Enterprise Contract – External Technical/Commercial advisory services

This is a Contract Award Notice related to North Lanarkshire Councils (the 'Council') requirement for the services of specialist external technical/commercial advice for the Enterprise Project, as it relates to the procurements for Housing and Corporate Maintenance and Investment Services (the ‘Housing Contract’) and Roads & Infrastructure Maintenance & Improvement Services (the ‘Roads Contract’).

This notice is to advise that the Council has entered into a contract with Optimum Professional Solutions Limited.

The Contract is for an initial period of 6 months anticipated to commence February 2023. The Council reserves the right to extend the Contract for a further period or periods of up to 14 months. The maximum contract period being 20 months.

The estimated value of the Contract is GBP 440,000 exclusive of VAT.

Services to be provided include (but not limited to);

(1) specialist technical roads and infrastructure advice; and

(2) specialist commercial advice.

The Council’s existing strategic partnerships for Housing & Corporate and Roads & Infrastructure expire January 2024 and June 2024 respectively. The Council created an Enterprise Project team (the Project Team) to manage the delivery of the Enterprise Project, the delivery of the successor contracts for Housing & Corporate and Roads & Infrastructure are component parts of phase 1 of the Enterprise Project. A number of enabling contracts have been procured to supplement inhouse capacity and capability to support the successful and timely delivery of the Enterprise Project – the requirement set out in this Contract Award Notice being the latest enabling contract now required.

Lots

This procurement was divided into 1 lots, each awarded separately. 1 bids were received in total.

Tender Documents

• Enterprise Contract – External Technical/Commercial advisory services → — Award notice