Merseytravel awards MNI Phase 1 Design contract to MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED

Tender information last checkedLast checked 14 Oct 2026, 13:31.

Opportunity overview

To provide services to support the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI)

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Mott MacDonald Ltd

Matched by number

Contract value: £119.6k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 16 Aug 2026
Award ID: 096946-2026-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 1243967
Location: London, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV71311000 — Civil engineering consultancy services

Lots

The scope of the works is to cover the additional technical services necessary by the appointed designer in developing the pre-construction design and scope in conjunction with the main contractor.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: ocds-h6vhtk-078769
Status: complete
Main Procurement Category: services
Procurement Method: limited
Procurement Method Details: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen: The initial contract was procured and awarded pursuant to the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('PCR 2015'). The PCR 2015 provide exemptions under which a contract may be compliantly modified without a new procurement procedure. The original contract has previously been modified twice, a further modification would not be permitted as this would take the total modified cost to over 50% of the original contract value. The predominant cause of the increase in work required under the contract is due to the Combined Authority agreeing to undertake the public realm improvements at Monument Place that were proposed to be undertaken by Liverpool City Council. There is public benefit in doing so due to cost efficiencies and reduced public disruption. Consideration has been given to alternative arrangements but the proposed additional work cannot be easily discoupled from existing work. A new tender process is not feasible in the circumstances. Officers believe that failing to undertake an ECI stage will create a significant risk to the deliverability of the Project given the budget difficulties it already faces.

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0024
Scheme: CELEX

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 71311000
Description: Civil engineering consultancy services

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

Scheme: TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id: D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Description: The scope of the works is to cover the additional technical services necessary by the appointed designer in developing the pre-construction design and scope in conjunction with the main contractor.
Has Options: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKD7

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: Merseytravel
Id: GB-FTS-187559

Identifier

Legal Name: Merseytravel
No Identifier Rationale: notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address: 1 Mann Island
Locality: Liverpool
Region: UKD72
Postal Code: L31BP
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Name: Carol Glover
Email: carol.glover@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: TED_CA_TYPE
Id: REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Description: Regional or local authority

Entry 2

Scheme: COFOG
Id: 01
Description: General public services

Organisation 2

Name: Mott MacDonald Ltd
Id: GB-COH-1243967

Identifier

Legal Name: Mott MacDonald Ltd
Id: 1243967
Scheme: GB-COH

Address

Locality: London
Region: UK
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: large

Organisation 3

Name: The High Court
Id: GB-FTS-495

Identifier

Legal Name: The High Court

Address

Locality: London
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1

Id: 096946-2026-1
Status: active

Related lots

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-1243967
Name: Mott MacDonald Ltd

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 096946-2026-1
Award ID: 096946-2026-1
Status: active
Date Signed: 17 Aug 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount: 119,638.97
Currency: GBP

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Liverpool · UKD72 · L31BP · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKD7

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

096946-2026award, contract · 14 Oct 2026, 12:06

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Merseytravel awarded MNI Phase 1 Design services to MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED. The notice records a GBP 119,638.97 contract signed on 17 August 2026 for additional technical design services supporting early contractor involvement and pre-construction development.

Published outcome signals

Notice statusComplete; displayed as awardedEvidence: Process source_status is "complete", display_status is "awarded", and notice tags are award and contract.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 096946-2026-1 has status "active".
Contract statusActive; signedEvidence: Contract 096946-2026-1 has status "active" and dateSigned of 2026-08-17.

97% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed3 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 096946-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078769
First published: 14 Oct 2026
Last checked: 14 Oct 2026, 13:31
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award and active contract are recorded for lot 1, with MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED as supplier.

Market significance

This is a directly awarded civil-engineering consultancy engagement linked to an existing project and additional public-realm work at Monument Place.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED

99% confidence

Award 096946-2026-1 · Lots 1 · 119638.97 GBP · Active contract recorded

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Verified company name is MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED (company number 01243967). Award 096946-2026-1 names Mott MacDonald Ltd as supplier; the associated contract has a total value of GBP 119,638.97.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice status

99% confidence

Complete; displayed as awarded

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Process source_status is "complete", display_status is "awarded", and notice tags are award and contract.

Award status

99% confidence

Active

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Award 096946-2026-1 has status "active".

Contract status

99% confidence

Active; signed

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Contract 096946-2026-1 has status "active" and dateSigned of 2026-08-17.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value

99% confidence

GBP 119,638.97

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Contract 096946-2026-1 value is amount 119638.97, currency GBP.

Value allocation

98% confidence

Single contract value associated with award 096946-2026-1 and lot 1

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The contract references award 096946-2026-1, which relates to lot 1 and names one supplier.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract signed

99% confidence

17 August 2026

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Contract dateSigned is 2026-08-17T00:00:00+01:00.

Award and contract notice published

99% confidence

14 October 2026

View supporting evidence

published_at and release_date are 2026-10-14T12:06:59+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

98% confidence

Additional technical design services for pre-construction design and scope development with the main contractor

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Lot 1 states that the appointed designer will develop the pre-construction design and scope in conjunction with the main contractor.

Project context

99% confidence

Services supporting Early Contractor Involvement (ECI)

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Process description states: "To provide services to support the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI)".

Primary classification

99% confidence

CPV 71311000 — Civil engineering consultancy services

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Tender classification is CPV 71311000.

Delivery region

95% confidence

UKD7

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Tender item 1 specifies delivery address region UKD7.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

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procurementMethod is "limited" and procurementMethodDetails states "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition".

Stated rationale

97% confidence

The buyer states that the work could not be easily decoupled from existing work and that a new tender was not feasible.

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Published rationale says alternative arrangements were considered but the additional work could not be easily decoupled, and a new tender process was not feasible.

Modification context

97% confidence

The buyer states the original contract had already been modified twice and that a further modification would exceed 50% of the original contract value.

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Published procurement rationale explicitly describes two previous modifications and the stated 50% threshold concern.

Competition information

99% confidence

Number of bids and evaluation results unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Contract form and status

99% confidence

Active contract recorded, signed on 17 August 2026

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Contract status is active and dateSigned is 2026-08-17.

Options

99% confidence

No options recorded for lot 1

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Lot 1 hasOptions is false.

Start and end dates

99% confidence

Unknown

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contract_start_at and contract_end_at are null; no alternative performance dates are supplied.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Direct-award dependency

97% confidence

The buyer links the requirement to existing work and states that separating the additional services would not be easy.

View supporting evidence

Published rationale says the proposed additional work cannot be easily decoupled from existing work.

Stated project driver

96% confidence

The additional work is connected with public-realm improvements at Monument Place, which the buyer says offer cost-efficiency and disruption-reduction benefits.

View supporting evidence

Published rationale attributes increased work to the Combined Authority undertaking improvements proposed for Liverpool City Council and cites public benefit.

Project delivery risk

96% confidence

The buyer states that not undertaking an ECI stage would create a significant risk to project deliverability.

View supporting evidence

Published rationale states this risk in the context of existing budget difficulties.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

97%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-078769
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Merseytravel

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Buyer party is named Merseytravel.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Regional or local authority

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Buyer classification TED_CA_TYPE is REGIONAL_AUTHORITY.

Buyer location

99% confidence

Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Buyer address lists Liverpool, United Kingdom.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier identity

99% confidence

MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED, company number 01243967

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Supplier verification matched company number 01243967 and verified company name MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED.

Supplier scale

94% confidence

Large

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Supplier party details record scale as large.

Source trading/legal presentation

99% confidence

The published notice names the supplier as Mott MacDonald Ltd.

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Supplier party and award supplier name are "Mott MacDonald Ltd"; verified legal company name is MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

99% confidence

Unknown

View supporting evidence

No contract end date, extension provision, or renewal terms are supplied in the published notice.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Supplier verification

99% confidence

Verified

View supporting evidence

Company-number match confirms MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED, company number 01243967.

Unpublished procurement detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice: award decision date, tender dates, bid count, evaluation scores, pricing breakdown, contract start date, contract end date, and extension or renewal terms.

View supporting evidence

Relevant fields are null or absent from the supplied notice data.

Lot title

99% confidence

Lot 1 has no published title

View supporting evidence

Lot 1 title is null.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

Information not supplied in the published notice: award decision date, tender dates, bid count, evaluation scores, pricing breakdown, contract start date, contract end date, and extension or renewal terms.
Lot 1 is described but has no published title.
The notice provides the buyer's rationale for the procedure but does not provide comparative supplier evaluation information.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won the MNI Phase 1 Design contract?

MOTT MACDONALD LIMITED won the recorded award for lot 1.

What is the contract value?

The published contract value is GBP 119,638.97.

Was the contract competitively advertised?

No prior call for competition was published. The notice describes a limited procedure and gives the buyer's rationale for this approach.

When was the contract signed?

The contract record gives a signature date of 17 August 2026.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

MNI Phase 1 Design

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Mott MacDonald Ltd

Classification

Lots

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Classification

Covered By

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Lots and requirements

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Roles

Details

Identifier

Address

Roles

Award information

Related lots

Suppliers

Contracts and changes

Value

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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