Purpose

The County Council
approved the award of single supplier and framework agreement
contracts for the delivery of highways maintenance works in
November 2019.
 
Lot 1 (Core Maintenance) and
Lot 2 (Drainage Cleansing) contracts end in March 2025 and the 2019
decision allowed for contract extensions up to 5 years.
 
However, the current and
projected levels of spend associated with these contracts, means
that extension of the contracts is not permissible within current
procurement legislation. Therefore, new contracts are required to
start in April 2025.

Decision

The Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport
has –

 
1      
approved the commencement of the procurement exercise for the
provision of Lots 1 (Core Maintenance) and 2 (Drainage Cleansing)
to be effective from 1 April 2025; and
 
2      
delegated authority to the Assistant Director (Highways, Transport
and Planning) to finalise the terms of, and award, the highway
maintenance delivery contracts for Lots 1 and 2 at the conclusion
of the procurement process in accordance with the County
Council’s Standing Orders on Procurement and Contracts, the
contracts to be let for an initial term of seven years with
possible extensions up to a further seven years in each case, both
contracts to commence from 1 April 2025.