest' against the project “UN25128 – Place, Connectivity & Infrastructure (PCI) Professional Services Framework 2026-2030”. Please then use the Correspondence function for the project and provide the name of attendees and their email addresses so that invitations and event details can be issued.
Suppliers wishing to attend this event need to confirm with the Council, via the correspondence function on In-tend, by 14:00 on Monday 19th May 2025.
Please Note: this is market engagement information only at this stage and may not necessarily lead to any future procurement process. In the event this proceeds to a tendering opportunity, it is not yet certain which procurement route will be followed. Information gathered through the engagement event will help to shape the proposed future procurement.
Suppliers will be neither advantaged nor disadvantaged from involvement in this exercise.
- Next notice expected4 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published17 Sept 2025, 10:24 BST
- Clarification questions by372 days ago20 Oct 2025, 17:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends363 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown29 Oct 2025, 14:00 GMT
- Latest notice published315 days ago16 Dec 2025, 10:01 GMT
- Award decision expected by297 days ago2 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts239 days ago2 Mar 2026
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Apr 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published25 Apr 2025, 10:53 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published17 Sept 2025, 10:24 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active17 Sept 2025, 10:24 BST
- Procurement method changed17 Sept 2025, 10:24 BST
- Deadline published: 22 Oct 2025, 14:00 BST17 Sept 2025, 10:24 BST
- Tender notice published1 Oct 2025, 09:09 BSTUK4
- Deadline moved to 29 Oct 2025, 14:00 GMT1 Oct 2025, 09:09 BST+7 days · was 22 Oct 2025, 14:00 BST
- Procurement termination notice published16 Dec 2025, 10:01 GMTUK12
- Status changed to complete16 Dec 2025, 10:01 GMT
Published amendments (1)
The Authority has extended the Clarifications Deadline to 5pm on Monday 20th October 2025 and the Tender Return Submission Deadline to Wednesday 29th October 2025 at 2pm.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-04: 1 release · 25 Apr 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across several lots1 award | |||
| supplier not published | — | 8 Dec 2025 | CancelledThe Authority has concern over the sustainability of the commercial rates submitted, which will impact the longevity of this framework. The Authority has had to make the difficult decision to terminate this tender opportunity (as currently published). We are re-assessing the award stage evaluation criteria and anticipate a new Gen5 Consult tender opportunity will go live in early January. The Authority apologies for any inconvenience this may cause but encourages suppliers to participate in the new opportunity once published. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender