Area 3 Maintenance and Response Contract

Tender description

The successful tenderer will be required to provide all routine and response maintenance, incident response, defect rectification (when instructed by Highways England) and severe weather delivery on the all-purpose trunk roads and motorways within Highways England Hampshire, Surrey, Berkshire, Oxfordshire Dorset, Wiltshire, part of Buckinghamshire (Highways England Area 3) in accordance to Highways England standards and objectives. Additional duties will also include maintenance of roadside technology, the provision of traffic management for the contractor's maintenance and response activities (including traffic management) during incidents and where instructed by Highways England and the maintenance of depots. Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 the contractor will be Principal Contractor for all work they undertake and where / if instructed otherwise by the Service Manager. Highways England may consider amending the duties listed above and may remove or amend these as appropriate during the contract period. The Service Period for the maintenance and response contract is for a duration of 8 years, and the successful provider will be expected to operate collaboratively with other service providers and stakeholders in order to achieve Highways England's objectives. Highways England will be hosting a tender launch event on the morning of 11 September 2020 via Teams or Skype. Further details will be issued to confirm how the event will take place. Expressions of interest are invited with interested suppliers requested to email, providing details of attendees to: Area3M&RProcurement@highwaysengland.co.uk. A maximum of 3 attendees per organisation will be permitted.