Area 9 Maintenance and Response Contract (West Midlands)

Concepts

• highway maintenance
• west midlands
• birmingham
• response contract
• incident response
• reactive maintenance
• highways england area
• maintenance
• maintenance of roadside technology
• description of highways england area

Location

United Kingdom: Area 9 of the Strategic Road Network which includes Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire

Description

Highways England is looking for a suitable contractor to provide and undertake all cyclical and reactive maintenance, incident response, defect rectification and severe weather delivery on the trunk roads and motorways within Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire (Highways England Area 9). Duties will also include maintenance of roadside technology, the provision of traffic management for the contractor's maintenance and incident response activities, and traffic management for others who may be working on the network. Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 the contractor will be Principal Contractor for all work they undertake.

Total Quantity or Scope

Full details of the services are outlined in the document ‘Area 9 M&R Scope Issue 9’, with a description of Highways England Area 9 provided in the document ‘Area 9 Network Information Issue 9’.

CPV Codes

• 45233139 - Highway maintenance work
• 34923000 - Road traffic-control equipment
• 45233130 - Construction work for highways
• 45233140 - Roadworks
• 45233141 - Road-maintenance works
• 45233210 - Surface work for highways
• 45310000 - Electrical installation work
• 45316200 - Installation of signalling equipment
• 50230000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services related to roads and other equipment
• 50800000 - Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services
• 71300000 - Engineering services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.
• Professional qualifications are sought.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise. Suppliers Instructions on how to take part in this Tender: 1. Register for a free account at https://highways.bravosolution.co.uk 2. Click the 'ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Invitations to Tender (ITT) open to any registered supplier). Click on the relevant ITT to access the content. Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. This will move the ITT into your 'My ITTs' page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only). You can now access the Tender Documents by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'ITT Details' box. 3. Click 'My Response' under 'ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining). You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with Highways England and seek any clarification. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT. There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform. You must then submit your reply using the 'Submit Response' button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk. The successful tenderer will be required to sign the Highways England Fair Payment Charter as a condition of acceptance of their tender. As a supplier/organisation looking to bid for public sector contracts you should be aware that tender documentation for contracts over £10,000 GBP will be published on a single website and made available to the public. You should also be aware that if your bid is successful the resulting contract will be published. In some circumstances, limited redactions will be made to tender documentation and/or contracts before they are published in order to comply with existing law, to protect commercial interests and for the protection of national security. Highways England are committed to ensuring public sector procurement is used, where possible, to promote skills training and open up apprenticeship opportunities on public sector projects and programmes. The successful Contractor will be appointed to fulfil the duties of Principal Contractor under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. For further details please refer to the Instructions for Tenderers.