Public procurement notice: Additional Information
Published: 2018-02-20
Buyer: Highways England
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 44000000 | 45000000: Construction work | 45233000: Construction work for highways and roads | 45233100: Construction work for highways | 71000000
Submission deadline: 2018-02-23
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: To support delivery of the UK Road Investment Strategy (RIS1 & RIS2 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-investment-strategy), DIPs will design and construct highway projects across England under NEC4 standard terms, with suitable amendments. The term will be from 2018 to 2024.
The framework will be divided into 8 lots, with each lot having a specific value threshold for work packages and covering a defined geographical area. Lots 1 to 3 (Band A) are for work packages not exceeding 100 000 000 GBP, lots 4 to 8 (Band B) are for work packages exceeding 100 000 000 GBP. Candidates who apply in lots 1 to 3, will not be permitted to also apply in lots 4 to 8.
Successful DIPs will be guaranteed an initial package of work under each lot with subsequent contracts being allocated either on a direct award basis or under mini-competition which may include the suppliers appointed to all lots. The procurement documents will provide more detail on how work will be allocated.
— the 7 highest scoring candidates who have expressed an interest in the lot will be invited to tender simultaneously for the lot and one of the initial packages,
— where the last candidate to be invited to the lot shares the same score as the 8th candidate, none of the candidates who share that score will be invited,
— except, if applying this rule would cause fewer than 5 candidates to be invited to the lot, HE may, at its discretion, invite all candidates who share a score with the 7th candidate and exceed the anticipated maximum number of candidates.
— the 10 highest scoring candidates who have expressed an interest in the lot will be invited to tender simultaneously for the lot and one of the initial packages,
— where the last candidate to be invited to the lot shares the same score as the 11th candidate, none of the candidates who share that score will be invited,
— except, if applying this rule would cause fewer than 5 candidates to be invited to the lot, HE may, at its discretion, invite all candidates who share a score with the 10th candidate and exceed the anticipated maximum number of candidates.
— the 7 highest scoring candidates who have expressed an interest in the lot will be invited to tender simultaneously for the lot and one of the initial packages,
— where the last candidate to be invited to the lot shares the same score as the 8th candidate, none of the candidates who share that score will be invited,
— except, if applying this rule would cause fewer than 5 candidates to be invited to the lot, HE may, at its discretion, invite all candidates who share a score with the 7th candidate and exceed the anticipated maximum number of candidates.
— the 10 highest scoring candidates who have expressed an interest in the lot will be invited to tender simultaneously for the lot and one of the initial packages,
— where the last candidate to be invited to the lot shares the same score as the 11th candidate, none of the candidates who share that score will be invited,
— except, if applying this rule would cause fewer than 5 candidates to be invited to the lot, HE may, at its discretion, invite all candidates who share a score with the 10th candidate and exceed the anticipated maximum number of candidates.