Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-16
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
Estimated value: 8700000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-02-12
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: 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:
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.
— candidates may apply for lots 1-3 (Band A) or lots 4-8 (Band B) but not both Band A and Band B lots together.
— all lots will each have 2 successful tenderers appointed to them, except lots 7 & 8 which will have 3 appointed.
Provision of DIP services for packages of work with an estimated value up to £100m. Lot 1 schemes will primarily be in the South West and Midlands regions of England but the 2 successful tenderers may also have opportunities to win additional work packages or standalone schemes in the rest of England in the circumstances specified in the procurement documents.
Following appointment to the framework, each successful tenderer will be awarded a package of work, with an approximate total value of between £25m and £83m. Each package will have a 2-3 individual named project schemes, to be delivered during the framework term. Further details on each package will be confirmed in published procurement documents.
The supplier with the highest assessed score appointed to the lot will be given their preferred package.
In addition to the initial package awarded following the tender, further packages and standalone schemes will be issued through a direct award or tendered as a mini-competition which may include the suppliers appointed to all lots, as described in the procurement documents. In respect of contract values then applicants will have the ability to win work of value from other lots as well as their own.
— specialist advice on planning and buildability; and where instructed Investigative and intrusive surveys.
— managing their designers to produce optimum solutions, in-house resource & specialist supply chain to construct scheme, ensuring the scheme is delivered to time, cost and performance outcomes.
— the DIP will act as the Regional integrator between Highways England (HE), Technical Advisor Partner (TAP), DIP supply chain and key stakeholders to deliver an integrated solution. With specialisms including but not limited to:
— — specialist advice on the whole-life-costing and future maintenance/inspection requirements and provisions,
— the DIP will be expected to contribute to national and regional Centres of Excellence to help drive innovation and to establish a Sustainable Improvement Hub to develop and deliver a procurement pipeline, common regional supply chain, promote procurement execution and facilitate supplier relationship management in the regions in which they operate. The DIPs will contribute to the development of HE's role as Network Owner and the DIP contracts may evolve over their life to reflect this developing maturity.
— it is mandated that the DIPs will make use of the HE's category management frameworks, and any future category management arrangements, to whom they will subcontract elements of work. HE may require suppliers to enter into an appropriate confidentiality agreement in relation to the operation of the category management contracts.

Eligibility requirements: As detailed in the procurement documents: — Constructionline (https://www.constructionline.co.uk/) is the UK Government's national pre-qualification register for construction contractors and consultants. — applicants 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 Constuctionline 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 applicants do not have a Constructionline account, or a valid and up to date Constructionline account, they will have the opportunity to demonstrate their suitability through other means, in accordance with the procurement documents. — a guarantor to provide a parent company guarantee will be required. A parent company guarantee may be requested at any time during the term of the contract.

Award value: 8700000000