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title: "Area 3 Maintenance and Response (M&R) Contract"
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# Area 3 Maintenance and Response (M&R) Contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/area-3-maintenance-and-response-m-r-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-02b84d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Highways England: "Area 3 Maintenance and Response (M&R) Contract". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Highways England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/highways-england-GB-FTS-3441)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Bridge and tunnel operation services, Electrical installation work, Engineering services, Highway maintenance work, Installation of signalling equipment (+8 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ1, UKJ25, UKJ26, UKJ35, UKJ36, UKJ37, UKK25
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £203,579,560 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b84d`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/area-3-maintenance-and-response-m-r-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-02b84d#tl-md)

## Description
Highways England has appointed a contractor to provide and undertake all cyclical and routine maintenance, incident response, defect rectification and severe weather delivery on the all-purpose trunk roads and motorways within Hampshire, Surrey, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, part of Dorset and part of Buckinghamshire, not including the M25, (Highways England Area 3).  Duties will also include maintenance of roadside technology, the provision of traffic management for the contractor's maintenance and incident response activities (including traffic management for others), where instructed by Highways England and the maintenance of depots. Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 the contractor will be Principal Contractor for all work they undertake and where/if instructed otherwise by Highways England.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 34923000, 34993100, 45221248, 45233140, 45233141, 45233210
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ, UKK

- **Description:** The successful contractor will be required to provide all routine maintenance, incident response, defect rectification and severe weather delivery on the all-purpose trunk roads and motorways within Hampshire, Surrey, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, part of ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Area 3 Maintenance and Response Contract (active)
  - Award id: `012507-2021-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Kier Highways Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:05606089`
  - Value: £203,579,560 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Area 3 Maintenance and Response Contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £203,579,560
  - Signed Date: 20/05/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012507-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-03T21:45:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T06:35:31.361Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b84d