Consultancy Services - Central Area Growth - AWARD

The 'Central Area' (or South East Midlands) is the area of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc encompassing the six local authority areas of Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. . The area now has the opportunity to work with government to develop a deal to support our existing and future communities and make our areas even more successful than they already are - unlocking our full potential.

Contract for consultancy support to start immediately to provide capacity to support the shaping of this deal. Two main strands of support:

• oProject Management support
• oResearch and development of deal content

Development work on the deal will take place between June and October 2021, with the Central Area hoping to agree Heads of Terms by the end of July 2021.

Direct call off from SCAPE Consultancy Services - Infrastructure Framework. Single supplier framework: Perfect Circle. Perfect Circle is a company jointly owned with Pick Everard, Gleeds and AECOM.

AECOM has done lot of work for infrastructure in the past and already have knowledge which will be helpful in delivering these services very fast.