Highways New Assets Framework Agreement 2024

Concepts

• taunton
• construction work
• highways
• new assets framework agreement
• highways new assets framework agreement
• highway improvement schemes
• new technologies
• new
• highway
• other works

Location

Taunton

Description

Somerset Council is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement with a Single appointed Supplier deliver highway improvement schemes and other work including, but not limited to, the following: • Safety Improvements / Traffic Calming • Active Travel • Public Transport Infrastructure / Mobility Hubs • Junction Improvements • Electric Vehicle Infrastructure • Third Party default works These schemes will typically involve works of the following nature: • Signage • Roadmarkings • Carriageway treatment • Surfacing • Carriageway construction/ widening • Footway and cycleway construction/ widening • Kerbing (including high access and high containment) • Highway drainage • Street lighting • Electrical connections • Earthworks • Landscaping • Early Contractor Involvement / advice And additionally a range of other works that may be required including, but not limited to: • Traffic signals • Highway structures • Vehicle restraint systems (pedestrian and vehicular) • Utilities diversions • Specialist equipment, including amongst others, roadside technology and environmental impact mitigation measures. The form of contract will be a Framework Agreement as set out in Volume 0 of the procurement documents. Individual call-off arrangements titled ‘Task Orders’ will be issued in a form that incorporates the NEC4 Engineering Construction Short Contract.

Total Quantity or Scope

he Client’s Strategic Objectives are: • A network that is adapted and resilient to climate change with a reduced carbon output, both in usage and maintenance to contribute to the commitment for Somerset to be carbon neutral by 2030. • A safe, serviceable, and sustainable network that is fit for purpose for all users under all conditions and supports the development of the local economy. • A service based on the intelligent client model that develops and sustains collaborative partnerships that deliver the objectives of all partners. • A flexible and agile service that attracts and retains the best people and embraces best practice and new technologies to enable innovation. • Sustain a financially resilient service that adopts robust asset management principles and delivers best value with the resources available. • Optimise service efficiency and maximise income from commercialisation and external funding. • A service that maximises social value and provides valuable local opportunities for individuals and businesses. • An informed community that has high public satisfaction and is engaged and enabled to do more for themselves. Framework Agreement Estimated Framework Value is between £2m and £5.25m per annum with a total of up to £21m over the lifetime of the Framework Agreement. The maximum estimated value of individual projects to be procured through this contract at the Task Order quotation stage is £1,000,000. However, the Client may, following consultation with the Contractor, use this framework for projects with an estimated value exceeding £1,000,000. This will be a single supplier framework using the form of contract set out in the Framework Agreement in the procurement documents. Individual call-off contracts, titled ‘Task Orders’, will be issued in a form that incorporates the NEC4 Engineering Construction Short Contract. The Framework Agreement itself is NOT an NEC4 Framework Contract.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 45233130 - Construction work for highways

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.