This will allow both clients and consultants to save time and money. It reduces the time it takes to procure under a fully compliant OJEU process by over four months.
The new Engineering Panel will the HCA, local authorities and other public sector organisations with direct access to a wide range of technical engineering services, including transport and highways, geotechnical and remediation, environmental, and mechanical and electrical engineering.
The full list of companies on the Engineering Panel is:
- Atkins Limited
- Clarke Bond
- Gifford LLP
- Halcrow Group Ltd
- Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd
- Jacobs Engineering (UK) Ltd
- Mott MacDonald Ltd
- Mouchel Limited
- Parsons Brinckerhoff Limited (PB)
- Scott Wilson Ltd
- AECOM Ltd
- CampbellReith Hill LLP
- Ove Arup and Partners International Ltd
- WSP UK Ltd
- WYG Engineering Ltd
The Engineering Panel is the third of four new framework panels that will replace the HCA’s current portfolio of 21 more specialist panels. Companies were appointed to a Multi-disciplinary Panel and a Property Panel last year, while members of a new Design Panel will be appointed in the coming months.
More than 180 local authorities and other partners have procured more than £100m of business in just under three years through the HCA’s existing panels, which the HCA estimates have already resulted in a saving to the public sector of around £25m. In establishing its new panels the HCA has further increased the potential for savings by negotiating better tender rates from the successful companies.
Steve Carr, head of new business and economics at the HCA, said: “Our new Engineering framework panel shows the type of support we can offer to the sector, making it quicker and cheaper for local authorities and other publicly funded bodies to buy the technical advice and services they need.
“This enabling expertise adds value to our investment, and as well as our framework panels the HCA can offer further help and advice on procuring technical services. It’s all part of working with local authorities at their request to help them achieve ambitions for their areas.”
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