Official UK procurement notice
Specialist Highway Support Services
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Procurement will be divided into the following 3 Lots:
•Lot 1 – Independent Cost Consultancy
•Lot 2 – Specialist Utility Support
•Lot 3 – Programme Review Support
The Council are procuring a 3 Lot framework agreement requiring professional services and related services within the boundaries of Kent in accordance with the below Lot breakdown:
Lot 1 – Independent Cost Consultancy
•Provide independent cost consultancy services for the optioneering, bidding for funds, planning, preparation and construction of highway and transportation schemes across the County including quantity surveying, risk management and value management.
•Provide cost consultancy services to support the preparation of NEC contract documents and in the evaluation of tenders to provide the construction of major highway and transportation schemes.
•Provide cost consultancy services to support the NEC Project Manager during the construction of major highway and transportation schemes, including contract administration, assessment of Compensation Events and Payment Applications, monitoring and monthly financial reporting.
Lot 2 – Specialist Utility Support
•Provide specialist utility support to improve dialogue and cost certainty with utility companies around diversions and scheme impacts following the NRSWA processes.
Lot 3 – Programme Review Support
•NEC programme review support for schemes (design and construction stages) to ensure compliance with scope and appropriate links, durations and logic.
- How the procedure runs: The procurement steps that shall be followed will be Participation Stage, Initial Tender Stage (ITT), Negotiation Stage (optional), Invitation to Submit Final Tender Stage (ISFT) and Contract Award Stage.
CPV: Environmental engineering consultancy services · Financial consultancy services · Highways consultancy services · Infrastructure works consultancy services · Structural engineering consultancy services · Transport systems consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 13 Apr 2027
Published description of the framework
Please refer to the tender documentation for a full breakdown of the framework information and Lotting approach.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£4,000,000
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).
- Price
- “Specialist Highway Support Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: each call-off is a further competition, so the pricing contest starts after appointment.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Aug 2026, 15:08 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2026, 12:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
CN260718- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-073274- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06da2aFind a Tender
- How it runs
The procurement steps that shall be followed will be Participation Stage, Initial Tender Stage (ITT), Negotiation Stage (optional), Invitation to Submit Final Tender Stage (ISFT) and Contract Award Stage.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Appointment period ends
- 7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
3 Aug 2026 → 13 Apr 2027 · 6 dates- Tender notice published85 days ago3 Aug 2026, 15:08 BST
- Latest notice published70 days ago18 Aug 2026, 12:56 BST
- Clarification questions by67 days ago21 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends50 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown7 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 115 days19 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 167 days13 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Aug 2026- Tender notice published3 Aug 2026, 15:08 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published4 Aug 2026, 09:13 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published7 Aug 2026, 12:31 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published14 Aug 2026, 09:32 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published18 Aug 2026, 12:56 BSTUK4
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-08: 2 releases · 3 Aug 2026, 4 Aug 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
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