Awarded contract

IPM Monitor Management & Mitigation Strategy

  • Medway Council

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-013642

Published 16 June 2021, 3:37pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Medway Council

Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road

Chatham

ME4 4TR

Contact

Mr Nigel Ford

Email

nigel.ford@medway.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1634332088

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKJ41 - Medway

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.medway.gov.uk/

Buyer's address

http://www.medway.gov.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

IPM Monitor Management & Mitigation Strategy

Reference number

DN550662

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

An overarching Monitor and Manage Mitigation Strategy is required for the Innovation Park Medway site, to identify appropriate timings for the delivery of mitigation measures, what mitigation measures or contribution would be required, and will require on-going engagement with KCC and Highways England.

The Contract will be for an initial period of 5 years with an option to extend to accommodate the monitoring needs as agreed with KCC and Highways England.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £321,700

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKJ41 - Medway

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Innovation Park Medway (IPM) is a flagship economic development project within the North Kent Enterprise Zone, with a significant amount of investment via the South East Local Enterprise Partnership. IPM will deliver 3,000 jobs across circa 101,000 sqm of office and industrial floor space for high value technology, engineering, manufacturing and knowledge intensive businesses. Innovation Park Medway (IPM) is a significant redevelopment opportunity and has long been on the regeneration agenda. A masterplan has been adopted to set the context for the development of up to 101,000sqm of high quality, innovative B1 (now E(g)) and B2 commercial development in the high value technology, engineering, manufacturing and knowledge intensive industries.

Medway Council and Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council have both prepared and adopted Local Development Orders (LDOs) with planning approval within 28 days of validation. This fast-tracked planning will simplify the planning process and make development more straightforward.

A number of planning conditions are included within the LDOs, as included at appendix C, including those relating to the local and strategic highway network.

The planning conditions followed a period of engagement with Highways England and Kent County Council (KCC) who have provided guidance in how best to demonstrate mitigation of the highway impacts of Innovation Park Medway (IPM).

Highways England referred Medway Council to the planning conditions set out in the Secretary of State’s decision for Land North of Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire (Planning Inspectorate’s reference: APP/K3415/V/17/3174379) in which the triggers for mitigation were based on a ‘Monitor and Manage Mitigation’ approach to highways impacts. There may be other solutions, however a similar approach to highways impacts, secured by conditions, is acceptable to Highways England, Kent County Council and Medway Council.

The approach agreed with Highways England and KCC for IPM is based on the Tamworth approach and includes triggers with trip generation monitoring. Junctions and mitigation measures identified are tied to these.

The purpose of the draft Monitor and Manage Mitigation Strategy is to indicate how Medway Council intends to address the planning conditions attached to the Local Development Order (LDO). Condition RN1 requires a strategy to identify trip generations from the phases of development and to mitigate impacts on the SRN and the local road network. The subsequent sections of this strategy address the requirements within conditions RN2-6.

A multi-disciplinary consultancy team is required to deliver a final Monitor and Manage Mitigation Strategy and manage subsequent monitoring against agreed trigger points. Consultancy teams may be made up of one multi-disciplinary consultant, or a lead consultant with specialist subconsultancies, as appropriate. Where subconsultants form part of the team, a lead consultant must be in place for the duration of the project. Both transport and spatial planning teams should be involved in the delivery of this work.

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated without a prior call for competition

  • No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure
  • Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority

Explanation:

The use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication 32.—(1) In the specific cases and circumstances laid down in this regulation, contracting authorities may award public contracts by a negotiated procedure without prior publication. General grounds (2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:— (a) where no tenders, no suitable tenders, no requests to participate or no suitable requests to participate have been submitted in response to an open procedure or a restricted procedure, provided that the initial conditions of the contract are not substantially altered and that a report is sent to the Commission where it so requests

This is the case for this procurement where no tenders were received for FTS 2021/S 000-004540

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2021/S 000-004540


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Title

IPM Monitor Management & Mitigation Strategy

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

16 June 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Stantec Uk Ltd

Waterloo House, Waterloo Road

Birmingham

B2 5TB

Email

dgriffiths@stantec.com

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ41 - Medway
National registration number

OC334398

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £321,700


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Medway Council

Chatham

Country

United Kingdom