Torbay Council, acting as the lead organisation on behalf of a group of Public Bodies in the South West region, has selected the eight firms for the south west consultants framework which will run till 2016.
The framework comprises consultants or consortia and their supply chain partners through which individual projects or programmes of construction works may be developed, procured and implemented.
The following consultants will provide a range of services from project management, through to structural and civil engineering and surveying, new build projects, alteration/extension projects, procurement strategy, construction management, programme management, design and engineering, urban design, master planning, site analysis, contractor procurement, cost planning, budgeting and estimating and ancillary construction projects connected to main construction contracts.
- Aecom
- Atkins
- Capita Symonds
- Gleeds Management Services
- Mace
- Mott MacDonald
- Sweett (UK)
- URS Infrastructure & Environment UK
Core disciplines required for the framework include architects, building services engineers, building surveyors, CDM coordinators, civil engineers, project managers, quantity surveyors and structural engineers.
The framework is primarily intended for the delivery of construction consultancy and other building and professional related services for projects of over £150,000 (fee value) with some projects that may exceed or significantly exceed this figure. There may be a number of projects that may not meet this figure for which framework consultants will be able to bid on an optional basis. Eligible users of the framework will reserve the right to procure smaller projects outside the agreement.
Procuring organisations able to use the framework agreement will operate in the South West region of the United Kingdom and bordering counties - including Cornwall,Devon, Plymouth, Torbay, Somerset, North Somerset, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset, Wiltshire, Swindon, Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset.
The South West region’s contractors framework is also currently up for renewal - the new line-up of contractors will be selected in summer 2013.
Click on the following link for further details of the geographical regions and organisations to whom this framework agreement is open: http://www.cfsw.org.uk/eligibleusers.php
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