Traffic control services

Tender description

The objective of this tender process is to establish a framework agreement to provide traffic management services to Wigan Council. It is the intention to appoint a minimum of 3 suppliers to this framework agreement, subject to there being sufficient tenders meeting the criteria for appointment. In the main the traffic management services requested will be to enable Wigan Council to carry out minor repairs to street lighting, carriageway and drainage repairs, as well as grass cutting, road sweeping and lining. The framework agreement will run for a maximum period of 4 years. It is intended that this will commence on 1 April 2021 and run for an initial period of two years to 31 March 2023. The framework will then be extendable for two further periods of 12 months each up to 31 March 2025. The objective of this tender process is to establish a framework agreement to provide traffic management services to Wigan Council. It is the intention to appoint a minimum of 3 suppliers to this framework agreement, subject to there being sufficient tenders meeting the criteria for appointment. In the main the traffic management services requested will be to enable Wigan Council to carry out minor repairs to street lighting, carriageway and drainage repairs, as well as grass cutting, road sweeping and lining. The framework agreement will be based on a schedule of rate list for labour, plant and materials which will include the following categories: — establishment, maintenance, and removal of temporary lane closures on roads with a speed limit up to and including 40 mph; — establishment, maintenance, and removal of temporary lane closures on roads with a speed limit over 40mph; — establishment, maintenance, and removal on completion of temporary traffic signals on 2 lane single carriageway; — establishment, maintenance, and removal on completion of ‘Stop/Go’ board on 2 lane single carriageway; — mobile closures; — emergency closures (1-hour response); Roundabouts – Lane closures on dual carriageway up to and including 40mph; — roundabouts – lane closures on dual carriageway over 40mph — additional traffic management. A full list of categories can be viewed in the Invitation to Tender documentation. The framework agreement will run for a maximum period of 4 years. It is intended that this will commence on 1 April 2021 and run for an initial period of two years to 31 March 2023. The framework will then be extendable for two further periods of 12 months each up to 31 March 2025.