Published date: 21 July 2020

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Awarded contract (published 21 July 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£62,000

Procurement reference

tender_245246/871753

Published date

21 July 2020

Closing date

16 July 2020

Contract start date

21 July 2020

Contract end date

31 October 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Highways England's Road Investment Strategy (RIS) 2 sets to invest £300-400 million as part of the National Concrete Roads Programme. The programme aims to repair and renew (for safety and serviceability reasons) 1000 lane km of concrete roads that are reaching the end of their design life. This scale of concrete renewals is larger than anything Highways England have delivered before.
During the Programme disruption cannot be avoided but Highways England are committed to minimising it. The use of Travel Demand Management (TDM) could help reducing the impact of the proposed roadworks on customers. Highways England is looking to procure consultancy services under the SPaTS Framework to undertake a preliminary study into the feasibility of using TDM strategies and measures, identify suitable TDM options and produce an outline strategy for implementation of the selected options.
Most of the concrete roads are located in the East region and these roads will be the among the first nationally to be repaired or renewed. A national centre of excellence (CoE) team is being established which will lead on innovation and lessons learnt with other regions within Highways England, externally with local authorities and the wider industry. The task will need to work with the CoE team to ensure

Award information

Awarded date

21 July 2020

Contract start date

21 July 2020

Contract end date

31 October 2020

Total value of contract

£62,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Arup

Address

Newcastle upon Tyne

Reference

No reference - other

About the buyer

Contact name

HE

Address

2 The Square
Bristol
BS1 6HA
England

Email

Spats_Framework_Lot1@highwaysengland.co.uk