Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-05-09
Buyer: The City of Edinburgh Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Works
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 34922100 | 34928500 | 34928510 | 44811000 | 45232450
Estimated value: 46000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Framework to provide contractors to carry out construction, repair and maintenance work to the City of Edinburgh's road network.
All civil engineering, street lighting and traffic signals works and minor public realm works required for the following types of project:
— construction or reconstruction of carriageways and other paved areas with natural stone setts or block paving,
— construction of footways using natural stone or concrete flags and kerbs and channels using natural stone or concrete products,
— drainage works including the laying of pipe networks, combined Kerb drainage systems, catchpits, manholes, permeable block paving and any relevant SUDs Systems,
Resurfacing or reconstruction of bituminous carriageways and footways including, but not limited to, planing and other excavation, surfacing, adjustments to street furniture and buried services, laying high friction surfacing and road markings, kerbing works, drop crossings, construction or removal of refuge islands, installation of bollards and traffic signs, drainage and ducting works, alterations to services and landscaping works.
The works involve undertaking permanent patching repairs and jet patching to defective bituminous carriageway and footway surfaces, including adjustment of street furniture and associated works.
Works include, but are not limited to, planing and other excavation, surfacing, adjustments to street furniture and buried services, laying high friction surfacing and road markings, kerbing works, drop crossings, installation of bollards, drainage and ducting works and adjustment of street furniture.
The works involve the provision of 2-man daily squad/s and vehicles & equipment to carry out installation and/or removal of thermoplastic road markings throughout Edinburgh, including roads and carriageways, car parks, cycleways and other external locations. Works must be to British Standards BS EN 1436:2007 + A1 2008.
The works involve the installation of new Street Lighting including, but not limited to, the removal and installation of Lighting columns, wall brackets, lanterns, extension sleeve brackets, all cabling and electrical works, numbering of columns, laying ducting, tracking, preparing and painting of lighting columns, wall brackets and name plates. Works will require setting and removal of temporary traffic management and permanent re-instatement of both footway and carriageway. Street Lighting columns, extension sleeves, lanterns and column numbers for these works will normally be supplied by the Authority but on occasion may need to be supplied by contractor. All other materials supplied by the Bidder will be to the Authority specification. All work to Scottish Power electricity supply cables shall be undertaken by Scottish Power.
The work involves the provision of specialist vehicles and equipment to carry out routine and emergency cleaning of surface water road drainage systems throughout Edinburgh. The works involve but are not restricted to gully cleaning, high pressure jetting of drainage pipes and camera survey works. Civil’s works are not included within the scope of this Lot.
A tenderer that suffers loss as a result of a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session. The City of Edinburgh Council (the Council) will have a minimum standstill period of 10 days before awarding the contract. The communication of the award decision notice will be sent by fax or email to all tenderers with the standstill period commencing on the next day. If proceedings are started in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session against the Council in respect of the decision to award the contract within the standstill period then the Council is prevented from awarding the contract. Post contract award the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session may:
1) award damages provided proceedings are brought within 3 months from the date when the grounds for the bringing of the proceedings first arose;
2) be entitled to issue an ineffectiveness order or impose a financial penalty on the Council. A claim for an ineffectiveness order must be made within 30 days of the Contract Award Notice being published in the OJEU or within 30 days of the date those who expressed an interest in or otherwise bid for the contract were informed of the conclusion of the contract or in any other case within 6 months from the date on which the contract was entered into.


Winner: Tarmac Trading Limited
Award value: 46000000
Number of bids: 7