Carriageway Resurfacing and Recycling Contract

<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">The London Borough of Enfield (‘the Council) is undertaking this pre-procurement market engagement/discovery exercise to gather market intelligence and views regarding a provision of Carriageway Resurfacing and Recycling Contract.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">Interested providers are invited to submit a Soft Market Test (SMT) Questionnaire (Appendix 1 – included in the Market Engagement pack and uploaded on to&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif"><a style="overflow-wrap: break-word; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0" href="https://www.londontenders.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: rgba(29, 112, 184, 1); background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">www.londontenders.org</span></a><span style="background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; word-spacing: 0">). This should be completed and submitted to the Council b<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">y <span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial">12:00 noon on the 7th December 2022.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">The purpose of this initial engagement phase is to help inform the Council’s options and further decision making.</span></p>
<p style="font-size: 1.1875rem; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">For the avoidance of doubt, this market engagement is intended as an awareness/information gathering exercise only and is not a call for competition, is not a pre-qualification process and is not the start of a formal procurement exercise.</span></p>
<p style="font-size: 1.1875rem; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Participation or non-participation in this pre-procurement market engagement/discovery exercise shall not prevent any potential provider participating in, nor shall it place any potential provider at an advantage in any future procurement opportunity.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Any future procurement opportunity could be published early next year (2023). However, this timeframe is indicative only and the Council reserves the right to reschedule any forthcoming publication at any time.</span></p>
<p style="font-size: 1.1875rem; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;, sans-serif">Participants must also know that they should cover their own cost of participating in this market engagement and the Council is not liable for any cost incurred due to potential provider’s participation in the exercise.</span></p>