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Traffic & Transport Consultancy Services (Swindon Lane Development)

Open United Kingdom Architecture & engineering services

Buyer Swindon Parish Council

11 days left

Key facts

Closes
23:59 (UTC+1)
Estimated value
€17,756
converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 10 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

10 days from publication to deadline

Shorter than usual

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Summary

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Swindon Parish Council seeks a qualified traffic and transport consultant to support its technical review of the forthcoming planning application for the Swindon Lane development, referenced by Cheltenham Borough Council under ref: 26/00833/SCREEN. Services include technical assessment, transport modelling review, oversight of volunteer surveys and written responses, commissioned flexibly on a call-off basis between October 2026 and March 2027. Tasks are instructed incrementally on a capped time and materials basis with a total spend ceiling of 15,000 GBP excluding VAT. Proposals must not exceed five pages excluding CVs and must cover company details, relevant experience, team CVs, hourly rates, insurance details and a conflict of interest statement, submitted in PDF format by email.

Description

Swindon Parish Council seeks to appoint a qualified Traffic & Transport consultant to support its technical review of the forthcoming planning application for development at Swindon Lane (Cheltenham Borough Council ref: 26/00833/SCREEN). The appointed consultant will provide technical assessment, transport modelling review, volunteer survey oversight, and written responses under a flexible call-off arrangement between October 2026 and March 2027. Tasks will be commissioned incrementally on a capped Time & Materials basis up to a total contract spend ceiling of £15,000 (excl. VAT). Submission Requirements: Proposals must not exceed five pages (excluding CVs) and must include company details, relevant experience, team CVs, hourly rates schedule, insurance details, and a conflict of interest statement. Proposals must be submitted in PDF format by email to parish.clerk@swindonparish.org.uk before the closing deadline stated in this notice. Full details are provided in the attached RFQ document.

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  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €17,756.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Architecture & engineering services.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    11 days left, 9 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €58,315 and €262,947.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The register holds nothing on this. The official documents will.

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  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 774 awards for Architecture & engineering services in United Kingdom.

This notice
€17,756
Median award
€114,205
Middle half of past awards
€58,315 to €262,947

The estimate is smaller than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

The buyer

Full buyer profile

Swindon Parish Council

United Kingdom

This is the only notice from this buyer in the register so far, so there is no record to show yet.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Architecture & engineering services - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
WSP UK LIMITED 33 €13.6M Sep 2026
Aecom Limited 27 €7.1M Sep 2026
ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED 18 €1.5M Oct 2026
OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED 14 €7.4M Sep 2026
Stantec UK Ltd 14 €3.4M Oct 2026

Based on 904 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

Market context

Larger than 8% of the open notices in Architecture & engineering services across Europe.

open now in Architecture & engineering services
7,665
median open notice
€300,000

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Architecture & engineering services

different companies won awards here
517
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
9%
buyers awarded contracts here
320

Based on 893 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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