Firms appointed to Manchester's professional services framework

20 April 2021 Consultancy.uk

Transport for Greater Manchester has appointed over forty firms to its framework agreement for external professional services.

The transport delivery arm for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is responsible for investments in improving transport services and facilities in the Manchester region. Transport nodes under its remit include the Manchester Metrolink (a light rail system), rail, buses, highways and cycling paths.

In a bid to streamline its external spending (and the quality that comes with it), TfGM uses a framework agreement for hiring external firms. The new consultancy framework covers all services that could be required in relation to transport infrastructure, including development & regeneration projects, major service projects, environmental projects, and innovation projects to advance wider connectivity and accessibility in the region.

Following a highly competitive tender process, TfGM selected preferred supplier across the ten different lots of the framework. The four-year contract has an estimated total value of £90 million. The list of winners includes a host of big name engineering consultancies including Aecom, Arcadis, Mott MacDonald, Turner & Townsend and WSP.

From a management consulting perspective, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Jacobs (the parent of PA Consulting), Deloitte, Grant Thornton (which recently took up a new office in the city) and Steer Davies & Gleave won the lot for commercial and financial advice. Meanwhile, law firms Ashurst, Gowling WLG, Addleshaw Goddard, DLA Piper, Squire Patton Boggs and Weightmans were selected for legal work (lot 9).

The framework runs until March 2025 and will be used by TfGM and the 10 local authorities in Greater Manchester.

A full list of the winners of TfGM’s Professional Services Framework 2020:

Lot 1: Transport Systems

Winners: Amey Owr, Mott MacDonald, Ove Arup & Partners, WSP

Lot A: Railway and Rapid Transit Systems
Winners: Amey Owr, Mott MacDonald, Ove Arup & Partners, WSP, Jacobs, Aecom, Arcadis

Lot B: Integration and Intelligent Transport Systems
Winners: Arcadis, Atkins, Ove Arup & Partners, Amey, Mott MacDonald, WSP, Stantec

Lot C: Public Transport Operations
Winners: WSP, Jacobs, Aecom, Atkins, Mott MacDonald, Ove Arup & Partners, Amey

Lot 2: Transport Strategy

Winners: WSP, Atkins, Systra, Ove Arup & Partners, Aecom, Jacobs

Lot D: Development of Transport Policies, Strategies and Business Cases
Winners: Atkins, Jacobs, WSP, Mott MacDonald, Aecom, Stantec, Ove Arup & Partners

Lot E: Transport Network Modelling and Appraisal
Winners: Jacobs, Aecom, WSP, Mott MacDonald, Atkins, Ove Arup & Partners, Systra

Lot F: Quantitative Research
Winners: Market & Opinion Research, Kantar, Systra, Aecom, Steer Davies & Gleave, 2CV

Lot G: Qualitative Research
Winners: Temple Group, Steer Davies & Gleave, Systra, Aecom, Mott MacDonald, Kantar

Lot H: Fares, Consultation Activity
Winners: Aecom, Temple Group, Systra, Market & Opinion Research, Ove Arup & Partners, Mott MacDonald, Steer Davies & Gleave, Sweco

Lot 3: Transport Related Commercial and Financial Advice

Winners: Ernst & Young, KPMG, Jacobs, Deloitte, Steer Davies & Gleave, Grant Thornton

Lot 4: Research and Consultation Activity

Winners: Aecom, Market & Opinion Research, Systra, Atkins

Lot 5: Transport Surveys and Data Collection

Winners: Systra, Pricebuy, Nationwide Data Collection

Lot 6: Transport Architectural Design Services

Winners: Jefferson Sheard, Strzala Architects, Stephen George Partners, SimpsonHaugh Architects, Hawkins/Brown, Ahr Architects

Lot 7: Transport-Related Civil and Structural Advice and Services

Winners: Mott MacDonald, WSP, Ove Arup & Partners

Lot I: Manual Transport Surveys and Data Collection
Winners: Pluswork, Systra, Pricebuy, Nationwide Data Collection

Lot J: Electronic Transport Surveys and Data Collection (Non-manual)
Winners: Intelligent Data Collection, Systra, Nationwide Data Collection, Pricebuy

Lot K: Streets for All Design Services and Traffic Engineering (Transport)
Winners: WSP, Wilde Consultants, Mott MacDonald, Pell Frischmann Consultants, Arcadis, Jacobs, Ove Arup & Partners, Steer Davies & Gleave

Lot 8: Transport-Wide Engineering Consultancy Services

Winners: Mace, Turner & Townsend, Mott MacDonald, Atkins, WSP

Lot L: Highway Asset and Network Management Professional Services
Winners: WSP, Amey Owr, Ove Arup & Partners, Atkins, Arcadis, Aecom, Pell Frischmann Consultants, Mott MacDonald

Lot M: Structural and Civil Engineering (Transport)
Winners: Wilde Consultants, Capita Property & Infrastructure, WSP, Mott MacDonald, Aecom, Atkins, Sweco

Lot N: Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Transport)
Winners: Mott MacDonald, Arcadis, Aecom, Hoare Lea, WSP, Ove Arup & Partners

Lot O: Programme and Project Management
Winners: Mace, Turner & Townsend, Pell Frischmann, Jacobs, Atkins, Mott MacDonald, WSP, Stantec

Lot P: Project Cost and Commercial Management
Winners: Mace, Turner & Townsend, Gleeds, WSP, Arcadis, Atkins, Walker Sime

Lot Q: Environmental Services (Transport)
Winners: WSP, Sweco, Jacobs, Aecom, Mott MacDonald, Atkins, Ove Arup & Partners, Capita Property & Infrastructure