In-Situ Structural Pavement Recycling

Tender description

Important information - PLEASE READ The deadline for submitting your response to this contract opportunity is Friday 15th September 2017 at 14:00. Suppliers interested in this opportunity should click on the ‘Register interest in this opportunity’ button in the top right of the screen. If you are not already logged into the system, you will be required to log in before you can ‘Register interest in this opportunity’. New users to the system must register first to obtain a user name and password before returning to this opportunity. Once suppliers have registered their interest they can access the full tender documentation automatically from ‘My Activities’ on the home page. There is a guide for using the Supplying the South West system within the attachments section of this advert. Please follow the guide from page 34 on ‘How to Access Tender Documents through Supplying the South West’ within the attachments section to the right which provides a step-by-step screen shot of how to access the tender documents. Bournemouth Borough Council, acting as “the Contracting Body”, wishes to establish a Framework Contract with a suitably qualified and competent Contractors to provide an economical solution to Pavement Reconstruction in the form of hydraulically bound in-situ pavement recycling. This contract will include activities such as advanced ground investigations, pavement design/trial mixes, traffic management and the laying of asphalts to provide a finished pavement to a specified design life. Based on the changes to Local Authority Maintenance funding from Central Government since 2015 greater emphasis is now being placed on Councils’ to promote efficient and effective maintenance working practices to enable Capital funding to maximize its return. The Councils understands the importance of recycling and reusing the existing construction materials to construct a new pavement with strength and life expectancy that is equal to that of traditionally designed and reconstructed pavement. This framework Contract will be available to the Borough of Poole. The Framework Contract will be between Bournemouth Borough Council and the Contractors. The Borough of Poole may procure Works Package Orders during the term of the Framework Contract. The Council is seeking to appoint a maximum of four Contractors to provide quotations through the framework for Work Package Orders to support the delivery of their Annual Structural Highway Maintenance programme. How the Framework will operate The successful Contractors through this selection process will be required to enter a Framework Agreement with Bournemouth Borough Council for a period of 4 years. Contractors on the framework will be invited to take part in Call off Contract Competitions for work packages. Each competition will be evaluated on lowest cost. Keywords: Pavement, Highway, Carriageway, Recycling