Highways New Assets Framework Agreement 2024

Somerset Council is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement with a Single appointed Supplier deliver highway improvement schemes and other work including, but not limited to, the following:

• Safety Improvements / Traffic Calming
• Active Travel
• Public Transport Infrastructure / Mobility Hubs
• Junction Improvements
• Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
• Third Party default works

These schemes will typically involve works of the following nature:

• Signage
• Roadmarkings
• Carriageway treatment
• Surfacing
• Carriageway construction/ widening
• Footway and cycleway construction/ widening
• Kerbing (including high access and high containment)
• Highway drainage
• Street lighting
• Electrical connections
• Earthworks
• Landscaping
• Early Contractor Involvement / advice

And additionally a range of other works that may be required including, but not limited to:

• Traffic signals
• Highway structures
• Vehicle restraint systems (pedestrian and vehicular)
• Utilities diversions
• Specialist equipment, including amongst others, roadside technology and environmental impact mitigation measures.

The form of contract will be a Framework Agreement as set out in Volume 0 of the procurement documents. Individual call-off arrangements titled ‘Task Orders’ will be issued in a form that incorporates the NEC4 Engineering Construction Short Contract.