Buyer	Kent
Supplier	Aecom
Supplier	Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd
Supplier	Jacobs UK Ltd

Kent County Council (the Client) is the largest county council in England covering an area of 3 500 km2. It has an annual expenditure of over GBP 900 million on goods and services and a population of 1.3 million. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 305 parish/town councils. The Professional Services Framework is for the provision of a multi-disciplinary consultancy service relating to highways, engineering, transportation, planning and environment, surveys and investigations and commercial services within the Local Authority boundaries of Kent.Various specialist levels of technical, environmental, and engineering professional services are to be provided. These outputs supply the County Council with engineering expertise and advice to allow the Council to plan and design new highway infrastructure, assess structural assets, comply with their statutory obligations as the Highway Authority, support KCC's strategic objectives Additional information: The framework will operate for an initial period of 4 years (48 months) with no guarantee of any works being awarded. The initial term of 48 months may be extended by up to 2 years (24 months), with a potential Framework end date of 31st October 2030, subject to successful delivery of the Key Performance Indicators and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement.

Runs	1 Nov 2024 to 31 Oct 2028
OCID	ocds-b5fd17-33ab698e-c2b1-4ba1-9530-e238c94b15c8
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Figures are as published An award value in OCDS may be a framework ceiling rather than a sum anyone expects to spend, so a large figure here is not evidence of a large purchase.