Scope
Reference
UN25128
Description
Hampshire 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 is likely to include but is not limited to technical professional services for the following:
- Transportation planning, transport assessment modelling;
- Highways management and engineering, highway and structure design;
- Safety audit, engineering and management;
- Waste disposal infrastructure and development;
- Transportation and civil engineering specialisms;
- Flood and water management;
- Railway and rapid transit infrastructure;
- Ecological and environmental specialisms;
- Sustainable and community integration.
It is being proposed that the new Framework is divided into two lots (A & B), with Lot A delivering generally larger scale multi-disciplinary consultancy services and Lot B delivering 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).
Commercial tool
Establishes a framework
Total value (estimated)
- £100,000,000 excluding VAT
- £120,000,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2030
- 4 years
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 71300000 - Engineering services
- 71311200 - Transport systems consultancy services
- 71313000 - Environmental engineering consultancy services
- 71320000 - Engineering design services
- 71330000 - Miscellaneous engineering services
- 71356400 - Technical planning services
- 71410000 - Urban planning services
- 71500000 - Construction-related services
Contract locations
- UKJ3 - Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
Engagement
Engagement deadline
27 May 2025
Engagement process description
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 (https://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.
Participation
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Submission
Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
4 August 2025
Contracting authority
Hampshire County Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBHM-7586-PWLP
High St, The Castle
Winchester
SO23 8UJ
United Kingdom
Email: Procurement.Support@hants.gov.uk
Website: https://www.hants.gov.uk
Region: UKJ36 - Central Hampshire
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government