Published date: 14 July 2023

This notice was replaced on 22 January 2024

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 22 January 2024)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Construction work for highways - 45233130

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£0 to £21,000,000

Procurement reference

SOMRTD001-DN590932-60884399

Published date

14 July 2023

Closing date

22 September 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Somerset Council is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement with a Single appointed Supplier deliver highway improvement schemes and other work including, but not limited to, the following:
• Safety Improvements / Traffic Calming
• Active Travel
• Public Transport Infrastructure / Mobility Hubs
• Junction Improvements
• Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
• Third Party default works
These schemes will typically involve works of the following nature:
• Signage
• Roadmarkings
• Carriageway treatment
• Surfacing
• Carriageway construction/ widening
• Footway and cycleway construction/ widening
• Kerbing (including high access and high containment)
• Highway drainage
• Street lighting
• Electrical connections
• Earthworks
• Landscaping
• Early Contractor Involvement / advice
And additionally a range of other works that may be required including, but not limited to:
• Traffic signals
• Highway structures
• Vehicle restraint systems (pedestrian and vehicular)
• Utilities diversions
• Specialist equipment, including amongst others, roadside technology and environmental impact mitigation measures.

Framework Agreement
Estimated Framework Value is between £2m and £5.25m per annum with a total of up to £21m over the lifetime of the Framework Agreement.

The maximum estimated value of individual projects to be procured through this contract at the Task Order quotation stage is £1,000,000. However, the Client may, following consultation with the Contractor, use this framework for projects with an estimated value exceeding £1,000,000.

This will be a single supplier framework using the form of contract set out in the Framework Agreement in the procurement documents. Individual call-off contracts, titled 'Task Orders', will be issued in a form that incorporates the NEC4 Engineering Construction Short Contract. The Framework Agreement itself is NOT an NEC4 Framework Contract.


About the buyer

Contact name

Mark Brown

Address

County Hall
Taunton
TA1 4DY
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 3001232224

Email

mark.brown@somerset.gov.uk

Website

https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk