DfTc - Department for Transport · Awarded contract
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Award of Specialist Technical and Commercial Advisory Framework for Rail and Transport Systems (STARThree)

Awarded 30 Jul 2023

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Awarded30 Jul 2023
Value£600,000,000.00
SupplierAlchemmy Consulting Ltd,Additae Artes Limited,Adventis Consulting,Agilia Infrastructure Partners Limited,APS Partnership Limited,Atkins Limited,Cognizant Worldwide Limited,Costain Limited,Currie & Brown UK Limited,Deloitte LLP,Egis Transport Solutions Limited,FIRSCO LIMITED,FIRST RAIL CONSULTING,IPEX Consullting Ltd,Jacobs U.K Limited,JOURNEY4 Ltd,KPMG LLP,Lendlease Construction (Europe) Limited,Mace Consult Limited,Evisa Solutions Ltd,McKinsey & Company, Inc. United Kingdom,Mott MacDonald Limited,Northstar Consultancy Limited,Ove Arup & Partners Limited,Pillar Strategy,Rail People Solutions Limited,SEMP Ltd,ST & R Partners (Systra Limited, Tracsis & Ricardo),STANTEC UK,Steer Davies & Gleave Ltd,Taylor Airey Limited,Teneo Business Consulting Limited,The Boston Consulting Group UK LLP,The Hub Transport Advisory Limited,Turner & Townsend Project Management Ltd,The Ultimate Solution Partnership Limited,Winder Phillips Associates
AgencyDfTc - Department for Transport
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryConsultancy & Legal
Ended 1y 3mo ago2y term
Awarded 30 July 2023Expired 29 July 2025

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DfTc - Department for Transport awarded a contract to Alchemmy Consulting Ltd, Additae Artes Limited, Adventis Consulting, Agilia Infrastructure Partners Limited, APS Partnership Limited, Atkins Limited, Cognizant Worldwide Limited, Costain Limited, Currie & Bro for specialist technical and commercial advisory support for rail and other transport systems under the STARThree framework.

The framework provides access to professionally qualified third-party advisory services for a range of requirements, also accessible by other public sector entities with DfT consent.

The initial two-year term is extendable by two further periods of 12 months each at the discretion of the contracting authority.

The estimated maximum portfolio value for Lot 1 (Category A - E) is £575,000,000.00 and for Lot 2 (Category F) is £25,000,000.00.

The contract value is AUD 600,000,000.

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