Highways England has a requirement for Consultants to advise Highways England on spatial planning issues, including development proposals affecting the Strategic Road Network (SRN), across six regional lots (each of which is described in Annex B). The regions are (1) East of England, (2) Midlands, (3) Yorkshire & North East (4) North West, (5) South East & M25 and (6) South West. Please note, Lot 2, for the Midlands region ...

Highways England has a requirement for Consultants to advise Highways England on spatial planning issues, including development proposals affecting the Strategic Road Network (SRN), across six regional lots (each of which is described in Annex B). The regions are (1) East of England, (2) Midlands, (3) Yorkshire & North East (4) North West, (5) South East & M25 and (6) South West. Please note, Lot 2, for the Midlands region will provide an additional capability to deliver workload required by Highways England's Strategy and Planning Directorate. Other Contracting Authorities in the above regions may make use of these services on other routes of transportation mediums. An outline of the requirements is the provision of consultancy services to give advice/support on spatial planning issues, including development proposals affecting the SRN, to the six regional offices within Highways England's Network Delivery & Development (NDD) directorate. The NDD regional offices reflect the regional Lots listed above. The Strategy and Planning Directorate will require advice on spatial planning policy and procedures. Highways England may instruct services to be delivered for any Highways England region, when, but not limited to poor performance or conflicts of interest. The main aims of the contract are to: — To safeguard the interests of the travelling public by advising Highways England, of the likely impact of any development proposals (in the form of either individual planning applications or strategic local plans) on the SRN, whilst also ensuring that economic growth is supported. — To advise Highways England of the likely effects, in terms of traffic performance, safety and environmental impact, on the SRN caused by any development proposals, and on such mitigation as may be required to allow the effective delivery of those proposals. — To assist Highways England with the delivery of regional investment strategies for the SRN and also advise on the cost / benefits of any proposed improvements in order to obtain best value from Highways England's budget. — To ensure that strategic highway development across Highways England perform a best fit with the local enterprise partnership strategic economic growth plans, or their successor documents. — To promote studies, innovation and use of tools that will increase Highways England's knowledge, awareness and ability to plan effectively within the spatial planning environment. The Lots are designed to have a 4 year duration. Highways England reserves the right to extend the duration of the Lots. Any extensions to the Lots will be subject to satisfactory performance by the Consultant(s), and an on-going business need. Highways England reserves the right to reduce the duration of the Lots for poor performance. The successful applicant for each of the six Lots will be appointed to support a Highways England regional office in the relevant region. The estimated value of the work that may be called off a task orders under each Lot will vary from region to region. Over the 4 year period the likely maximum expenditure for each Lot is specified in Annex B, the combined total across the 6 Lots will be up to approximately 52 800 000 GBP. No commitment is given to any expenditure or to the value of any individual Task Order. The proposed Arrangement makes provision for collaborative type initiatives such as working with the Department for Transport, local planning authorities and other Contract Authorities, in the regions referred to above, to secure services within the scope of this Contract Notice. An applicant Company can tender for any of the 6 Lots. An applicant Company will not be awarded more than 2 of the Lots, subject to sufficient competition. If an applicant Company wishes to tender for more than one Lot they must indicate, in order of preference, which Lot they would wish to be awarded if they were potentially successful in more than one Lot.Highways England will validate, for each Lot, the three Tenderers with the highest combined quality and finance scores. Awarding the Lot based on the highest Validated combined score and Tenderers Lot preferences when required. Highways England reserves the right to validate more than three Tenderers per Lot and cannot guarantee to meet any applicant Company's lot preference. This process is being conducted by Highways England as the Government owned Company responsible for the Strategic Road Network.

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