# Highways Development Management Consultancy Support

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Buckinghamshire County Council
- Contract winner: Origin Transport Consultants Ltd
- Award value: £1,750,000
- Tender value: £1,750,000
- Award date: 10 February 2020
- Published: 20 February 2020
- Contract start: 1 March 2020
- Contract end: 28 February 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 21695ebe-e513-4e8f-a97b-44ed192b5372-345102
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f40c659c-bde1-482c-af08-1a7558e0bd74

## Description

Procurement of the Highways Development Management Consultancy Support that has local knowledge of transport issues within Buckinghamshire\. The scale and nature of growth in Buckinghamshire and the number of national highway infrastructure projects in the area means that there is a need for responsive and specialist highways development management consultancy support to supplement the existing expertise in the Highways Development Management Team\. Buckinghamshire is an area of increased housing growth with an identified 45,000 new homes required to be delivered across the County by 2023 as identified in Buckinghamshire's five Local Plans\. In addition there are significant national highway infrastructure projects that affect the Council such as: High Speed 2, East West Rail, Western Rail Access to Heathrow and Oxford to Cambridge Express Way and growth arc\. The Highways Development Management Team is consulted on over 3000 applications each year from the five local planning authorities in Buckinghamshire and have a national target to respond to 72% of all planning applications within 21 days\. The team also input into strategic plans such as Local Plans\. Therefore, in order to fulfil these obligations there is a necessity for specialist highways development support in times of increase application demand and specialist support for more complicated developments, MDAs, major infrastructure projects and provide expert witness support at enquiries\. The team are looking for a Consultancy that has a proven track record in providing Highways Development management Consultancy support at the highest level\. If your organisation wishes to participate in this process, you need to register with the Buckinghamshire Business Portal and express an interest in this opportunity\. You will be unable to take part if you do no register on the Portal and express an interest in the opportunity\. Link to the Portal http://www\.supplybucksbusiness\.org\.uk Tenders must be returned via Buckinghamshire Business Portal\. The tender return date is midday 21\.10\.2019\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/21695ebe-e513-4e8f-a97b-44ed192b5372-345102)