Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-12-05
Buyer: Highways England
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 45000000: Construction work | 45100000: Site preparation work | 45233000: Construction work for highways and roads | 45233100: Construction work for highways | 45233130: Road works
Estimated value: 7000000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-01-18
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Highways England seeks to appoint 6 partners to create the Smart Motorway Programme Alliance ("SMP Alliance") over a 10.5 year period, including a mobilisation and a further period to complete outstanding works.
One Partner shall provide production management services (Lot 1), 2 Partners shall be digitally enabled designers (Lot 2) and 3 Partners shall undertake on-site assembly and construction role (Lot 3). The Alliance will develop, design, and build multiple road schemes under a single Alliance Contract. Partners will operate from a centralised Production Hub to coordinate delivery.
The Alliance will increase lane capacity on all parts of the strategic road network through embedding technology and converting hard shoulders to all-lane running. Where required, the Alliance will also deliver associated works to coordinate wider HE programme of works. The Alliance may also support HE deliver the wider autonomous and connected vehicles road implementation strategy
Highways England is looking to appoint a partner to be accountable for the programme-wide management activities within the production hub function over the term of the alliance agreement (10,5 years) and thereafter to oversee completion of works called off under lots 2 and 3. Such works expected to complete within 2 to 3 years of expiry of the term of the Alliance Agreement.
The production management partner will act as a catalyst for integration and collaboration between all seven Alliance Members (6 Partners and Highways England) within the Production Hub while providing capability in the service areas specifically related to delivery control and coordination and investing in the capability and competence development of Highways England to enable a programmatic approach that supports realisation of the intended benefits of an alliance model. The outcomes of the production hub function include the following, as a minimum:
1) Business Integration — managing and integrating resources from multiple companies to create and sustain effective and efficient programme delivery;
3) Programme management office to enable delivery plan to be successfully delivered safely, to time, cost and quality and with robust change control;
4) Supply chain management strategy — facilitate delivery of collaborative procurement hub, category management and wider supply chain performance;
5) Technology and information strategy — facilitate and deliver technology architecture strategy to enable efficiency single source of the truth;
6) Logistical management and scheduling — facilitate delivery of strategic coordination of plant material and resources across inventory storage and manufacturing assembly to smooth resource levels and effective sequencing;
7) People strategy — support alliance board and develop recruitment, skills and retention strategy to drive high performing culture;
8) Continuous improvement, innovation and best practice identified at the scheme level and shared across the programme to support consistently high performing and continuously improving teams in both design areas and in all three construction areas;
9) Commercial management — facilitate delivery of effective cost, commercial and financial management function to the alliance;
11) Governance and risk management — provide effective risk controls to facilitate operational and strategic delivery;
12) Quality management and assurance — provide an effective quality management system and controls to maximise operational efficiency;

Eligibility requirements: As detailed in the SQ Guidance Document. Constructionline (https://www.constructionline.co.uk/) is the UK Government's national pre-qualification register for construction contractors and consultants. Candidates may demonstrate their suitability for a number of aspects in the selection process through providing their registration number for their valid and up to date Constructionline account. Contractors or incorporated joint ventures (single legal entities) submitting an application should provide their Constructionline registration number. For unincorporated Joint Ventures submitting an application each member of the group should provide their individual Constructionline registration number. Constructionline members are requested to ensure their profile is valid and up to date for the purposes of this tendering process. Where candidates do not have a Constructionline account with an applicable level of membership, the SQ provides the opportunity to demonstrate their suitability through other means, in accordance with the procurement documents. Candidates cannot express an interest as a joint venture in the same lot if they express an interest as a single entity. A form of guarantee will be required as part of this tender.

Award value: 7000000000