In accordance with the Cabinet decision dated 25 November 2021
AECOM were procured externally via the Midlands Highways Alliance Professional Services Partnership 3 (PSP3) Framework.
A decision was made to enter into a contract and authorise payments of up to £525,000 of Section 106 monies for “Transport and Highways” to AECOM in professional fees to develop, procure and deliver S106 agreements as identified in the Cabinet decision dated 25 November 2021.
This decision is to increase this maximum spend by £100,000 to £625,000 to cover the cost of several projects still being worked on by AECOM.
Payments will be charged to the cost code that is associated with each of the Section 106 agreements for Transport and Highways. For each of the Section 106 agreements a maximum of 14% will be charged to professional fees for AECOM to a maximum of £625,000 which is an £100,000 extension on the original tender submission on the 11th of October 2022.
For contract monitoring AECOM will be required to provide monthly reporting on the progress on Section 106 agreements including the charge rates and hours, in accordance with the NEC4 Professional Services Contract (PSC).
In addition to professional fees an allowance of 5% is required to cover Herefordshire Council’s project resource fees and administrational costs.