Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Southend City Council
Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue
Southend on Sea
SS2 6ER
UK
Contact person: Mr Anton Bull
Telephone: +44 1702215000
E-mail: antonbull@southend.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH31
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.southend.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.southend.gov.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Infrastructure Maintenance and Improvements
Reference number: DN707403
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45220000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
A contract to maintain, manage and improve highway network and associated assets.
The key objectives are outlined as follows:
Ensuring the network is safe for users, as far as is reasonably practicable.
Maintaining the value of the infrastructure assets to ensure sound financial management. Maintaining the visual appearance of the network in Southend-on-Sea.
Maintaining availability of the highway network so that highway users are free to travel with minimal disruption due to works being undertaken, or due to failure to properly manage the assets.
Minimising disruption so that those living and working in Southend-on-Sea suffer minimal disruption from works being undertaken on the highway.
Scope including but not limited to:
Undertake the role of the Principal Contractor under the CDM Regulations.
Collaborating with the Service Manager to determine the optimum levels of service to be carried out in any given year.
Providing and managing people, plant and materials and other resources, including suppliers and specialists, to match the level of service required by the Service Manager.
Integrating systems and processes with those of the Service Manager to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the core maintenance service.
Providing timely and accurate data to inform and support and justify the contract performance measurements.
Assisting the Service Manager in the management of, and communication with, those affected by the activities being undertaken in the core service.
Helping the Service Manager to manage network occupancy effectively thorough compliance with the Traffic Management Act and New Roads and Street Works Act, including providing all necessary notifications within the appropriate timescales.
Supporting the Service Manager in undertaking the various duties as part of the Coastal Protection & Lead Local Flood Authority roles.
Cooperation with others carrying out work for the Service Manager to optimise the delivery of the overall services. Maintaining and providing contemporary records of work carried out in electronic format agreed by the Service Manager from time to time. In the course of the work, collecting and providing inventory and ‘as-built‘ records requested by the Service Manager.
Maintaining a supply chain of specialist contractors for implementation of specialist products on an ad-hoc basis.
Confirming the presence of utilities plant and apparatus on site.
Managing work with economy and efficiency in mind.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
200 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
45233139
45233141
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH31
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Southend-on-Sea ("the Authority") is a unitary council with responsibility for highways maintenance and improvements and flood and coastal protection.
This contract is for the following highways maintenance and improvements and flood and coastal protection:
1) Immediate and emergency services
2) Immediate and emergency services out of hours call out facility
3) Highway inspection or reported defects
4) Planned tasks
4) Local structure repair
5) Programmed carriageway and footway resurfacing
6) Bridges and other structures
7) Street lighting
8) Flood risk
9) Gully maintenance and improvements
10) Drainage/ SUDs
11) Cliff stability
12) Coastal protection
13) Road markings, street furniture and signage
14) Public realm and highway improvements
15) Winter maintenance
16) Highway verge maintenance
16) Professional services including project planning, design and documentation, project management, tendering and procurement, constructions supervision and post construction services.
The Authority is sought a single contract to provide the works and services. The Authority implemented the restricted procedure. The Authority's needs and requirements for the contract were included in the procurement documentation. This procurement was undertaken using an electronic tendering system.
The Authority awarded the contract to the economic operator who submitted the Most Economically Advantageous Tender.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 50
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The Contract will be for an initial term of 7 years (unless terminated earlier in accordance with its terms), with the option to extend by a period or succession of consecutive periods (each to be no less than a year in duration) up to a further 7 years.
Therefore if all extensions were taken the full contract duration shall be 14 years.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2025/S 000-004054
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: DN707403 Infrastructure Maintenance and Improvements
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
31/03/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Marlborough Highways Limited
Woolf House Eagle Way, Chelmsford Garden
Chelmsford
CM3 3FY
UK
NUTS: UKH31
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 200 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Courts of Justice
The Royal Court of Justice
London
WCA 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/04/2026