The NEPO Construction Category aims to provide innovative, value for money solutions to meet the requirements of the North East public sector. As a member of the National Association of Construction Frameworks (NACF) and the Local Government Association Construction Category Board, NEPO drives best practice within the construction market.
The Construction Consultancy solution has been let as a multi-supplier, multi-lot framework that can be used both on a direct award and mini competition basis. Contracting authorities who enter into a call-off agreement will have the choice of directly awarding to the supplier delivering best value for the individual project, or using the mini competition route to identify the optimum supplier.
A maximum of six suppliers have been awarded to each of the sixteen lots.
- Lot 1 - Multi-Disciplinary Building Construction related services
- Lot 2 - Multi-Disciplinary Transportation and Civil Engineering related services
- Lot 3 - Highways Asset Management
- Lot 4 - Flood, Coastal and Marine
- Lot 5 - Ecology
- Lot 6 - Housing
- Lot 7 - Architectural Services
- Lot 8 - M&E Services
- Lot 9 - Project Management
- Lot 10 - Transport Planning
- Lot 11 - Building Surveyor Services
- Lot 12 - Structural Engineering
- Lot 13 - Highways Structures
- Lot 14 - Planning
- Lot 15 - Building Commercial Management
- Lot 16 - Engineering Commercial Management
Notes on procurement process. NEPO212 Construction and Engineering Consultancy is in pre-procurement as the current solution is due to expire September 2022 with no option to extend. The indicative timescales are as follows:
- September 2021 – Soft Market Questionnaire
- April 2022 – Invitation to Tender issued
- September 2022 – Solution Start Date
Interested suppliers should register on the NEPO Portal to receive email notifications of developments and opportunities regarding this solution.