West Yorkshire Combined Authority appoints 12 companies to City Region infrastructure programme

West Yorkshire Combined Authority has appointed 12 companies to its Professional Services Framework.

The appointed companies will now be called on to deliver a range of services as the Combined Authority and its partners progress their West Yorkshire Plus Transport Fund programme of City Region infrastructure schemes designed to boost economic growth, job creation.

These services, which would be used on a call-off basis, include civil engineering and highways consultancy, bridge, structural and engineering design, construction supervision and project and programme management.

The companies appointed to the list are Aecom, Amey, Arup, Atkins, CH2M, Curtins, Jacobs, Local Transport Projects, Sweco, Waterman, WSP and WYG.

To qualify, the companies went through a European Compliant tender process. The work was divided into three lots, representing services costing up to £200k, between £200k and £500k, and over £500k.

Almost 50 submissions were received in total, which were scored on both quality and price consideration.

Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe, chair of West Yorkshire Combined Authority, said: “Our West Yorkshire Plus Transport Fund programme is already benefiting people and businesses locally through completed schemes such as Wakefield Eastern Relief Road and Temple Green Park and Ride with others already underway.

“I am pleased that we had such wide-ranging interest expressed from companies wanting to supply these key services to the region. Their work will be vital to us implementing and accelerating our large-scale programme of infrastructure projects that will help unlock our City Region’s huge economic potential.

“One of our aims in the Framework appointment process was to encourage new, smaller and local companies to get involved so I’m particularly pleased that Curtins, LTP and SWECO, which are all SMEs based in the North have been successful.”

Now the Professional Services Framework is in place, its use will be monitored to determine levels of use and uptake, task allocation, performance and effectiveness. Contracts will incorporating clauses of the NEC3 Framework Contract and Professional Services Contract developed by the Institution of Civil Engineers.