Archaeological Fieldworks Services for Cambridgeshire County Council

The aims of this procurement are to replace a lapsed framework for similar requirements, which ran from2014-2018. As a developer, the council and its agents have obligations towards mitigating the impact caused byits projects on the historic environment. This includes the need for archaeological investigations. This frameworkensures the most productive and cost-effective suppliers of commercial fieldwork services are available to thecouncil.

The Authority wishes to appoint between 3 and 5 providers for this framework agreement. All work under thisframework shall be awarded via one of 2 routes:

1. by approaching the provider who finishes in 1st place in the initial framework evaluation, and then if they areunable to service the requirement approaching the 2nd placed bidder and so on, or
2. Running a further competition where all providers shall be invited to submit a project specific proposal for adiscrete piece of work.

This Framework is open for use by all current LGSS partners including:

 partners and other organisations delegating services and or functions to LGSS (currently CambridgeshireCounty Council, Milton Keynes Council, Northamptonshire County Council, Norwich City Authority andNorthampton Borough Council) who participate in LGSS' shared services venture;  By way of access agreement this framework is also open to new LGSS customers seeking to utilise LGSSframeworks on an independent third party basis including:

 any city, district, borough or other local authority within the counties of any LGSS partner authority (currentlyCambridgeshire County, the City of Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire County) including NorthamptonshirePartnership Homes;

 any companies or organisations set up by participants in LGSS including Stand Out Northamptonshire;

 any school, academy, university or other educational establishment within the counties of any LGSS partnerauthority (currently Cambridgeshire County, Northamptonshire County and Milton Keynes); and

 any Public Body outlined in either Part I or Part II of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (PublicBodies) Order 1972. Details of these can be found at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/853/made.