Environmental Services 2023 – Highways Services (EPR 2122-201)

Tender description

Brent Council is conducting soft market engagement with relevant service providers in relation to its Highways Services (planned schemes and planned maintenance, specialist services (e.g. gully cleansing) and reactive maintenance) arrangements from 1 April 2023 onward, when the Council’s existing contract for these services is due to end. The Council wishes to understand the potential level of interest within the private sector to provide these services in Brent. It would also like to engage specifically on the procurement options it is considering for the contract, the intended contract scope, and how service providers might operate alongside an in-house Council Direct Service Organisation (DSO) service that would deliver a proportion of the in-scope functions (e.g. Highways reactive maintenance). This engagement is intended to raise awareness of the Council’s requirements for the service and to help inform the development of its procurement strategy, whilst also providing an opportunity for service providers to contribute to the design of future service delivery. Lot 1: We would welcome expressions of interest from service providers interested in meeting with the Council on Tuesday 2 November 2021 for a soft market engagement workshop-style session (date and format of the session to be confirmed). Service providers that are interested in attending a meeting with the Council on this topic must register their interest by submitting a completed ‘expression of interest’ form and questionnaire using the messaging system of the online portal, no later than 12:00 noon on 26 October 2021 Service providers wishing to provide their views but who do not want to attend the engagement session with the Council are also invited to complete the questionnaire and to submit through the portal by the same deadline. Please note that this notice does not commit the Council to any future competition or award. Participation in this soft market engagement will not prejudice supplies participating in any future procurement exercise.