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title: "Northamptonshire County Council - Highway Services (on behalf of West Northamptonshire and North Northamptonshire Councils)"
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# Northamptonshire County Council - Highway Services (on behalf of West Northamptonshire and North Northamptonshire Councils)

Buyer: WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0290b2

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## Summary

The procurement process involves the West Northamptonshire Council and North Northamptonshire Council seeking qualified service providers for highways maintenance and related services in their respective areas. The procurement process covers highways asset management, routine maintenance, traffic signal maintenance, and more. The process is in the "cancelled" stage, with a focus on highways infrastructure maintenance and management services. The tender, managed by the Northamptonshire County Council on behalf of the two councils, had an award date of October 12, 2022.

This tender offers opportunities for businesses involved in highway services, construction, and infrastructure maintenance. Qualified suppliers like Kier Highways Limited have already won contracts for specific lots. The contracting authorities are looking for providers who can deliver high-quality, cost-effective services and may extend the contracts for up to seven years. Businesses offering services related to highways asset management, traffic signalisation, and urban traffic management control are well-suited to compete in this procurement process.

## Notice

Highways network infrastructure maintenance and management services; traffic signalisation and intelligent transport services; county structures maintenance and regulatory functions.

### Lot Information

West Northamptonshire Highway Services

Lot 1 covered the area of West Northamptonshire comprising the former districts and boroughs of Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire. The objective of the procurement was to appoint a qualified competent service provider to deliver high quality value for money highways maintenance and other related services, including potential for design on behalf of WNC. The procurement covered the provision of: * highways asset management; * highway reactive maintenance and emergency service; * highway routine maintenance (both revenue and capital); * traffic signal maintenance; * severe weather service (including winter service); * third party liability claims (red & green); * urban traffic management control; * highways capital projects design and implementation (minor improvement schemes); and * highways bridges and structures design and works. WNC has the option to expand the delivery by the service provider at any time during the contract term to cover the following possible highways and related services: * major highways capital projects; * maintenance of non-highway and highway assets, including: roads and footways; bridges and structures, drainage systems, balancing ponds, bus parking areas, cycleways, footpaths/ public rights of ways, surface and multi-storey car parks; * street cleansing; * arboricultural works; * verge maintenance and * grounds maintenance. The procurement did not cover WNC's functions relating to street lighting which are delivered through a separate PFI arrangement. There are several service areas that are currently planned to be delivered direct by WNC but WNC has the option to expand the scope of delivery at any point during the contract term to include any or all of these services: * client transport planning and provision; * transport policy and strategy; * highways development management; * capital project delivery co-ordination; * New Roads and Street Works Act 1991; * regulation & enforcement; * investigations, searches and definitive maps; * travel choices; * parking enforcement; * community liaison

Options: Conditional optional extensions of up to a further seven years, are available.

North Northamptonshire Council Highway Services

Lot 2 covered the area of North Northamptonshire comprising the former districts and boroughs of Kettering, Corby, East Northants and Wellingborough. The objective of the procurement was to appoint a qualified competent service provider to deliver high quality value for money highways maintenance and other related services, including potential for design on behalf of NNC. The procurement covered the provision of: * highways asset management; * highway reactive maintenance and emergency service; * highway routine maintenance (both revenue and capital); * traffic signal maintenance; * severe weather service (including winter service); * third party liability claims (red & green); * urban traffic management control; * highways capital projects design and implementation (minor improvement schemes); and * highways bridges and structures design and works. NNC has the option to expand the delivery by the service provider at any time during the contract term to cover the following possible highways and related services: * major highways capital projects; * maintenance of non-highway and highway assets including: roads and footways; bridges and structures, drainage systems; balancing ponds, bus parking areas, cycleways, footpaths/public rights of ways, surface and multi-storey car parks; * street cleansing; * arboricultural works; * verge maintenance and * grounds maintenance. The procurement did not cover NNC's functions relating to street lighting which are delivered through a separate PFI arrangement. There are several service areas that are currently planned to be delivered direct by NNC but NNC has the option to expand the scope of delivery at any point during the contract term to include any or all of these services: * client transport planning and provision; * transport policy and strategy; * highways development management; * capital project delivery co-ordination; * New Roads and Street Works Act 1991; * regulation & enforcement; * investigations, searches and definitive maps; * travel choices; * parking enforcement; * community liaison

Options: Conditional optional extensions are available for up to a further seven years.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028732-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive dialogue |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 8 Mar 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Sep 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,200,000,000 |
| Lots value | £1,200,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £263,437,185 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL; NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | NORTHAMPTON |
| Post town | Northampton |
| Postcode | NN1 1ED |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF25 North Northamptonshire |
| Local authority | North Northamptonshire |
| Electoral ward | Northall |
| Westminster constituency | Kettering |
| Delivery location | TLF24 West Northamptonshire, TLF25 North Northamptonshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | KIER HIGHWAYS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45233000 - Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads

## Release History

- 12 Oct 2022 at 15:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028732-2022
- 11 Feb 2021 at 13:39 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002804-2021
- 5 Feb 2021 at 15:40 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002379-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=ac28bcbd-8da5-ea11-8103-005056b64545
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=b6df4532-ea66-eb11-8108-005056b64545&p=4d8cb5a5-74dc-e511-810e-000c29c9ba21
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:081667-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://westnorthants.gov.uk
- https://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/pages/default.aspx
- https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk

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