Highway maintenance work

Tender description

Highways England is looking for a suitable contractor to provide and undertake all routine and cyclic maintenance, incident response, defect rectification and severe weather delivery on the all-purpose trunk roads and motorways within the South-East Region Area 4. Additional duties will also include the ongoing maintenance of two tunnels (A20 Roundhill and A27 Southwick), 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 CDM Regulations 2015 the contractor will be principal contractor for all work they undertake unless instructed otherwise by the service manager. The successful tenderer will be required to provide all routine and cyclic 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 South-East Region (Area 4) in accordance to Highways England standards and objectives. Additional duties will also include the ongoing maintenance of two tunnels (A20 Roundhill and A27 Southwick), 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 CDM Regulations 2015 the contractor will be principal contractor for all work they undertake unless 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 arranging a tour of Area 4 depots, scheduled for 19th February (an all-day event); expressions of interest are invited (spaces will be limited to two attendees per tenderer). Please note that all attendees to the depot tour will need to provide their own full PPE (Hard hat, Hi Vis Vest, High Vis Trousers, Safety Boots, Safety Glasses and Gloves). Interested tenderers are requested to email providing full names and contact details to Area4AssetDeliveryProcurement@highwaysengland.co.uk no later than 14 February 2020. Following confirmation of places, an itinerary providing a description for the day will be distributed.