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title: "Scottish Trunk Road Network Maintenance Contract - North East Unit"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000630942"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Tender"
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published: "2020-10-19"
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# Scottish Trunk Road Network Maintenance Contract - North East Unit

Buyer: TRANSPORT SCOTLAND  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000630942

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## Summary

Transport Scotland is seeking tenders for the "Scottish Trunk Road Network Maintenance Contract - North East Unit," a project classified under the works category. The procurement process is currently in the Tender stage, with a submission deadline extended to 6th November 2020. The contract, located in Glasgow, encompasses integrated network management, maintenance, renewal, and improvement works on specified trunk roads, with a projected initial value of £530 million over a period of 12 years, including potential extensions. Interested bidders are required to submit their proposals electronically via the Public Contracts Scotland portal.

This contract presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly those specialising in road maintenance, construction, and infrastructure management. Firms with expertise in routine and emergency maintenance, as well as design and supervisory roles in civil engineering projects, would be well-positioned to compete. Furthermore, companies interested in community benefits through training, recruitment, or subcontracting initiatives may find added advantages in this contracting process, fostering both economic growth and social impact in the region.

## Notice

The provision of integrated network management; routine, winter and emergency maintenance; renewal and improvement works and other such works; design and supervision of renewal and improvement works and such other work on the specified trunk roads within the Unit. The contract will include indicative maximum value thresholds for categories of ordered work. These thresholds are subject to change during the contract based on the performance of the service provider. For strategic reasons connected with wider roads procurement requirements, contract coverage of (i) all; or (ii) of particular sections, of the A96 trunk road for the full term of the contract, is not confirmed at this stage. Further information shall be included in the tender documents.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Transport Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Ministers have identified the requirement to appoint a suitably experienced economic operator to operate the Scottish Trunk Road Network Management Contract - North East Unit. As noted in II.1.4 above, for strategic reasons connected with wider roads procurement requirements, contract coverage of (i) all; or (ii) of particular sections, of the A96 trunk road for the full term of the contract, is not confirmed at this stage. Further information shall be included in the tender documents. This exercise is Tranche 2 of a two tranche procurement activity which collectively covers all 4 geographical Units within the Scottish Trunk Road Network. Tranche 1 focused on both the South East and South West Units with both contracts awarded in March 2020. This second tranche focuses on the North Units of the Scottish Trunk Road Network. The procurement covered under this contract notice is for the North East Unit only. The procurement for the North West Unit is covered under a separate contract notice and can also be found on Public Contracts Scotland. Tenderers should note that a maximum of two Units can be won across the network, however, this is limited to one in the South and one in the North. For clarity and the avoidance of doubt in respect of this Award Restriction, an economic operator that has submitted a tender includes any person or entity involved in the Tranche 1 Procurement or Tranche 2 Procurement as parent undertaking in terms of section 1162 of the Companies Act 2006, any member of the group of companies of which the parent undertaking forms part, lead bidder, consortium or JV member, or any other reliant entity whose capacity in terms of technical and professional ability and / or economic and financial standing, is relied upon in terms of Regulation 64 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. The initial contract term is 8 years with options to extend by up to a further 4 years. The estimated value of the contract over 12 years including such extensions is 530,000,000 GBP. Requirement The scope of works will include, but is not limited to: provision of integrated network management; routine, winter and emergency maintenance; renewal and improvement works and other such works; design and supervision of renewal and improvement works and such other work on the specified trunk roads within the Unit. The contract will include indicative maximum value thresholds for categories of ordered works. These thresholds are subject to change during the contract based on the performance of the service provider. Further information on the requirements and objectives of the contract can be found in the attached supplementary document reference "Preliminary Information Document - North Units". The information contained in the document is preliminary and will be supplemented with further information at tender stage. To be considered for this contract economic operators are required to complete the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) in accordance with this Contract Notice. Economic operators shall be evaluated in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, on the basis of information they have provided within the ESPD. The ESPD can be downloaded via the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk). No warranty or representation of any kind is given as to the accuracy or completeness of such information. The Scottish Ministers, Transport Scotland and their advisers shall not be liable for any errors or omissions or lack of specificity in such information. Any reliance on or use of any information contained within the document is entirely at the risk of the economic operator.. Transport Scotland (TS) will manage the procurement process on behalf of the Scottish Ministers (SMs). In the event of the contract award, the contract will be entered into between the SMs and the successful tenderer. The Contract T's & C's will be based upon ICE 5th Generation which has been amended by TS. Each economic operator shall be invited to submit a tender on the same contract terms.

Renewal: It is intended that the Contract will be in place for an initial period of 8 years with an option to extend for a further period of up to 4 years.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT397713 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F14 - Corrigendum |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive dialogue |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Oct 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 30 Oct 2020 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £530,000,000 |
| Lots value | £530,000,000 |
| 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 | TRANSPORT SCOTLAND |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G4 0HF |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow North |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work
- 50 - Repair and maintenance services
- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 45220000 - Engineering works and construction works
- 45221111 - Road bridge construction work
- 45233000 - Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads
- 45233100 - Construction work for highways, roads
- 45233110 - Motorway construction works
- 45233124 - Trunk road construction work
- 45233139 - Highway maintenance work
- 45233141 - Road-maintenance works
- 45233142 - Road-repair works
- 45233210 - Surface work for highways
- 45233280 - Erection of road-barriers
- 45233290 - Installation of road signs
- 45233292 - Installation of safety equipment
- 45233293 - Installation of street furniture
- 45316110 - Installation of road lighting equipment
- 50230000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services related to roads and other equipment
- 50232110 - Commissioning of public lighting installations
- 71322300 - Bridge-design services
- 71631450 - Bridge-inspection services
- 71631480 - Road-inspection services

## Release History

- 19 Oct 2020 at 00:00 - TenderUpdate - OJEU - F14 - Corrigendum - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT397713
- 18 Sep 2020 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP395135

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=SEP395135&idx=6
  20th October 2020 - III.1.2 Technical and Professional Ability Statements
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=SEP395135&idx=8
  20th October 2020 - III.1.2 Technical and Professional Ability Statements
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=SEP395135&idx=3
  21st September 2020 - Reliance Response Table - North East Unit
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=SEP395135&idx=4
  21st September 2020 - Economic and Financial Standing Evaluation Criteria Ratios and Scoring
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=SEP395135&idx=5
  21st September 2020 - Economic and Financial Criteria Ratios Response Table - North East Unit
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=SEP395135&idx=7
  21st September 2020 - Technical and Professional Ability Response Tables - North East Unit
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=SEP395135&idx=1
  21st September 2020 - II.2.3 Place of Performance Listing
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=SEP395135&idx=2
  21st September 2020 - Preliminary Information Document - North Units
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP395135
  Scottish Trunk Road Network Maintenance Contract - North East Unit - The provision of integrated network management; routine, winter and emergency maintenance; renewal and improvement works and other such works; design and supervision of renewal and improvement works and such other work on the specified trunk roads within the Unit. The contract will include indicative maximum value thresholds for categories of ordered work. These thresholds are subject to change during the contract based on the performance of the service provider. For strategic reasons connected with wider roads procurement requirements, contract coverage of (i) all; or (ii) of particular sections, of the A96 trunk road for the full term of the contract, is not confirmed at this stage. Further information shall be included in the tender documents.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363
- http://www.transport.gov.scot
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000630942
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=630942
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=630942
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx

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