Support Services for the Development of the Built Environment

The Association of North East Councils Limited Trading As the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) have established a multi-Supplier, multi-Lot Framework Agreement to provide Support Services for the Development of the Built Environment. The resulting solution will facilitate the provision of skilled expertise & resources to assist Contracting Authorities in circumstances where they deem appropriate. These circumstances may include managing peaks in workload, occasions where the required skills are not available in-house, demonstration of best value, facilitating benchmarking, driving service improvement, additional innovation and efficiencies. The Framework Agreement provides a compliant route to market for Contracting Authorities to appoint consultants for construction, civil engineering, highways and transportation. The appointments will be made under the following Terms & Conditions: JCT Consultancy Agreement (Public Sector) 2016 edition NEC3 - Professional Services Contract NEC3 - Professional Services Short Contract NEC4 - Professional Services Contract NEC4 - Professional Services Short Contract ACE Professional Services Agreement Advisory, Investigatory and other Services 2019 Edition ACE Professional Services Agreement 2017 This list is not exhaustive and other standard forms of contract are permissible including bespoke contracts of the Contracting Authority. It is anticipated that this Framework Agreement will be utilised for funded projects, including but not limited to, European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), Heritage Lottery Funding (HLF), Levelling Up Fund (LUF), The Towns Fund (Town Deals & FHSF), Sport England and others, although the detail of this is currently unknown. NEPO does not give any guarantee and/or warrant the actual value of orders (if any) which will be placed with the successful suppliers by any Contracting Authority using the Framework Agreement pursuant to this process and accepts no liability thereof.