Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
East Sussex County Council
County Hall,St. Annes Crescent
LEWES
BN71UE
Contact
Chloe Sharpe
chloe.sharpe@eastsussex.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 1273336173
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ22 - East Sussex CC
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/
Buyer's address
https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
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
Transport for the South East Technical Call-off Contract
Reference number
8533
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71310000 - Consultative engineering and construction services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Transport for the South East (TfSE) is seeking a consultancy service, or consortium, that will
work collaboratively with the team to provide a call off consultancy provision to cover a wide
range of support to TfSE, to ensure delivery of our ambitious programme of work. The range of
work that TfSE want to deliver is diverse and their technical team requires expert and technical
support to deliver it. This contract will provide a call off consultancy provision to cover a wide
range of support to Transport for the South East and its partners, to ensure delivery of the
programme.
The required consultancy service, provided by a single supplier or a consortium, will work
collaboratively with the Transport for the South East team to provide a wide range of specialist
advice and technical support to deliver the ambitious TfSE programme of work. DfT funding
requires delivery of projects within agreed timescales. This Contract will ensure that TfSE can
meet these deadlines. Up to this point, the service has been undertaking reactive procurement
exercises in order to obtain the services of a multitude of consultants over a number of projects;
the aim of this contract is to cease the need for re-active procurement exercises and to obtain a
level of consistency in the services being provided.
The contract was let via a mini-competition run under the ESPO Consultancy Services framework, lot 5
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: £3,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ - South East (England)
Main site or place of performance
The geographical region covered by Transport for the South East
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
A mini-competition was run under lot 5 of the ESPO Consultancy Services framework
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
A contract notice was not published as the procurement was run via a compliant ESPO framework. Namely Lot 5 of the Consultancy Services framework
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
Title
Transport for the South East Technical Call-off Contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
STEER DAVIES & GLEAVE LIMITED
14-21 Rushworth Street
London
SE1 0RB
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
01883830
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £3,000,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £3,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Court of Justice
London
Country
United Kingdom