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Highways and Transportation Cost Consultancy Services Framework

Engineering & ArchitectureCPV 71311210

Value£4.8m

Deadline3 Sept 2026

Published6 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 6 Aug 202625 days leftCloses 3 Sept 2026

Who to contact

contracts.support.unit@leeds.gov.uk

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How to submit

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Contract value in context

£4.8mtotal contract value

median £95k

this tender£0£5.2m

This is a large award for Engineering & Architecture — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 33,646 valued Engineering & Architecture tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Authority is seeking a consultancy with expertise in providing cost management services and with the ability to offer agile and reactive working arrangements to support the Authority in the delivery of their Highways and Transportation Capital Works Programme.

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