CBC-1380-T-CE Highways Services Partner

Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) is procuring a delivery partner to maintain, manage and improve its highways network and associated assets. The estimated value is £19,000,000 (nineteen million pounds) per annum to £25,000,000 (twenty-five million pounds) per annum. £190,000,000 to £250,000,000 over the 10-year duration (seven-year contract with a maximum of three one-year extensions).

The Scope will include:

• Routine, reactive, planned and cyclical maintenance of highway assets and Public Right of Way
• Routine asset and structural inspections
• Cycleway network maintenance and inspections
• Routine night scouting inspections
• Emergency and out of hours response on the highway network
• Civil Contingencies Emergencies
• Winter maintenance
• Routine drainage cleansing and maintenance
• Routine cleansing and maintenance of sustainable drainage systems, including rain gardens.
• Drainage construction works and repairs on highway network
• Structural and Electrical Testing of Lit Assets
• Street lighting maintenance, repairs, replacement, and renewals
• Highway surfacing and surface treatment programmes
• Bridge and highway structures repair and maintenance programmes
• Construction of highway and associated asset improvement schemes
• Safety improvement schemes on the highway network
• Design and other professional services
• Trees and Green Infrastructure
• Permits and Notices
• Statutory Drawings
• Damage to Crown Property (Green Claims) and claims by third parties against the Client (red claims)
• Undertake role of Principal Contractor and Principal Designer under the CDM 2015 regulations.

As further detailed in the Information Pack for bidders.

Final date for candidate queries 15 June 2022 by 5pm - All communication to be sent through the Authority's In-Tend portal, via the 'Correspondence' facility.

Tender process: Restricted