Concrete Roads Programme - Design Framework

Tender description

Highways England's Strategic Roads Network (SRN) includes approximately 1000 kilometres of concrete pavement some of which will require reconstruction in this Roads Period. This concrete pavement, defined as Legacy concrete, comprises either exposed concrete or concrete with a covering of no more than 50mm of asphalt. It has now exceeded its design life and anticipated traffic loads and we need to renew or significantly repair it. Highways England's philosophy is to repair the good concrete and maintain it in a safe state of repair until full reconstruction becomes needed. The value of the programme from 2020 to 2025 is currently estimated to be circa £330m and it is for this period that the current opportunities refer to. Additional information: Further to the PIN published in August 2019, seeking market feedback in relation to the procurement of a Concrete Roads framework, this is an update on how we intend to take the procurement forward and to give you advanced notice of the opportunities that we hope to publish in May. Our strategy is to procure three frameworks as follows: 1. Design - two suppliers providing full design, technical assurance, site supervision and project management capability. To deliver designer/ supervisor/ project manager for lifecycle extension works and to provide initial design and then technical assurance for the design and build reconstruction works. 2. Lifecycle Extension Works - a multi-Lot specialist contractor framework that will deliver focussed repairs to maximise the life of the existing concrete pavement; two suppliers for each of the following specialisms: joint repairs, bay replacements, surface treatments and slab levelling (8 suppliers in total) 3. Reconstruction works - two suppliers to be appointed on a design and build arrangement with works to include demolishing existing pavement and replacement with new (flexible or composite), overlaying of concrete pavements and changes to or replacement of associated assets such as sub-surface drainage. The large volume of excavated concrete pavement is to be recycled for reuse in the concrete roads programme or more widely in delivery of Highways England's capital programme. This notice does not form part of any formal procurement process but is intended to give prior notice of the opportunity to bid. Highways England intends to host a tender launch event or series of events anticipated to be in May 2020. Further details will be issued to confirm how this event will take place. Given the current situation of social distancing; this may take the form of webinars, Skype calls or similar. Expressions of interest are invited with interested suppliers requested to email, providing contact details, to: concreteroads@highwaysengland.co.uk no later than 01 May 2020.