Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Highways England
The Cube, 199, Wharfside Street
Birmingham
B1 1RN
UK
Contact person: Andrew Pritchard
Telephone: +44 3004703308
E-mail: Area4AssetDeliveryProcurement@highwaysengland.co.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/highways-england
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Area 4 Asset Delivery Maintenance and Response (M&R) Contract
II.1.2) Main CPV code
45233139
II.1.3) Type of contract
Works
II.1.4) Short description
Highways England is looking for a suitable contractor to provide and undertake all routine and cyclic maintenance, incident response, defect rectification and severe weather delivery on the all-purpose trunk roads and motorways within the South-East Region Area 4. Additional duties will also include the ongoing maintenance of two tunnels (A20 Roundhill and A27 Southwick), maintenance of roadside technology, the provision of traffic management for the contractor's maintenance and response activities (including traffic management) during incidents and where instructed by Highways England and the maintenance of depots. Under the CDM Regulations 2015 the contractor will be principal contractor for all work they undertake unless instructed otherwise by the service manager.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
159 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
34923000
34993100
45221248
45233130
45233140
45233141
45233210
45310000
45316200
50230000
50800000
63712300
63712320
71300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ
UKJ2
UKJ4
Main site or place of performance:
Highways England South-East Region Area 4 covers the counties of Kent, Surrey and West and East Sussex.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The successful tenderer will be required to provide all routine and cyclic maintenance, incident response, defect rectification (when instructed by Highways England) and severe weather delivery on the all-purpose trunk roads and motorways within Highways England South-East Region (Area 4) in accordance to Highways England standards and objectives. Additional duties will also include the ongoing maintenance of two tunnels (A20 Roundhill and A27 Southwick), maintenance of roadside technology, the provision of traffic management for the contractor's maintenance and response activities (including traffic management) during incidents and where instructed by Highways England and the maintenance of depots. Under the CDM Regulations 2015 the contractor will be principal contractor for all work they undertake unless instructed otherwise by the service manager. Highways England may consider amending the duties listed above and may remove or amend these as appropriate during the contract period.
The service period for the maintenance and response contract is for a duration of 8 years and the successful provider will be expected to operate collaboratively with other service providers and stakeholders in order to achieve Highways England’s objectives.
Highways England will be arranging a tour of Area 4 depots, scheduled for 19th February (an all-day event); expressions of interest are invited (spaces will be limited to two attendees per tenderer). Please note that all attendees to the depot tour will need to provide their own full PPE (Hard hat, Hi Vis Vest, High Vis Trousers, Safety Boots, Safety Glasses and Gloves). Interested tenderers are requested to email providing full names and contact details to Area4AssetDeliveryProcurement@highwaysengland.co.uk no later than 14 February 2020. Following confirmation of places, an itinerary providing a description for the day will be distributed.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Quality criterion: Commercial
/ Weighting: 30
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
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
Open 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:
2019/S 248-611377
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: Area 4 Asset Delivery Maintenance and Response (M&R) Contract
Title: Area 4 Asset Delivery Maintenance and Response (M&R) Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/08/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Kier Highways Ltd
05606089
81 Fountain Street
Manchester
M2 2EE
UK
Telephone: +44 1614513399
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.kier.co.uk/
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 159 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Independent Compliants Assessor
Birmingham
UK
E-mail: Area4AssetDeliveryProcurement@highwaysengland.co.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/highways-england
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Highways England Company Ltd
The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street
Birmingham
B1 1RN
UK
E-mail: Area4AssetDeliveryProcurement@highwaysengland.co.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/highways-england
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Highways England
The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street
Birmingham
B1 1RN
UK
E-mail: Area4AssetDeliveryProcurement@highwaysengland.co.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/highways-england
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/09/2020