en.Wedoany.com Reported - Birmingham City Council in the UK has recently completed the tendering process for a professional services framework for transport and infrastructure valued at a total of £400 million. The framework, spanning eight years, has selected four companies—AtkinsRéalis, Jacobs, Mott MacDonald, and Pell Frischmann—to provide multidisciplinary highway design and consultancy services across the city of Birmingham.

Under the framework arrangement, the scope of services covers areas including highway design, urban planning, air quality, drainage, traffic systems, and broader infrastructure consultancy. Of the total project pipeline, a core £240 million is specifically allocated for Birmingham itself, with the remaining expenditure available for use by other public bodies in the Midlands region through access agreements.

During the tendering process, Birmingham attracted eight bids, which were narrowed down to four in the final stage. The framework is structured under an open model in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, allowing the City Council to update suppliers over time rather than locking in a fixed list. While no SMEs are directly involved in the framework itself, the City Council will require that at least 20% of all works be subcontracted to smaller enterprises through the main suppliers' supply chains.

The agreement will be executed under NEC4 terms, with contracts expected to be signed later this month following the standstill period. Thereafter, the four selected companies will progressively commence related highway design work, serving the transport infrastructure needs of Birmingham and the Midlands region.

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