Gen5 Consult - Transport, Highways & Infrastructure Consultancy Framework 2026 - 2030

Award outcome

Framework agreement

Description

Hampshire County Council (HCC) is seeking to replace its existing Place, Connectivity & Infrastructure Professional Services Framework (ET14110) by establishing a new four-year multi-supplier Framework for the provision of specialist technical transportation and civil engineering professional services, together with infrastructure development and support services. The Framework aims to provide HCC with continued engineering infrastructure and development consultancy services and allows for provision for specialist technical transportation and engineering services. The Framework includes but is not limited to the following technical professional services: Lot A - Multi-Disciplinary Services • Sustainable and accessible transport infrastructure planning services • Highways, Transportation, Civil and Structural engineering design services • Design and advice services under Section 278 and 38 of the Highways Act (1980) • Construction estimating, commercial and financial management services • Safety audit, engineering and management • Waste infrastructure and development design services • Flood and water management and drainage design services • Ecological and environmental services • Landscape architecture and design services • Sustainable and community integration strategic planning • Infrastructure technology strategy and design services • Intelligent traffic systems design and advice services • Building Information Modelling (BIM) services B1 - Engineering Design Specialisms • Bridge and Structural inspections including masonry, reinforced concrete, post tensioned and steel structures • Infrastructure design services covering developments, minor and specialist street and transportation design services • Inclusive and Public Realm Design, including transport design services • 3D and BIM modelling and Visualisations and animations (for engagement purposes) • Flood and water management services including hydraulic modelling • LLFAs support and design services • Highways drainage design services including SuDs • Development drainage assessment services and design checking services • Design of small scale waste water treatment plants B2 - Transport Planning Specialisms • Active Travel and healthy streets, including walking and cycling design specialisms, Pedestrian wayfinding signage strategies and Urban area cycle network strategies • Accessible infrastructure and planning services including inclusive design, low traffic neighbourhoods and school streets • Future mobility planning services (including local mobility hubs, e-mobility solutions, electric vehicle charging etc.) and Low carbon approaches • Travel Data and Modelling including Walking and cycling data, Travel and journey modelling, Car parking data, Intelligent traffic data (including queue surveys), TAG Compliant traffic modelling and Real time journey information visualisations, business engagement • Planning including school travel planning, local travel plans and support • Business case development and Scheme economic appraisal including Cost Benefit Analysis services, Sustainability appraisals • Bid application preparations including DfT Full Business Case services, Specialist business case and funding bid support • Master planning services including Land use / spatial planning services • Associated general research services B3 - Strategic Planning Specialism • Planning application support services • Planning appeals support services • Town & Country planning Act support services • Strategic & spatial planning services • Developer and stakeholder engagement services B4 - Environmental, Sustainability and Decarbonisation Specialisms • Air quality zone modelling & assessment • Air quality, health and environmental research services (in the context of transport) • Modelling and advice services • Action plan support services (in the context of transport) • Vehicle emission modelling / simulation services • Sustainable travel and transport consultancy services & decarbonisation, including Carbon offsetting advice • Health impact surveys and assessments including noise monitoring • Waste management planning • Environmental audits and Socio-economic appraisals • Environmental survey, inspection and supervision services including Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) B5 - Ecological, Landscape & Arboriculture Specialisms • Landscape design & management services • Arboriculture planting & management advice • Arboriculture surveys & assessments including TPO & felling advice • Arboriculture and landscape survey, inspection and supervision services • Ecological & habitat assessments and surveys • Ecological appraisals and Ecological Impact Assessments • Protected species surveys & assessment, for animals including but not limited to otters, bats, dormice, etc., or for birds • Ecological survey, inspection and supervision services B6 - Advice and Community Engagement for Active Travel Specialism • Community engagement services for sustainable travel, such as surveys, school streets, community events • Applying behavioural change science for sustainable travel solutions • School engagement services for active travel including cycling and walking B7 - Traffic Management, Traffic Order and Parking Consultancy • Traffic Orders - drafting, consolidation, TRO reviews, variations and amendments • Digital TRO mapping – Interface with Traffic Order management software • Signs and lining reviews – including Parking, Speed Limits, Movement Restrictions • Parking reviews including On-road and Off-road parking and resident parking schemes • Moving Traffic Enforcement – development and delivery of schemes. • Low cost Traffic Management measures B8 - Street Lighting Design Specialism • Scoping/feasibility of street lighting projects • Preliminary and detailed design of lighting schemes, including drawings and schedules, to British and EU standards • Lighting designs to meet planning consent/conditions, including minimising impact on local ecology • S278 and S38 street lighting designs with accompanying PFI Certificate of Approval • Support PFI Street Lighting accrual process The new Framework will be divided into nine separate lots. Lot A will deliver larger scale multi-disciplinary consultancy services and Lot B will be sub dividend into eight smaller-scale specialist consultancy services. The Framework will be available to all Public Bodies within the geographical area of England (e.g. Local Authorities, NHS, Fire, Police, schools etc.), but predominantly those within the South East and South West regions. These public bodies shall be named as ‘Participating Authorities’ for the purposes of this Framework but Hampshire County Council shall remain the named lead ‘Contracting Authority’ for the purposes of this procurement and will retain overall control and ownership of the Framework. This Framework will be an NEC4 Framework Contract, with call-offs through the Framework using the NEC4 Professional Service Contract (PSC) and Professional Service Short Contract (PSSC).

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