GB-Reading: Major and Minor Roads Carriageway Resurfacing Contract 2015

Tender description

Reading Borough Council is inviting expressions of interest from experienced contractors to undertake its annual programme of highways resurfacing during the period August to September 2015. The scope of the contract is to carry out highways resurfacing and ancillary works to the Council’s road network including the removal of existing surfaces, machine planing to various depths, provision and laying of surfacing materials, removal and replacement of kerbs and edgings, laying of high friction surfacing and all traffic management issues associated with the works. The successful contractor will be required to undertake an identified programme of works designed to meet the deadlines set by the Council. A list of designated roads identified by the Council will form the bulk of the annual programme with a number of reserve schemes, the volume of these reserve schemes however cannot be guaranteed. The contract, which is expected to start on 18 August 2015, will be for a period of six weeks and all resurfacing works must be completed by 29 September 2015. The estimated total value of the contract is circa 525,000 GBP.