Road construction works

Tender description

Framework to provide contractors to carry out construction, repair and maintenance work to the City of Edinburgh's road network. All civil engineering, street lighting and traffic signals works and minor public realm works required for the following types of project: — Junction Improvements (including Traffic Signals), — Road Realignments, — Construction of new roads, — Traffic Calming, including Safer Routes to Schools and 20 mph Zones, — Cycleway / Footway Construction and Reconstruction, — New and Refurbished Puffin and Toucan Crossings, — construction or reconstruction of carriageways and other paved areas with natural stone setts or block paving, — construction of footways using natural stone or concrete flags and kerbs and channels using natural stone or concrete products, — bituminous surfacing in carriageways and footways, — drainage works including the laying of pipe networks, combined Kerb drainage systems, catchpits, manholes, permeable block paving and any relevant SUDs Systems, — Soft Landscaping, — Street furniture. Resurfacing or reconstruction of bituminous carriageways and footways including, but not limited to, planing and other excavation, surfacing, adjustments to street furniture and buried services, laying high friction surfacing and road markings, kerbing works, drop crossings, construction or removal of refuge islands, installation of bollards and traffic signs, drainage and ducting works, alterations to services and landscaping works. Resurfacing or reconstruction of bituminous carriageways and footways including, but not limited to, planing and other excavation, surfacing, adjustments to street furniture and buried services, laying high friction surfacing and road markings, kerbing works, drop crossings, construction or removal of refuge islands, installation of bollards and traffic signs, drainage and ducting works, alterations to services and landscaping works. Design and application of Proprietary surface treatments to carriageways and footways including; — Microsurfacing, — Surface Dressing, — Slurry Surfacing, — Insitu Recycling, — Ex Situ Recycling, — Other Proprietary Surface Treatments. Work must comply with the Specification for Highway Works and Code of Practise for Surface Dressing. The works involve undertaking permanent patching repairs and jet patching to defective bituminous carriageway and footway surfaces, including adjustment of street furniture and associated works. Works include, but are not limited to, planing and other excavation, surfacing, adjustments to street furniture and buried services, laying high friction surfacing and road markings, kerbing works, drop crossings, installation of bollards, drainage and ducting works and adjustment of street furniture. The works involve the provision of 2-man daily squad/s and vehicles & equipment to carry out installation and/or removal of thermoplastic road markings throughout Edinburgh, including roads and carriageways, car parks, cycleways and other external locations. Works must be to British Standards BS EN 1436:2007 + A1 2008. The works involve the installation of new Street Lighting including, but not limited to, the removal and installation of Lighting columns, wall brackets, lanterns, extension sleeve brackets, all cabling and electrical works, numbering of columns, laying ducting, tracking, preparing and painting of lighting columns, wall brackets and name plates. Works will require setting and removal of temporary traffic management and permanent re-instatement of both footway and carriageway. Street Lighting columns, extension sleeves, lanterns and column numbers for these works will normally be supplied by the Authority but on occasion may need to be supplied by contractor. All other materials supplied by the Bidder will be to the Authority specification. All work to Scottish Power electricity supply cables shall be undertaken by Scottish Power. The work involves the provision of specialist vehicles and equipment to carry out routine and emergency cleaning of surface water road drainage systems throughout Edinburgh. The works involve but are not restricted to gully cleaning, high pressure jetting of drainage pipes and camera survey works. Civil’s works are not included within the scope of this Lot.