NNC- Highway Services

Award outcome

Description

Highways network infrastructure maintenance and management services; traffic signalisation and intelligent transport services; county structures maintenance and regulatory functions. This tender was split into two lots: Lot 1 covered the area of West Northamptonshire comprising the former districts and boroughs of Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire. Lot 2 covered the area of North Northamptonshire comprising the former districts and boroughs of Kettering, Corby, East Northants and Wellingborough. The objective of the procurement is to appoint a qualified competent service provider to deliver high quality value for money highways maintenance and other related services, including potential for design on behalf of North Northamptonshire Council (hereafter referred to as "NNC"). The procurement covers the provision of: • highways asset management; • highway reactive maintenance and emergency service; • highway routine maintenance (both revenue and capital); • traffic signal maintenance; • severe weather service (including winter service); • third party liability claims (red & green); • urban traffic management control; • highways capital projects design and implementation (minor improvement schemes); and • highways bridges and structures design and works. NNC has the option to expand the delivery by the service provider at any time during the contract term to cover the following possible highways and related services: • major highways capital projects; • maintenance of non-highway and highway assets including: roads and footways; bridges and structures, drainage systems; balancing ponds, bus parking areas, cycleways, footpaths/public rights of ways, surface and multi-storey car parks; • street cleansing; • arboricultural works; • verge maintenance and • grounds maintenance. The procurement does not cover NNC's functions relating to street lighting which are delivered through a separate arrangement. There are several service areas that are currently planned to be delivered directly by NNC but NNC has the option to expand the scope of delivery at any point during the contract term to include any or all of these services: • client transport planning and provision; • transport policy and strategy; • highways development management; • capital project delivery co-ordination; • New Roads and Street Works Act 1991; • regulation & enforcement; • investigations, searches and definitive maps; • travel choices; • parking enforcement; • community liaison Values and contract period are based on the full term of contract which is 14 years in total - but this includes a conditional optional extensions are available for up to a further seven years. Additional information: This opportunity for the provision of Highways Services is being undertaken and awarded as part of a collaborative procurement opportunity between West Northamptonshire Council (Lot 1) and North Northamptonshire Council (Lot 2), for which West Northamptonshire Council are the lead authority for this procurement.

Links & Documents

About North Northamptonshire Council

Published contracts in the last 12 months

Similar contracts