Machine Lay Carriageway Surfacing Contract_2024

The Council is looking to appoint a single suitably experienced tenderer as a ‘Contractor’ under an NEC4 Term Service Short Contract to undertake the replacement of defective carriageway surfacing and associated accommodation works. This includes:

• Mobilisation:
- early contractor involvement
- attendance at monthly progress and finance meetings
- carrying out the role of Principal Contractor in accordance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
- Liaison and co-ordination with the Client
- working in accordance with the Client’s permit scheme
- assessment of the Health and Safety implications and implementation of safe systems of work, plans and appropriate control measures
- provision and maintenance of compound and stores areas
- supervision of works
- on-site welfare facilities for the Contractor's and Client's use

• Traffic Management:
- Design of traffic management layouts
- Advance notification/permit boards
- Road closures and diversions
- Traffic signal controlled lane closures
- Traffic marshals/Gate persons
- No parking signs and/or cones
- Pedestrian barriers
- Safety fencing

• Accommodation Works:
- Repair and/or adjustment of kerbs and channels in short lengths adjacent to surfacing works
- Adjusting levels of ironworks within surfacing works
- Repair of ironworks within surfacing works

• Cold Milling:
- Removal of defective areas of surfacing by cold milling
- Trimming and working around obstructions
- Removal of all loose material
- Disposal or recycling of non-hazardous arisings
- Storage and recycling of tar bound arisings for reuse

• Surfacing:
- Conventional surface, binder, and base courses
- Polymer modified surface, binder, and base course options
- Environmentally advantageous surface, binder, and base courses options
- Foam-mix recycling and re-use of previously cold milled tar bound materials
- Asphalt reinforcement options
- Bond coat

• Road Markings:
- Reinstatement of screed thermoplastic road markings

• General Requirements:
- The Contractor will assume the role of Principle Contractor and the Client will assume the role of Principle Designer under the Construction Design Management Regulations 2015.
- The service may be required during days, nights, or weekends.
- The Contractor is required to conform with the Client’s PPE requirements, or to a higher standard.
- The Client will undertake testing to ensure compliance with the Specification.
- The Client and Contractor are required to co-operate to ensure that works are planned and completed safely and in the most efficient timescales
- The Contractor will be responsible for defects for a period of 12 months from the completion of each Task Order, unless a longer period is agreed
- Rates submitted at tender will be adjusted monthly – i.e. at the first assessment day and thereafter at each subsequent assessment day