Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2017-12-28
Buyer: Highways England
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive dialogue
CPV classification: 32000000 | 45000000: Construction work | 48000000 | 64200000 | 72000000
Estimated value: 475552629 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: As per the Contract Notice, this contract is for the provision, operation, and maintenance of telecommunications services between the roadside and various central locations for Highways England, the body responsible for England's motorway and trunk road network.
Whilst the authority for National Roads Telecommunications Service (NRTS2) project is Highways England Company Limited (and any future successor to this organisation), the Secretary of State for Transport will be a named beneficiary of the NRTS2 contract as some of the assets/contracts to which the NRTS2 services relate are in the name of the Secretary of State (e.g. those relating to the M6 toll motorway and the Severn River Crossing).
The scope of the NRTS2 contract includes the maintenance, deployment and further development of the NRTS services which currently provide services to approximately 30,000 locations on 3,500km of motorways and trunk roads, which provide connectivity between control centers and roadside devices.
A broad indication of the breakdown of the value of the contract by type of work (indicative only) is:
The value of the contract is the maximum value that the contract has been awarded for and includes the inital term and any possible extensions.
The duration of the contract is 7 years with the option to extend by a further 2 years in 12 month increments.
The value of the contract is the maximum value that the contract has been awarded for and includes the inital term and any possible extensions.
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging reviews: Highways England will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. Applicants who are unsuccessful shall be informed by Highways England as soon as possible after the decision has been made as to the reasons why the Applicant was unsuccessful.
If a review regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland).
Any such action must generally be brought within 30 days of the date on which the claimant became aware of a breach of the rules or ought to have done so. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the Authority to pay a fine, and/or order that the duration of the contract is shortened.
The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.


Winner: telent Technology Services Limited
Award value: 475552629
Number of bids: 3