Contract

B4063 Gloucester to Cheltenham (G2C) Cycleway scheme – Estcourt Road Roundabout to Elmbridge Court Roundabout September 2023

  • Gloucestershire County Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-002489

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03fbc1

Published 24 January 2024, 5:10pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Gloucestershire County Council

Shire Hall

Gloucester

GL1 2TH

Contact

Mr Mike McGowan

Email

mike.mcgowan@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1452328900

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKK13 - Gloucestershire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

B4063 Gloucester to Cheltenham (G2C) Cycleway scheme – Estcourt Road Roundabout to Elmbridge Court Roundabout September 2023

Reference number

DN688300

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 45233000 - Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads

two.1.3) Type of contract

Works

two.1.4) Short description

This advert is intended to notify potential suppliers of the tender for B4063 Gloucester to Cheltenham (G2C) Cycleway scheme between Estcourt Road Roadabout to Elmbridge Court Roundabout, including Llanthony Road and Pirton Lane junctions.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £5,000,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKK13 - Gloucestershire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The site is found to the northeast of Elmbridge Court Roundabout (approx. post code GL3 1AD) with two individual junctions, Llanthony Road (approx. post code GL2 5JQ) and Pirton Lane (approx. post code GL3 1AE). This is part of a bigger scheme to address the needs of pedestrians and cyclists and create an Active Travel corridor between the towns of Cheltenham and Gloucester. The overall scheme will implement a continuous cycleway for cyclists of all ages and abilities between the main hubs of Cheltenham and Gloucester, utilising London Road, Cheltenham Road, B4063, and part of the A40 between Arle Court roundabout and Benhall roundabout.

This contract is looking for a Principal Contractor to deliver the construction phase of Estcourt Road Roundabout to Elmbridge Court Roundabout, including Llanthony Road and Pirton Lane junctions. A more detailed summary of the works is included below:

Construction Phase key Deliverables are as follows:

Provide suitable Traffic Management during the construction works.

Pedestrian access to residents always during the construction works.

Utility diversion works (being arranged by GCC for PC to liaise/accommodate).

New drainage works and tie-in to existing.

A mixture of Highway, segregated footway / cycleway track and new shared use path construction.

Remove existing and install new kerbs to match new alignment.

Junction’s realignments.

Carriageway surfacing repairs and reprofiling.

New traffic signals facilities across the route.

A summary of the outline programme for the scheme is shown below:

Tender period: Monday 11th September 2023 to Thursday 19th October 2023

Award: Tuesday 21st November 2023

Anticipated Works Start Date: Tuesday 2nd January 2024

Completion: Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Overall Duration: 67 weeks

Indicative Value: £6m (£5m + VAT of £1m)

The proposed procurement route will be a single stage (Open Procedure) using the NEC4 ECC form of Contract, Option A Priced Contract with Activity Schedule.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Qualitative / Weighting: Pass/Fail

Quality criterion - Name: Health & Safety / Weighting: Pass/Fail

Price - Weighting: 100

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2023/S 000-026820


Section five. Award of contract

Title

B4063 Gloucester to Cheltenham (G2C) Cycleway scheme – Estcourt Road Roundabout to Elmbridge Court Roundabout September 2023

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 December 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 8

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Wills Bros Civil Engineering Limited

Motherwell

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKK13 - Gloucestershire
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £4,480,290


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Gloucestershire County Council

Gloucester

Country

United Kingdom