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Highways Agency awards £130 million framework for technical consultancy
It gives the Agency access to specialist technical consultancy advice in areas ranging from research & development through to the implementation of standards and guidance.
The framework approach builds on the success of previous similar arrangements and is designed to ensure good value for money by giving the Agency access to specialist expertise without the need tender for individual projects. The scope of services provided will be extremely wide, ranging from support on major projects valued at several million pounds and lasting several years to small tasks requiring just a few days work.
The five suppliers on the framework are: Halcrow Group Limited, Jacobs Engineering Limited, Mott MacDonald, Séligere (a consortium of Ove Arup & Partners Limited, Capita Symonds Ltd and Hyder Consulting (UK) Limited), and WSP Civils Limited.
The contract is for work commissioned over an 18 month period (with a one year extension option). It signals substantial investment in line with the Agency’s goal of investing in improved services and staying at the forefront of technical innovation in construction, maintenance and operation of the strategic road network.
NOTES TO EDITORS
Issued by the Highways Agency Press Office. For details contact Alex Barnett or Stuart Thompson on 020 7081 7443.
Media enquiries out of hours should be made to the Highways Agency National Press Office on 020 7081 7443.
1. The Highways Agency is an executive agency of the Department for Transport. We manage, maintain and improve England’s motorways and trunk roads on behalf of the Secretary of State.
2. Key specialist areas to be covered by the new framework are as follows:
- Standards, Specifications & Cost Research
- Network Valuation & Operative Skills
- Quantity Surveying
- Network Management Policy
- Environmental Operations and Policy
- Asset Assurance and Management Performance - Structures
- Asset Assurance – Geotechnics
- Asset Management Performance - Pavements
- Safety Strategy and Risk including Safety Risk Management
- Safety Strategy and Risk including Vehicle Restraint Systems
- Safe Road Design and Safety Action Planning
- Traffic Signals and Road Lighting including Lighting Safety
- Safe Traffic Management and Road Operations
- Safe Traffic Management and Road Operations including Traffic Signs and Signals
- Incident Management Policy and Traffic Officer Services
- Travel and Traffic Systems including Compliance, Information and Technology
- Traffic Appraisal, Modelling and Economics
- Network Resilience
- Enforcement Policy
- Operational Systems Support
3. Real-time traffic information for England’s motorways and major A roads is available:
* From our Traffic Radio service, available on DAB digital radio and the internet at www.trafficradio.org.uk To tune into the DAB service, simply press the "scan" button on your radio. The radio will tune into all available channels and you can select the new service by scrolling through the channels until you reach "Traffic Radio".
* From the web at www.highways.gov.uk/traffic or www.highways.gov.uk/mobile if using a phone or mobile device. Before using a mobile, find a safe place to park. Never stop on the hard shoulder of a motorway except in an emergency. Make sure it’s safe and legal before you call.
* By phone from the Highways Agency 24-hour voice activated phone service on 08700 660 115. (Calls from BT landlines to 0870 numbers will cost no more than 8p per minute; mobile calls usually cost more).
4. For more general information about the Highways Agency and its work, visit the Highways Agency website www.highways.gov.uk, or telephone the Highways Agency Information Line on 08457 50 40 30 at any time. (Calls to 0845 numbers cost no more than 4p/min from BT residential landlines. Call charges from other landlines and mobile networks may vary.
Before using a mobile, find a safe place to park. Never stop on the hard shoulder of a motorway except in an emergency. Make sure it’s safe and legal before you call.
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Issued by the Highways Agency Press Office.
For details contact Alex Barnett or Stuart Thompson on 020 7081 7443, or e-mail pressoffice@highways.gsi.gov.uk.
Media enquiries out of hours should be made to the Highways Agency National Press Office on 020 7081 7443.
