Helping you out in a pinch

ProYesterday, in among some minor announcements, the Department for Transport issued its guidance to local authorities for applying for local pinchpoint funding. In a change welcome to local authorities who did not like having to prepare a full business case in record time, the fund is staged, with expressions of interest sought by 31st January 2020, with entries chosen by the Department then moving onto a second phase to prepare the business case.

Did we mention there is £150m up for grabs?

Even then, we know that putting together bids of this size can take a lot of effort. Modelling, scheme design, public engagement, liaising with the Department. It all takes its toll. Naturally, we want to help!

We will deliver a successful Expression of Interest (EOI) for your pinch-point scheme

• Project Managing. We will use our Agile Project Management skills to Project Manage your bid to a successful EOI;
  
• Stakeholder Ownership. We will establish a stakeholder working group of funders and partners within 2 weeks of starting, as a means of securing timely approvals and coordinating work;
  
• Citizen and Stakeholder Support. We will use a rapid co-design process similar to the process in our Inverurie Project to develop your scheme from its current state to a design that has secured local and strategic stakeholder support. We will work with your highways contractor in the process, or we can bring in our own highways design team;
  
• Strategic Business Case. We will use our experience in major schemes to develop a robust Strategic Business Case for your scheme, including the necessary analyses required to deliver this. We will also communicate the outcomes of this analysis in ways relevant to your needs, though an ongoing dialogue with you;
  
• Co-ordinating technical works. We will coordinate the delivery of other relevant technical works undertaken by other parties (e.g. your highways contractor). The requirements for this technical work will be identified within the first week, and discussed with you.
  
• Liaising with DfT. We will establish contact with the Department for Transport at an early stage, and liaise closely with the Department for Transport, following their advice to ensure the successful delivery of an EOI.
  

Throughout all of this we will collaborate closely with yourselves, sharing our learning and expertise with your team members. We highly recommend a blended project management team approach, integrating the expertise that we apply to this project with your own.

We are offering to do all of this, equivalent to 100 days effort, for a flat fee of £30,000 per scheme (excluding VAT). There is no commitment to continue after the EOI stage.

If this sounds interesting and you would like a chat, then email us on [email protected].

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