How to win: Active Oldham Strategic Partnership Agreement (AOSPA)

About this contract

Oldham Council (the Council) has a strategy to deliver a series of highway improvement and high specification public realm projects in and around Oldham Town Centre. Active Oldham is a package of measures to transform the accessibility and connectivity to and around Oldham Town Centre by all modes as part of an ambitious vision and development strategy for investment in the Town Centre. The Active Oldham Strategic Partnership Agreement (AOSPA) is intended to promote a partnering and collaborative approach to delivering a programme of construction works and create a strategic environment where Supplier and the Council (as Employer) work together to optimise delivery by learning and working together and continually improving the services. The AOSPA term is for a maximum of 4 years. There is a programme of several projects planned initially. The final number of projects to be delivered through the AOSPA may increase and vary depending on the level of future external funding available to the Council and the success of the partnership between the Council and Supplier.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £20,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins works work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar works contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 6 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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