Portsmouth City Council has gone out to tender on behalf of 20 other local authorities with a major £40 million framework contract for flood and coastal erosion risk management consultancy services in Southern England.
The value of total work let under the agreement over the maximum 8 year term may ranges from £6.5 million to £40 million. The lower value is based upon the forward programme of work anticipated for Portsmouth City Council only, whilst the higher takes account of potential work from the other 20 named authorities.
Portsmouth City Council is undertaking the procurement on behalf of the Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership (ESCP) to establish a framework agreement for the provision of specialist consultancy services.
The agreement will be used to commission specialist services to support the delivery of a programme of flood and coastal erosion protection projects across the coastal areas of Central Southern England, ranging from Dorset in the West to Worthing in the East.
The ESC itself is made up of Portsmouth City Council, Fareham Borough Council, Havant Borough Council and Gosport Borough Council. In addition to the ESCP members, a further 17 Local Authorities and Harbour Authorities from across the South of England have also expressed interest in accessing the framework agreement once operational.
As the Contracting Authority, Portsmouth is seeking to establish a multi-supplier framework compromising of 6 consultancies - each consultant must have the ability to provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary services within the role of lead consultant.
Consultancies must be able to demonstrate that they are able to deliver a wide range of competences, including:
- Coast protection and flood defence studies, investigations and advice;
- Coast protection and flood defence scheme design;
- Flood and Coastal Erosion Strategies;
- Coastal processes / Beach management planning;
- Shoreline Management Plans;
- Study and design of flood mitigation measures;
- Land drainage investigations;
- Surface water management plan;
- Environmental Impact Assessments;
- Strategic Environmental Assessments;
- — Water Framework Directive assessment;
- Habitat regulations assessment and appropriate assessments where required;
- General civil engineering scheme design;
- Communications / Stakeholder engagement.
Other competencies required under the contract include drainage engineering, flood risk management, flood risk assessments and flood response plans.
The Authority is targeting to have awarded the agreement by mid-March 2016. The framework will run for an initial term of four years with the option to extend in increments to be agreed up to a maximum term of 8 years.
The extension option has been included in view of the fact that re-tendering the framework agreement during the works programme may cause delays to works delivery and impact negatively upon service continuity.
Porstmouth said the true value of the contract may actually be higher or lower based upon take up by authorities and progression of flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes.
In letting the framework the Authority is also concurrently inviting tenders for the design of coastal defences at North Portsea Island. The value of the works contract, which will be separately tendered at a later stage following the design work, is estimated at approximately £40 million and is targeted to commence on site during April 2017.
The value of the design work package, which forms part of this procurement, is estimated at approximately £1 million with service delivery commencement required shortly after award of the overarching framework agreement.
The deadline for submission of requests for clarification for the design package is 28.1.2016 and the deadline for submission of tenders is 5.2.2016. If required, interviews for verification will be held the week commencing 22.2.2016.
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