Published date: 1 August 2019

Last edited date: 1 August 2019

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 13 September 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Transport services (excl. Waste transport) - 60000000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£50,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_196344/785724

Published date

1 August 2019

Approach to market date

13 September 2019

Contract start date

1 April 2020

Contract end date

1 April 2027

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This seven-year contract opportunity is for a sole supplier to contract with Highways England to manage the safe removal of accident damaged, broken down and abandoned vehicles from England's motorways and all-purpose-trunk-roads, 24/7/365. The associated activities will include the storage and disposal of such vehicles alongside the collection of the statutory fees that relate.

The contract will cover both responsive statutory vehicle removal and the pro-active, ad hoc, 'pre-positioning / standby' of vehicle recovery resource, as well as offering the potential for providing vehicle recovery services during scheme road works.

Statutory removals are focussed on those parts of the national Strategic Road Network in England patrolled by Traffic Officers, who have the powers sanctioned within the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (Traffic Officers) England) Regulations 2008 to effect statutory removals.

The appointed contractor will be responsible for (but not liable for) the recovery of statutory charges from those vehicles statutorily removed in accordance with the Removal, Storage and Disposal of Vehicles (Prescribed Sums and Charges) Regulations 2008. It is expected that this service will be funded almost entirely by income received from removals, storage and disposal. Anticipated volumes of statutory removals would be between 14,000 - 16,000 vehicles per annum.

Highways England will also require the services of the supplier to pre-position recovery vehicles for operational purposes to enhance the carriageway clearance abilities of the Traffic Officers. Highways England will fund such pre-positioning and clearance services on an 'as required' basis.

Highways England also requires that their main works contractors approach the appointed vehicle recovery contractor to quote to undertake scheme recovery (to be funded directly by the main works contractor)

To register your interest, please register at: https://highways.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml

About the buyer

Contact name

Steven Williams

Address

The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street
Birmingham
B1 1RN
England

Email

steven.williams@highwaysengland.gov.uk

Website

https://highways.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml