The procurement contact named on the official notice.

This will be an open tender using an Expression of Interest parallel with a PQQ and then an ITT and will award a nil value framework for 5 years with the option to extend for 3 more years (1 +1+1) The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) understands that sustainable development is the only way to keep on track to a better and more sustainable future.

We have an ambitious Enterprise Sustainability Strategy ‘Our Guiding Compass’.

The TRU Sustainability Services Framework is designed to support the existing TRU Sustainability Team.

Its purpose is to ensure that the TRU Sustainability Team has timely access to qualified and experienced sustainability professions, thereby enhancing their ability to adapt to evolving business demands.

The TRU Sustainability team requires resources to support with fulfilling specific responsibilities linked to discharging the sustainability requirements, managing the TRU Enterprise Level Sustainable Development Strategy, collecting and managing data for periodic reporting against the sustainability objectives and targets and undertaking assurance activities against the delivery partners.

Additionally, sustainability support is required within TRU Central 'hub team'.

The Framework will serve as the default mechanism across TRU for engaging Sustainability Service Providers over the next five years, with the option to extend it for up to three additional years on an annual basis.

The Framework Agreement covers multiple sustainability disciplines, outlined below: • Biodiversity and Ecology • BREEAM (Sustainability Certification) • Carbon • Environmental Management • Social Value • Plus other disciplines which may be required in the future (Acoustics, Air Quality, Heritage, Landscape and Visual Impact) TRU requires Sustainability Service Providers to support at two different scales: • Programme Scale • Project Scale (TRU Central - W2BC)