The Council is advertising a 2 year contract for the provision of Surfacing Works for Gloucestershire County Council from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2024, with the provision to extend for up to 2 years to 31 March 2026.

The works are part of the structural maintenance programme for Gloucestershire County Council and will be ordered by Task Order for each individual package/scheme. Works to consist of structural repairs to the County Network including planing off existing surfaces and replacement to the various depths and s required by the design of each scheme. Works will include temporary traffic management, site clearance, adjustment to ironworks, minor earthworks, surfacing, ancillary kerbing and footways, road marks and testing. The works will be located across the County. The extent of the works will vary and no guarantee of scheme size of annual spend can be given.

We are following a 1 stage process using the Open Procedure. Contract form will be the NEC4 Term Service Contract as amended in accordance with the procurement documents.

The estimated £80m value of the proposed Structural Maintenance Contract is £40m over the initial 2 year term and a further £40m over the optional 2 year extension period. For Contract Notice purposes, the contract value range is d on predicted budgets over the full term of the contract. The values also include contingency to account for inflation, potential one-off funding bids, DfT awards and other unknown possible increases in capital funding over the contracted period.

The existing Contractor has indicated that there are currently employees engaged in the Service that are likely to be affected by TUPE. This advice is d on information supplied by the current Contractor; however bidders should ascertain the likely position for them and seek appropriate advice as required.

In order to obtain the TUPE details you will need to complete and sign the Confidentiality Certificate in the Attachments section of the Advert or ITT and return it via the messaging system in Pro-contract. The TUPE details will then be provided to you. Please note that if you do not obtain the TUPE information your bid may be regarded as non-compliant.