Development of Area Based Implementation Plans (ABIPs) and Programme Business Case (PBC)

Tender description

The West Midland Combined Authority seeks the services of a skilled consultant(s) from the Transport Sector, to deliver support with the development of the statutory West Midlands Local Transport Plan (WMLTP5). The need for this work is to help WMCA translate the strategic intent of Journeys for Everyone, the West Midlands Growth Plan, the Integrated Settlement Outcomes Framework and the emerging Rosewell Review programme approach into a coherent investment proposition that can support consultation, assurance, funding decisions and future delivery. Lot 1: The appointed consultant must- I. Translate the outputs of the Rosewell Review into four (4) ABIP's into the into the WMLTP5 for Coventry, the Black Country, Birmingham and Solihull. II. Set out the delivery programme of investment priorities consisting of a mix of Capital (CDEL) and Revenue (RDEL) measures to support WM Growth Plan and WMLTP5 aims to improve accessibility, reduce overall levels of traffic and reduce transports impacts on the environment in line with the ISOF. III. Define a prioritised transport delivery programme for 2027/28 onwards. IV. Deliver the prioritisation of the programme, which will be largely fixed, however, will require using a range of tools the programme should be modelled to provide an assessment of: a) Impacts on travel demand b) Impacts on mode share c) Connectivity / accessibility (and relevant wider social and distributional impacts). d) Wider Economic Benefits e) Wider Health Benefits f) Wider Environmental Benefits g) Carbon Impacts