Pipeline Framework: Area 12 Maintenance and Response Contract

A pipeline has been launched for Area 12 Maintenance and Response Contract. The contract start Date is 30 November 2020. Approach to market date is 04 June 2020.The successful tenderer will be required to provide all routine and response 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 Yorkshire and Humber regions (Highways England Area 12) in accordance to Highways England standards and objectives. Additional duties will also include 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 Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 the contractor will be Principal Contractor for all work they undertake and where / if 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 hosting a tender launch event anticipated to be on 1 June 2020. Further details will be issued to confirm how this event will take place, given the current situation of social distancing; this may take the form of webinars, Skype calls or similar. Expressions of interest are invited with interested suppliers requested to email, providing contact details, to: Area12M&RProcurement@highwaysengland.co.uk no later than 14 May 2020.This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: Highways England, The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street, Birmingham B1 1RN. Email: Area12M&RProcurement@highwaysengland.co.uk