# Support Services for the Development of the Built Environment

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED](/buyers/the-association-of-north-east-councils-limited/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [ALIGN PROPERTY PARTNERS LIMITED](/suppliers/align-property-partners/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £42,000,000
- Tender value: £42,000,000
- Award date: 29 November 2022
- Published: 29 November 2022
- Contract start: 19 December 2022
- Contract end: 18 December 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 3b16b3cf-c26b-4741-bc2d-4cf6ab77ac35-575018
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-af8040c9-5196-4cbd-9daa-01a0f03c4cd2

## Description

The Association of North East Councils Limited Trading As the North East ProcurementOrganisation \(NEPO\) seeks to establish 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\. It is NEPO's intention that the Framework Agreement will provide 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\. The opportunity can be accessed via the NEPO eTendering system\. Suppliers wishing to be considered for this Framework Agreement must register their expression of interest and submit a tender through the NEPO eTendering System\. If not already registered, candidates should register on the NEPO eTendering system at https://procontract\.duenorth\.com/register\. Tenders must be submitted using the link above\. Tenders submitted via post or email methods will not be accepted\. If you require time-critical assistance on submitting your Tender please contact the System Support Team on 0330 0050352\. For non time-critical issues, such as passwords, general account queries and location of information etc, please contact Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk Ticketing System \(http://proactis\.kayako\.com/\) and select ProContract V3 support\. You will then need to log in or submit a ticket to register your issue\. Alternatively, you can email ProContractSuppliers@proactis\.com this will automatically log a support ticket on the Proactis Supplier Support Helpdesk\. 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\. Additional information: The initial period of this framework is 48 months, there are also optional extensions of up to 24 months available\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3b16b3cf-c26b-4741-bc2d-4cf6ab77ac35-575018)