IN Brief:
- Hull City Council has appointed 30 suppliers to an engineering and regeneration professional services framework valued at £80.5m.
- The open framework spans 12 lots, covering bridges, highways, building construction, housing appraisal, conservation, and decarbonisation work.
- The arrangement runs to 2033, with the framework structure allowing suppliers to be carried over and reopened to new entrants.
Hull City Council has completed appointments to its engineering and regeneration professional services framework, placing 30 suppliers across an estimated £80.5m programme of work. The arrangement is structured as an open framework and is expected to run through to 1 February 2033, giving the authority a long-term route to procure technical support across infrastructure, buildings, regeneration, and decarbonisation projects.
The framework is divided into 12 lots. These range from bridges and structures, highways and civil engineering, and building construction through to housing strategy and appraisal services, economic and financial modelling, valuation work, heritage and conservation, multi-disciplinary project delivery, and decarbonisation site assessment and feasibility. That spread makes the framework broader than a conventional highways or engineering panel and positions it as a cross-asset delivery tool.
The tender notice indicates that suppliers could bid for, and be awarded, up to eight lots. Several of the largest consultancies secured multiple places, including AtkinsRéalis across bridge and project delivery lots, WSP across bridge and highways work, and Ove Arup & Partners on economic modelling, heritage, and decarbonisation. Local firm GGP Consult also secured places on building construction, housing strategy, and multi-disciplinary delivery.
For Hull, the open-framework model matters as much as the supplier list. Under the Procurement Act structure, appointed suppliers can be carried over while the framework is reopened to new bidders at later stages. The published notice also states that the Humber Bridge Board and the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority may use the framework, widening its practical reach beyond the council’s own immediate capital pipeline.
