Birmingham City Council has named the four-strong consultant line-up that will drive its next tranche of highways and infrastructure schemes as part of a £400m a framework.
The eight-year Transportation and Infrastructure Professional Services Framework will see AtkinsRéalis, Jacobs, Mott MacDonald and Pell Frischmann deliver ‘multidisciplinary design and advisory services’ across the city, with the deal encompassing highways engineering and urban planning, air quality, drainage, traffic systems and wider infrastructure consultancy.
A core £240m of the total pipeline is earmarked for Birmingham itself, with the remaining spend available to other public bodies across the Midlands via access agreements.
The framework is structured as an open model under the Procurement Act 2023, allowing the council to refresh suppliers over time rather than lock into a fixed roster. Other local Public Bodies based within the East Midlands and West Midlands are entitled to use the Framework Agreement, subject to approval by the Council. This is affected by the completion of an access agreement between the Council and these other local Public Bodies.
Birmingham attracted eight bids for the work, cutting the field to four at final stage.
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