Highways Maintenance Market Engagement

Tender description

The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to initiate a market engagement exercise for the procurement of a services provider to assist Westminster City Council with delivery of highways related services. We are aiming to assess the interest and capability of the market to provide and deliver the scope of potential services and what its views are on how an opportunity of this kind might be packaged and delivered. At this stage It is proposed to utilise the NEC4 suite of contracts. Lot 1: Two Highways contract opportunities are being considered. The City Council is not wedded to one specific operating model but after an extensive options appraisal leads us to the following preferred operating model. We are interested to know if the packaging is attractive to the market. The first contract covers reactive, routine and planned preventative maintenance of Highways (Carriageway and Footway), Drainage, Public Lighting, Electrical and Mechanical Services, Bridges and Structures. In addition, the design and build of public realm schemes is also in scope. The City Council’s preferred operating model is Reactive, Routine, Planned Preventative Maintenance, Design, other professional services, and Delivery provided by one organisation or entity. Joint ventures or partnership bids would be welcomed. The second contract is for Compliance and Audit Services is also currently considered a preferred option. The contract scope would also include responsibilities for asset management data, updates of key documents including HiAMP and MMP and the provision of related professional services. The current annual value of the contracts is circa £50m - £60m per annum. It is envisaged they would be a framework contract that allows other London Authorities and organisations to call off from.