Northamptonshire County Council - Highway Services (on behalf of West Northamptonshire and North Northamptonshire Councils)

Lot 1 covered the area of West Northamptonshire comprising the former districts and boroughs of Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire.

The objective of the procurement was to appoint a qualified competent service provider to deliver high quality value for money highways maintenance and other related services, including potential for design on behalf of WNC.

The procurement covered the provision of:

• highways asset management;
• highway reactive maintenance and emergency service;
• highway routine maintenance (both revenue and capital);
• traffic signal maintenance;
• severe weather service (including winter service);
• third party liability claims (red & green);
• urban traffic management control;
• highways capital projects design and implementation (minor improvement schemes); and
• highways bridges and structures design and works.

WNC has the option to expand the delivery by the service provider at any time during the contract term to cover the following possible highways and related services:

• major highways capital projects;
• maintenance of non-highway and highway assets, including: roads and footways; bridges and structures, drainage systems, balancing ponds, bus parking areas, cycleways, footpaths/ public rights of ways, surface and multi-storey car parks;
• street cleansing;
• arboricultural works;
• verge maintenance and
• grounds maintenance.

The procurement did not cover WNC's functions relating to street lighting which are delivered through a separate PFI arrangement. There are several service areas that are currently planned to be delivered direct by WNC but WNC has the option to expand the scope of delivery at any point during the contract term to include any or all of these services:

• client transport planning and provision;
• transport policy and strategy;
• highways development management;
• capital project delivery co-ordination;
• New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;
• regulation & enforcement;
• investigations, searches and definitive maps;
• travel choices;
• parking enforcement;
• community liaison

Lot 2 covered the area of North Northamptonshire comprising the former districts and boroughs of Kettering, Corby, East Northants and Wellingborough.

The objective of the procurement was to appoint a qualified competent service provider to deliver high quality value for money highways maintenance and other related services, including potential for design on behalf of NNC.

The procurement covered the provision of:

• highways asset management;
• highway reactive maintenance and emergency service;
• highway routine maintenance (both revenue and capital);
• traffic signal maintenance;
• severe weather service (including winter service);
• third party liability claims (red & green);
• urban traffic management control;
• highways capital projects design and implementation (minor improvement schemes); and
• highways bridges and structures design and works.

NNC has the option to expand the delivery by the service provider at any time during the contract term to cover the following possible highways and related services:

• major highways capital projects;
• maintenance of non-highway and highway assets including: roads and footways; bridges and structures, drainage systems; balancing ponds, bus parking areas, cycleways, footpaths/public rights of ways, surface and multi-storey car parks;
• street cleansing;
• arboricultural works;
• verge maintenance and
• grounds maintenance.

The procurement did not cover NNC's functions relating to street lighting which are delivered through a separate PFI arrangement. There are several service areas that are currently planned to be delivered direct by NNC but NNC has the option to expand the scope of delivery at any point during the contract term to include any or all of these services:

• client transport planning and provision;
• transport policy and strategy;
• highways development management;
• capital project delivery co-ordination;
• New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;
• regulation & enforcement;
• investigations, searches and definitive maps;
• travel choices;
• parking enforcement;
• community liaison