Design consultancy services

Tender description

Full design, technical assurance, site supervision and project management capability for the concrete roads programme. The designer will be expected to: • perform principal designer duties • provide constructible designs • engage with contractors for ECI • provide VfM by maximising opportunities for efficiencies • fully inform and consult on design assumptions • use design opportunities in the HE innovation report • design to current DRMB, BS EN standards • maximise production rates in design for rapid completion on the SRN • plan for network occupancy with advice from HE staff • provide on site supervision as directed • prepare health and safety file • provide documentation for HE 3D Scheme Development Process • plan communication strategies for the delivery of the schemes within a region • provides and maintains programme for the scheme till construction Stage 6. Provides contingency should the other framework supplier be unable to deliver works 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 and slab levelling and surface treatments (6 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.