Active Travel Fund Station Road, Swindon

Active Travel Fund Station Road, Swindon.

Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of a two way cycle lane on Station Road, Swindon.

Project Description

Station Road is situated to the north west of the town centre and is a key strategic route for access to the train station. To the west, is a grade 2 listed wall which is part of Swindons railway history, to the east are business premises which are predominantly office blocks and a public house. The main carriageway has a one way double lane running southwest to northeast, with pedestrian ways either side.

This scheme will remove one of the running lanes and replace it with a two way cycle lane at a split level between the carriageway and footway. The cycle lane has been designed to be Local Transport Note (LTN) 1/20 compliant.

Primarily funded by the Government's Active Travel Fund, there is a strict spending deadline of the end of March 2022, it is recognised that some works are likely to continue into April 2022, which may be funded from additional revenue sources.

Works will include, but are not limited to, adjustment of kerb lines, footway resurfacing, and construction of cycle lane, carriageway resurfacing and installation of traffic signals. Full details are included in the pre-construction information at Appendix I.

As Station Road is a key strategic route, traffic management will be a vital aspect of this tender and will be managed by the Principal Contractor. Swindon Borough Council's Streetworks Team are fully briefed on this scheme and have already been made aware of the scheme dates in preparation.

It is strongly recommended that any Tenderer conducts a site visit prior to tendering for these works.

Full details relating to the Works are provided in the tender documents.

To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com

Contract Period

The contract will be for a period of 3 months commencing 4th January 2022 as per the contract terms and conditions.

Tender Responses

Tender Responses are required to be submitted no later than 10th December, 1200 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/

Tender Clarifications

If you require any clarifications on the tender documents, please submit these in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal by 3rd December 2021, 1200 hrs UK Local time. The Council's responses to these clarification questions will be uploaded periodically on the ProContract tender portal.

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