HCC - 02/24 - Pre-Procurement Market Engagement (PPME) for Interim arrangements for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of mechanical, electrical and other technology equipment at the A505 Weston

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The Council is the highway authority and tunnel operating authority for the 230m-long, twin-bore Weston Hills Tunnel. The tunnel forms part of the dual, two-lane A505 Baldock Bypass. The tunnel has several operational safety systems which are supported by a range of mechanical, electrical and other technology equipment items including, for example, emergency telephones, tunnel lighting, traffic control signs, CCTV, fire hydrants and pumps. Inspection, maintenance and repair services for the tunnel’s mechanical, electrical and other technology equipment are currently provided by a service provider under a contract which will conclude during September 2024.The Council is looking to let a new one or two-year contract for the inspection, maintenance and repair of the tunnel’s mechanical, electrical and other technology equipment to commence in October 2024 while the Council develops a plan the renewal of the operational safety systems in the tunnel that are obsolescent. Lot 1: Hertfordshire County Council (the "Council") is carrying out Pre-Procurement Market Engagement ("PPME") for Interim arrangements for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of mechanical, electrical and other technology equipment at the A505 Weston Hills TunnelThe Council is seeking input from the market as to what might be the most attractive way of packaging and scoping any future opportunity for contracts. This input will help inform any resultant procurement process. Please refer to the PPME document for more detailed information.The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council’s options and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process, and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process. Participation or non-participation in the PPME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PPME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participation in the PPME will be at each organisation’s own cost. No expense in responding to this PPME will be reimbursed by the Council.Further information can be found within the attached documentation. You are invited to submit a completed questionnaire by 12 noon on 11th March 2024. Please log in or register at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/supplyhertfordshire/aspx/Home