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title: "Birmingham Highways Maintenance and Management Sub-contract"
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# Birmingham Highways Maintenance and Management Sub-contract

Buyer: BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAYS LIMITED  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02eac6

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## Summary

Birmingham Highways Limited is actively procuring a replacement sub-contractor for the Birmingham Highways Maintenance and Management project, which encompasses the rehabilitation, operation, and maintenance of the city's highway infrastructure until June 2035. The tender, valued at approximately £1.15 billion, falls within the category of highway maintenance work and is currently in the active tender stage, with submissions due by 25 March 2022. Interested candidates must submit their proposals electronically via the designated portal and should refer to the detailed tender documents for compliance with selection criteria.

This procurement process presents substantial opportunities for businesses involved in highway maintenance, rehabilitation, and related services. Companies that specialise in infrastructure management, programmed and reactive maintenance, and urban traffic control will find this tender aligns well with their core competencies. The competitive dialogue procedure utilised by Birmingham Highways Limited affords a transparent environment, enabling potential bidders to propose innovative solutions for the delivery of crucial highway services while contributing to the ongoing development of Birmingham's transport network.

## Notice

Birmingham Highways Limited is seeking to procure a replacement subcontractor for Birmingham's PFI project for the rehabilitation, operation and maintenance of the highways network infrastructure in the City of Birmingham, which runs until June 2035. The purpose of the contract is to: * Ensure continuity of safety-critical services; * Maintain the best possible condition of the highway network infrastructure in Birmingham; and * Improve and maintain information held regarding the highway network infrastructure in Birmingham, such that this facilitates better and more effective management of the highway network infrastructure for the future. In summary, the services to be provided under the contract are broadly described as: * Surveys and inspections to ascertain the extent, inventory and condition of the relevant assets (e.g. regular inspections to identify safety issues and the serviceability of assets, together with surveys to record assets and measure their condition). Abnormal Load monitoring and processing for structures (incluidng associated inspections); * Programmed maintenance, predominantly to surfacing (carriageway, footway, verges, kerbs and cycle tracks) and also some street lighting, traffic signal replacements and work upon highway structures. * Reactive maintenance to respond to urgent requirements to make the highway safe (e.g. dangerous circumstances following an incident or sudden and dangerous deterioration in the condition of an asset). * Winter maintenance to ensure that the highway is safe when winter conditions are anticipated or arise (e.g. gritting designated routes). * Routine maintenance to periodically and pre-emptively maintain assets in an acceptable condition (e.g. patches and repairs, periodic servicing, gully cleansing, cleaning and change of lights). * Network management - managing activity on the highway network (e.g. issue of permits and licences under the Highways Act 1980 and New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, and managing and inspecting utility works). * Urban Traffic Control (UTC) management and operation.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

(a) This Procurement Documents are issued by Birmingham Highways Limited as the Procuring Entity. (b) The Services comprise highway rehabilitation, maintenance and management services on the Project Network, as further detailed in the Output Specification. (c) The Procuring Entity intends to procure the Services through an operating sub contract which is back to back with the provisions of the Project Agreement. Further details are set out in the ITPD. (d) The Procurement Process is being conducted in accordance with the PCR and the Procuring Entity will follow a procedure equivalent to the competitive dialogue procedure set out in Regulation 30 of the PCR. Whilst the Procuring Entity is not a contracting authority that is required to comply with the PCR under law, in accordance with good practice, the Procuring Entity has elected to undertake this procurement in accordance with the PCR. The competitive dialogue procedure under the PCRs is generally well-understood in the market, and provides the market with confidence and assurance that the Procurement Process will be undertaken in accordance with general procurement law principles, including transparency, equal treatment of bidders and fairness. In addition, the competitive dialogue procedure provides the Procuring Entity with a clear route to identifying the most suitable solution to its requirements that offers the best value for money. (e) All communications between Applicants and the Procuring Entity, and subsequently between Bidders and the Procuring Entity, will be managed via the Portal, as specified in SQ Guidance and ITPD, respectively. (f) In order to gain access to the Portal, Applicants must first submit a Portal access request to Michael Murray at mmurray@equitix.co.uk (copying: Clive Betts at Clive.Betts@birmingham.gov.uk) and list the email addresses requiring access, where upon unique access details will be sent to the Applicant. The Procuring Entity will then send each Applicant a Confidentiality and Bid Conduct Undertaking that the Applicant will be required to execute and return to the Procuring Entity before the Applicant will be granted access to the Portal. An Applicant will not be granted access to the Portal until a duly executed Confidentiality and Bid Conduct Undertaking from that Applicant has been received by the Procuring Entity (in a form which is acceptable to the Procuring Entity, in its absolute discretion).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004207-2022 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive dialogue |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning, Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Feb 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 25 Mar 2022 |
| Future notice date | 31 Jan 2022 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,150,000,000 |
| Lots value | £1,150,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BIRMINGHAM HIGHWAYS LIMITED |
| Locality | NOTTINGHAM |
| Post town | Nottingham |
| Postcode | NG8 6PY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF14 Nottingham |
| Local authority | Nottingham |
| Electoral ward | Bilborough |
| Westminster constituency | Nottingham South |
| Delivery location | TLG31 Birmingham |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45233139 - Highway maintenance work

## Release History

- 14 Feb 2022 at 22:32 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004207-2022
- 12 Oct 2021 at 09:28 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025433-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://www8.idealsvdr.com/v3/birmingham_highways_long_term_procurement

## Provenance

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