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The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) is intending to procure two new Road Asset Management (RAM) Frameworks - Structures Framework and Road Restraint Systems Framework. It is intended that the frameworks will include the following key work activities. Structures Framework: • Full or partial demolition of structures. • Scour protection and maintenance works. • Earthworks. • Culvert upgrades/maintenance including lining and invert repair works. • General bridge/structures maintenance. • Working in water. • Brickwork, blockwork and stonework. • Structural concrete construction and/or repairs. • Installation of precast beams or box culverts. • Structural steelwork including repairs. • Inspection assistance. • Works on or in the vicinity of the Northern Ireland Railways (NIR). • TTM on a live trafficked public road network. • Associated Road Restraint Systems (RRS) installation and/or repair. • Associated ancillary works. Road Restraint Systems Framework: • RRS installation and/or repair. • Earthworks. • Brickwork, blockwork and stonework. • Structural concrete construction and/or repairs associated with RRS. • Inspection assistance. • Full or partial demolition of structures associated with RRS. • TTM on a live trafficked public road network. • Associated ancillary works. Each framework will comprise of three geographical Area Lots (as detailed below), and a Project Lot. A Measured Term Contract (MTC) Call-Off will be awarded for each Area Lot. A Primary Supplier and Reserve Supplier will be appointed for each MTC Lot, as a result of the evaluation of the Framework tender submissions. Each MTC will deliver related works commissioned through Works Orders, each with a value of up to £750k. A Project Lot will be used to deliver individual NEC ECC projects covering all the geographical areas detailed below, each with an estimated value of over £750k up to £5m (Exc VAT). Area Lots: Western – Derry and Strabane; Fermanagh & Omagh; Mid-Ulster. Eastern and Southern – Belfast; Lisburn and Castlereagh; Ards and North Down; Newry Mourne, Down and Armagh; Banbridge and Craigavon. Northern – Antrim and Newtownabbey; Causeway Coast and Glens; Mid and East Antrim.

The Framework for Watercourse Maintenance will encompass five Measured Term Contracts to deliver watercourse maintenance in the following Contract Areas: A. WME1 (Armagh); B. WME2 (Lisburn and Greater Belfast); C. WMW1 (Coleraine); D. WMW2 (Omagh); and E. WMW3 (Fermanagh). Within each Contract Area, the works to be undertaken under this Contract may include, but not be limited to, the following Principal Work Activities which are provided by way of example: A. Maintenance of Watercourses; B. Riverbank & Flood Defence maintenance and scrub clearance; C. Tree felling/removal; and D. Provision of labour/plant. Further ancillary works may be asked of the successful Supplier such as: A. Treatment of aquatic weed/invasive species. Within each Contract Area, the successful Supplier will be required to carry out any such works instructed by a Works Order, issued under the provisions of the Contract. Such works will require a standard of works delivery consistent with that defined in the Procurement Documents. Reimbursement to the successful Supplier for such works will be paid generally on the basis of an applicable Schedule of Rates and Prices (SoRP), adjusted in line with permitted price-fluctuation-factor provisions. For each Contract Area, it is likely that the successful Supplier will be required to work at more than one location at any one time in order to meet the requirements of the programme of work for each Contract Area. Successful Suppliers will be expected to have sufficiently skilled and available resources necessary to meet the requirements of such a programme and will be required to include in its rates and prices for the inevitable peaks and troughs that will be inherent in any such programme. Such peaks and troughs may result from a variety of circumstances, not all within the control of the Department. The financial limits for individual Works Orders under this Contract shall generally be between £1 – £250,000 GBP.

The Small Works Framework will encompass the breadth of work activities currently delivered through the Small Scale & Responsive Works and Environmental Maintenance contracts across Northern Ireland. The framework will encompass eleven Measured Term Contracts to deliver Small Works across the following Contract Areas: A. SWF N1 - Antrim & Newtownabbey B. SWF N2 - Mid & East Antrim C. SWF N3 - Causeway Coast & Glens D. SWF E1 - Belfast City E. SWF E2 - Lisburn & Castlereagh F. SWF S1 - Newry, Mourne & Down G. SWF S2 - Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon H. SWF S3 - Ards & North Down I. SWF W1 - Mid Ulster J. SWF W2 - Fermanagh & Omagh K. SWF W3 - Derry City & Strabane Within each Contract Area, the works to be undertaken under contracts from this framework may include the following activities on the public road network: A. Temporary and permanent repairs/patching/reinstatements (typically up to 100m2) of openings and defects in carriageways, footways and cycleways. B. Delivery of temporary traffic management as part of associated works on a live trafficked public road network. C. Cleaning, jetting and inspection of roadside drainage systems. D. Maintaining grass in both urban and rural areas. E. Edge ploughing, scuffling and moss removal from carriageways, footways and cycleways. F. Controlling weed growth. G. Construction and surfacing of carriageways, footways and cycleways. H. Provision, adjustment and maintenance of drainage systems including culvert grilles. I. Provision and adjustment of kerblines. J. Earthworks including verge reconstruction and slope stability. K. Fencing Construction. L. Cut, remove or maintain trees / hedges and associated works*. M. Small network improvement schemes such as traffic calming, traffic management and civils works associated with traffic signal replacements/installations at junctions/crossings. Further ancillary works may be asked of the successful Economic Operator such as: • Provision of compliant Temporary Traffic Management; • Removal of advertising signs; • Cleaning of road signs and marker posts; and • Road marking reinstatement. * DfI is currently exploring the potential inclusion of specific tree surgery activities within the scope of this framework.

The RAM Surface Dressing Framework will include the following work activities: application of surface dressing, associated road markings, delivery of temporary traffic management as part of associated civils works on live trafficked public roads and other associated ancillary works. The Framework will comprise of seven area Lots (Works Orders valued up to £750k) covering the following areas: SDF S1 - Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon; SDF S2 - Newry, Mourne & Down / Ards & North Down; SDF E1 - Belfast / Lisburn & Castlereagh; SDF N1 - Causeway Coast & Glens; SDF N2 - Mid & East Antrim / Antrim & Newtownabbey; SDF W1 - Mid Ulster; SDF W2 - Derry & Strabane / Fermanagh & Omagh

The Road Asset Management (RAM) Improvement Projects Framework may include but not be limited to the following work activities: Typical work activities to be delivered under the framework include: A. Earthworks B. Pavement construction and surfacing C. Cycleway construction D. Footway construction and refurbishment E. Working with Services / Utilities F. Drainage and service duct Installation G. Traffic signal junction upgrade H. Fencing and Wall construction I. Delivery of Temporary Traffic Management as part of associated civil works on a live trafficked Public Road network J. Road Restraint Systems K. Landscaping L. Other associated ancillary works. The Framework will comprise of eight area Lots (Works Orders valued £50k to £750k) and a Project Lot (Projects valued £750k to £5m) covering the following Contract Areas: IPF N1 - Causeway Coast and Glens, IPF N2 - Mid and East Antrim / Antrim and Newtownabbey, IPF S1 - Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon, IPF S2 - Newry, Mourne and Down / North Down and Ards, IPF E1 - Belfast / Lisburn and Castlereagh, IPF W1 - Mid Ulster, IPF W2 - Derry and Strabane, IPF W3 - Fermanagh and Omagh.

RAM Surfacing Framework B will include the following work activities: delivery of two or more concurrent resurfacing schemes on a public road; laying various types of asphalt surfacing by mechanical means and by hand, reshaping of carriageways, adjustment of street furniture to new levels, adjustment/provision of kerblines, adjustment/provision of carriageway drainage systems, Temporary Traffic Management, road marking/studs, other associated ancillary works. The Framework will comprise of four area Lots (Works Orders valued £50k to £750k) and a Project Lot (projects valued £750k to £5m) covering the following areas: SFB N2 - Coleraine & Limavady; SFB W3 - Dungannon; SFB S2 - Down; and SFB E2 - Belfast South.