HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORT MAINTENANCE & CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

Wokingham Borough Council are inviting tenders for the provision of the WBC Highways and Transport Maintenance and Construction Contract.

Wokingham Borough Council, the Employer, is a unitary authority situated in the heart of the Royal County of Berkshire, having the powers of a non-metropolitan County and District Council combined. Located approximately 30 miles west of London, Wokingham has been voted second best place in England to live (per national survey) and is made up of 3 towns and 14 parishes, each with their own distinctive character. The vibrant market town of Wokingham, the picturesque riverside villages of Sonning and Wargrave and the rural communities of Finchampstead and Remenham contrast with the modern developments of Lower Earley and Woodley. In all, the Council serves approximately 166,000 residents in 65,000 households.

Potential suppliers are invited to express their interest in participating in this Competitive Procedure with Negotiation for the Highways & Transport Maintenance and Construction Contract (MCC) for Wokingham Borough Council by submitting all the required information for qualitative selection - stage 1 of the evaluation. A formal contract will be entered into directly between Wokingham Borough Council and the selected supplier. This contract will include provision for the selected supplier to deliver similar services/works to the other Local Authorities across Berkshire and the Towns and Parishes of Wokingham on a case-by-case basis, together the "Third Parties".

In outline, the services and works to be provided by the MCC contractor are:

• Highway reactive maintenance works, safety inspections, complaints & claims management
• Routine highway maintenance including limited associated grass cutting & cleansing
• Street lighting routine and reactive maintenance & schemes
• Structural Maintenance works
• Drainage reactive, planned, jetting and gullies
• Winter Maintenance services
• Emergency response services
• Minor and Traffic Management schemes
• Sub-OJEU major infrastructure schemes including design and build options
• From April 2020, the option to include Street Cleansing Services

Additional information: This procurement is the subject of OJEU Notice: 2018/S 010-018515

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