Planning

Market Engagement Highways Maintenance & Improvement Contracts

  • North Somerset Council

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-003542

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03a30f

Published 6 February 2023, 10:30am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

North Somerset Council

Town Hall

Weston-super-Mare

BS23 1UJ

Contact

Mrs Nicola Scribens

Email

nicola.scribens@n-somerset.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1275885208

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/

Buyer's address

http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

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

Market Engagement Highways Maintenance & Improvement Contracts

Reference number

DN654487

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 45233130 - Construction work for highways

two.1.3) Type of contract

Works

two.1.4) Short description

This PIN Notice is to notify interested parties of North Somerset Councils' (the Authority) future contract intentions when existing arrangements come to an end in March 2024.

The Authority intends to put in place 3 contract arrangements.

1. Single Provider Framework – Surfacing - 4 year term - estimated value of £14m

2. Single Provider Framework – Surface Dressing - 4 year term - estimated value of £4.5m

3. Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) – 3 lots – Civils, Structures and Specialist Surface Treatments - 7 year term - estimated value of £14m

It should be noted that Reactive and Cyclical maintenance does not form part of this PIN and has been awarded under Teckal exemptions to North Somerset Environment Company for an initial term of 7 years commencing 1 April 2024.

At present, most of the Authority's highways maintenance activities are delivered through its existing Term Maintenance Contract which is due to expire in April 2024 and will be replaced with the new approach.

The Authority is publishing this PIN to inform the market of its future intentions regarding the above and to seek feedback from the market to allow the Authority to consider its approach.

A Market Engagement Event will be hosted online by representatives involved in the Highways Project on 8th March 2023.

We intend to use a Microsoft Team Event. If you would like to join this event, please can you contact procurement.contracts@n-somerset.gov.uk and we will send you an invite along with an agenda, please provide in your e mail all of the contact e mail addresses of those who would like to attend, there is no limit. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and it is likely that we will use Slido, an interactive Q&A system.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £32,500,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 34922100 - Road markings
  • 34928200 - Fences
  • 34928300 - Safety barriers
  • 34928320 - Guardrails
  • 34928450 - Bollards
  • 34928470 - Signage
  • 34929000 - Highway materials
  • 44113810 - Surface dressing
  • 45110000 - Building demolition and wrecking work and earthmoving work
  • 45213300 - Buildings associated with transport
  • 45220000 - Engineering works and construction works
  • 45230000 - Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork
  • 45243000 - Coastal-defence works
  • 45244000 - Marine construction works
  • 45262300 - Concrete work
  • 45342000 - Erection of fencing
  • 63712200 - Highway operation services
  • 71311210 - Highways consultancy services
  • 71313440 - Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) services for construction
  • 71322000 - Engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works
  • 71510000 - Site-investigation services
  • 71520000 - Construction supervision services
  • 77300000 - Horticultural services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Main site or place of performance

North Somerset

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

1. Single Provider Framework – Surfacing

For the delivery of carriageway resurfacing and highway improvements. This will include preparation work such as road planning and disposal, including inert and hazardous (tar bound) materials, minor civils works and the adjustment of ironwork.

This framework would also include the provision of traffic management and reinstatement of road markings.

Surfacing and or reconstruction work to be carried out using a variety of bituminous materials and may include the installation of geotextiles.

2. Single Provider Framework – Surface Dressing

For the delivery of in year preparatory works, traffic management, surface dressing, and the reinstatement of road markings associated with the delivery of the Authority’s annual surface dressing programme.

Surface Dressing will be carried out as part of a planned programme of work to include multiple site's/ locations across the Authority. A variety of aggregates and binders will be required to meet the individual characteristics of each site in line with design guidance set out in Road Note 39.

3. Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) – 3 lots – Civils, Structures and Specialist Surface Treatments

Civils – For the delivery of highway maintenance projects and new highway improvements. To include reconstruction of footways, kerbing, drainage, bus stop improvements, traffic calming schemes and highway signs. It will also include the provision of cycle routes, and civils works in connection with traffic signal and controlled crossing improvements.

Structures – Various types of minor structural and civils repairs with some small-scale reconstruction works on all associated highway structures, including bridges and highway retaining walls. Undertaking of routine structural maintenance repairs and associated civils works to all types and construction of bridges, culverts, subways and retaining walls. The work will involve routine programmed structural repairs and/or some civil reconstruction work to several small highway structures

Specialist surface treatments - The works will consist of the provision of Labour, plant. materials and traffic management to carry out specialist surface treatment works. These works may include, carriageway and footway proprietary surfacing works, high friction surfacing works together with other associated works on both highway and non-highway sites at unspecified Locations and ancillary installation of the road marking and road studs at various Locations within the geographical boundary of the principal contracting authority

Both single supplier frameworks will be advertised in April 2023 likely following an Open tender process. The DPS will be advertised in September 2023.

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

Decisions on renewals will take place towards the end of the awarded contracts

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

24 April 2023


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

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

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes