Five top consultancy firms have been awarded contracts valued up to £100 million to help deliver a raft of infrastructure projects across several local authority areas.
AECOM, AtkinsRéalis, Ramboll, Stantec, and WSP have all secured a place on West of England Combined Authority’s (WECA) renewed professional services framework, spanning approximately four years.
The suppliers will support regional infrastructure delivery set out by WECA and its members, by providing research and development (R&D) and related consultancy services as well as works under these categories:
- Market and economic research; polling and statistics
- Environmental services
- Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy
- Construction consultancy services
- Consultative engineering and construction services
- Project management consultancy services
Initially, it had been WECA’s intention to award up to six suppliers a place on the framework instead of five.
Procurement was through the combined authority, working in collaboration with Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council, South Gloucestershire Council, and Bath and North East Somerset Council.
The framework can be utilised by all UK public sector bodies, including local authorities, health, police, fire and rescue, education and devolved administrations.
Use of the framework by these other bodies will be through an access agreement issued by WECA.
AECOM, AtkinsRéalis and WSP were on the previous version of the framework which ended at the start of the year and was launched in 2018.
“Each supplier is expected to have multi-disciplinary capability or access to deliver the contracts/work packages granted under the framework agreement,” WECA had previously stated.
The estimated date for delivery is June 2028.
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