Control, safety or signalling equipment for roads

Tender description

The Contracting Entity intends to establish a Framework Arrangement under which it shall appoint an Economic Operator to enter into a Framework Agreement for the provision of temporary traffic management services throughout Northern Ireland. This Framework Agreement will be for a period of four (4) years with an option, exercisable entirely at the discretion of the Contracting Entity and subject to the terms of the Framework Agreement, to extend by a further optional period of up to three (3) years, with a total potential duration of seven (7) years. The Temporary Traffic Management service will facilitate NIE Networks’ internal work requirements associated with: — provision of new customer connections, — asset installation/replacement/upgrade works, — fault and emergency response. These services will include: — pre-site planning, — design and production of traffic management plans, — setting up of traffic management arrangements, on site management of such arrangements and removal of same upon completion of the works, — signing, lighting and guarding in accordance with Chapter 8 of the traffic signs manual including the provision of traffic controls and lane/road closures, — full end to end management of street works in accordance with legislative requirements.