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Westminster City Council (the Council) is seeking to appoint a single, independent supplier to deliver the Highways Audit & Asset Management (A&AM) Contract. The supplier will provide audit and compliance services, asset management services and other professional services supporting the Council's Highways & Public Realm Contract. The A&AM supplier will provide objective scrutiny, assurance and challenge and must remain operationally and professionally independent from the Highways & Public Realm contractor. • audit of performance information, contractual compliance and delivery against the Highways & Public Realm Contract; • commercial and cost assurance, including review of estimates, applications, final accounts, compensation events, Price List items, indexation and volume rebate calculations where specified; • technical assurance, inspections, design reviews, defects and compliance audits; • asset-management strategy, inventory and data assurance, planned preventative maintenance programme development, BCI calculations and statutory/industry data reporting; • responsible procurement, social value and carbon-reduction requirements, including assurance of relevant Highways & Public Realm contractor tender commitments where required by the Scope; • use of the Council's IT Solution, including CAMS, HMMS, BSMMS and CMS, to support evidence-based audit and asset-management activity; and • additional specialist and professional services instructed through Task Orders within the scope and maximum value of the Contract. Contractual reporting and improvement requirements include an Audit Plan (the first due no later than one month after the Starting Date and, for subsequent years, a draft due by 1 March), monthly Performance Reports under Schedule 5, and an annual Innovation Report identifying at least five improvement opportunities and quantifying financial, carbon and customer benefit. Further service-specific reports, logs, calculations, programmes and deliverables are set out in the Scope and Performance Management schedule. The intended form of contract is the NEC4 Term Service Contract. The initial term is three years from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030, with up to two optional one-year extensions at the Council's discretion and subject to the Contract. This procurement follows preliminary market engagement undertaken under UK2 notice 2025/S 000-073888. Participation in that engagement does not confer any advantage in this procurement.

Suppliers are encouraged to review the Preliminary market engagement document on the Jaggaer Portal. Further detail is below. The requirement: The Council requires a housebuilder warranty and insurance policy for the 291 Harrow Road development. The Council, acting as the developer, has appointed a main contractor to undertake pre-construction services and ultimately to construct three towers at the 291 Harrow Road site. In total the three towers will deliver 144 new homes. Construction is due to commence in late 2027. Council requires a suitable warranty and insurance provider for the new build including cover for the works and structural warranty post-completion. The requirement is for a 12-year policy, including the two-year defect liability period after the practical completion. It must cover both the private sale and social rent units. The policy must protect purchaser deposits if the contractor becomes insolvent before completion, a warranty for the private sale building block (which is attached to an existing already insured Private Accommodation Building), and appropriate for both UK and overseas purchasers. Further detail on the opportunity and requirement are in a draft scope of services available to the market on the Council's Jaggaer eProcurement Portal (link below). Preliminary market engagement: The Council is commencing preliminary market engagement as of 10 August 2026. A preliminary market engagement document and questionnaire have been developed and are available for prospective tenderers, alongside a draft of the scope of services. The preliminary market engagement aims to gather information from the market to help inform the procurement process, and inform the Council's officers of potential suppliers in the market. The questionnaire consists of 12 questions for completion. Jaggaer eProurement Portal: The documents are available on the Council's Jaggaer eProcurement Portal via the following link (or using reference SQ_30217): - https://wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/00056550019FC8372C13 Suppliers can register to the Portal here: - https://wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/ogc-host/public/wcc/web/login.jst?VISITORID=baac1b9c-6a28-490e-a54f-33174bb5cce9&_ncp=1722500397270.1364652-1 Deadline for preliminary market engagement: The submission deadline for the preliminary market engagement is 26 August 2026. Procurement process to follow: A summary of the procurement process for this opportunity is below (and is subject to change): 1. Preliminary market engagement stage to gauge interest from suppliers and gather information to help formulate the procurement process. 2. Initial tender stage to request formal responses from suppliers 3. Initial evaluation stage to assess initial responses and determine acceptability of terms and conditions 4. Response stage to allow the Council to submit relevant information to suppliers for a quote 5. Quote stage where suppliers submit a quote to the Council 6. Selection stage where the Council will select a supplier demonstrating the most advantageous tender. Further detail on the process can be found in the PME document.