Development Management, Road Safety and Active Travel Support Services Framework

Requirement: The scope of works will include, but not be limited to: - Provision of advice and support to the Trunk Road Casualty Reduction and Trunk Road Casualty Reduction Team/ Active Travel Delivery Team as required to support the delivery of the Scottish Government's Road Safety Framework to 2030, Transport Scotland's Strategic Road Safety Plan and wider Road Safety Policies - Provision of advice and support to the Development Management Team as required to assist and improve the delivery of the Development Management process and to promote innovation and best practice - Provision of advice and support to the Strategic Road Safety team to plan and deliver active travel measures on the Trunk Road Network - Conduct and audit area based Transport Studies where these are in support of Development Management, Road Safety and Active Travel outcomes - The auditing and reporting on submitted Transport Assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments relating to Section 36 applications - Preparation of specialist material and attending formal meetings as required, such as expert witness in Scottish Parliament Public Inquiries, in support of Development Management and Road Safety Services - Comment on, evaluate and undertake Road Safety Audits - Secondment to support the scope of works above. The intention of this competition is to procure five suitably experienced contractors. Five contractors allows Transport Scotland to select contractors based on availability of the most technical skills and ability. In addition, this arrangement provides flexibility to cover situations where potential conflicts of interest or capacity issues may occur. The services will be called off from the Framework Agreement on the basis of technical ability and capacity on a round robin, direct award, approach. In addition, the Employer will have the option to run mini-competitions irrespective of value. The contractor will be procured through a competitive tender procedure, in accordance with the restricted procedure as stated in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. This is a two stage procedure, comprising a prequalification stage and a tender stage. Section II.2.9 of this Contract Notice describes the criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates. In order to be considered for the prequalification stage, economic operators are required to complete and submit a SPD, which can be downloaded via the Public Contracts Scotland site. It is anticipated that a total of 8 economic operators will be invited to tender stage.

The scope of services for Lot 1 will include but is not limited to: - Auditing and reporting of Transport Assessments, Development Appraisals, STAG appraisals, DPMTAG submissions, Environmental Impact Assessments, Travel Plans etc for Planning Applications, and Pre-Planning Enquiries - Provision of a dedicated in-house team to deal with Planning Applications (currently approx 1000pa) - Provision of dedicated Project/ Quality Managers who will be responsible for overseeing the delivery and quality of service as well as performance management of the wider commission supplier team. - Provision of Development Planning support as required to assist development management - Conduct and audit Area Transport Studies - Preparation of material and attending Public Inquiries etc as an expert witness - Attendance at and preparation for Progress Meetings - Attendance at and preparation for Commission Supplier meetings - Manage and deliver an improved customer experience including provision of a Customer Engagement Officer, undertaking annual customer feedback and surveys - Actively promote succession planning through the term of the commission - Prepare material and present training seminars and talks - Comment on, evaluate and undertake Safety Audits - Provide specialised Development Management, Road Safety and Active Travel support as required in addition to these specific requirements. The intention of this competition is to procure three suitably experienced Contractors. It is intended that on this lot, three contractors will be appointed (lead, first standby and second standby) for situations when contractors have a conflict of interest as regards the particular service required, or another matters arise at the discretion of the Contracting Authority. The contractor will be procured through a competitive tender procedure, in accordance with the restricted procedure as stated in the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. This is a two stage procedure, comprising a prequalification stage and a tender stage. Section II.2.9 of this Contract Notice describes the criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates. In order to be considered for the prequalification stage, economic operators are required to complete and submit a SPD, which can be downloaded via the Public Contracts Scotland site. It is anticipated that a total of 5 economic operators will be invited to tender stage.