Cycling and Walking Design Support

Concepts

• urban planning
• carlisle
• cumbria county council
• chest https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ cumbria county council
• local cycling
• council is developing local cycling and walking infrastructure plans
• design
• cycling
• concept designs
• pipeline of cycling

Location

Cumbria:

Description

This opportunity is available via The Chest https://www.the-chest.org.uk/ Cumbria County Council requires a Consultant to undertake scheme development and design to support the Council’s developing pipeline of cycling and walking improvements. The Council is developing Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) at 6 locations across the County and requires costed concept designs for schemes prioritised in the LCWIPs. This will include two schemes in each of the LCWIP areas; Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Kendal, Penrith, Whitehaven and Workington. Please send any queries via the messages area of the project dashboard via The Chest.

Total Quantity or Scope

Cumbria County Council (“the Authority”) is seeking to appoint a Consultant to undertake scheme development and design to support the Council’s developing pipeline of cycling and walking improvements. … Additional information: Cumbria is currently undergoing a local government reorganisation and Government has announced that Cumbria County Council is to be replaced by two unitary authorities with effect form 01 April 2023. Cumbria County Council shall be entitled to novate the Contract to any successor council as defined in The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Transfer of Functions, Property, Rights and Liabilities) Regulations 2008

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 71410000 - Urban planning services
• 71310000 - Consultative engineering and construction services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

If you require support to use the Chest, please contact Proactis https://www.the-chest.org.uk/SupplierSupport.html ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Suppliers wishing to express an interest and obtain access to the tender documents should go to www.the-chest.org.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on the left of the screen. On the next screen enter the contract Reference (DN579662) in the box labelled 'contains' then click search. Click on the Blue link for the contract title to view the opportunity. To express an interest you will need to login. If you are not already registered on the www.the-chest.org.uk you will need to return to the home page and click on Register. Register free link in the navigation area on the left of the screen. Registration is free of charge and your username and password will be emailed to you. Cumbria County Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumbria County Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the authority's supplier audits on all aspects of diversity. The contracting authority expressly reserves the right: (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers. The contracting authority reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement. The value provided in Section II.1.5 is only an estimate.