The government company has launched the procurement
process for its Smart Motorway Alliance. It needs six
partners to join it for 10 years to develop a smarter
network, creating extra capacity relieving congestion,
for more traffic to use the country’s busiest
motorways.
The infrastructure that goes into creating that
capacity also forms the foundations for connected
vehicles to use the motorways in the future.
The Alliance is the second part of the company’s
ground-breaking Routes to Market procurement approach;
earlier this month it announced the companies it will
work with on £8.7bn worth of Regional Delivery
Partnership deals.
Highways England’s Chief Executive, Jim O’Sullivan
said:
We want a step change away from traditional thinking
and more towards creating value. We want companies
that can learn from their experiences, and work
together to deliver ever improving efficiency and
productivity.
Highways England has developed the model through
engagement with the supply chain. The innovative and
infrastructure leading approach will enable a
step-change in performance and aid the delivery of a
large number of schemes that will increase capacity and
reduce congestion on motorways, whilst improving safety
during the delivery of these schemes.
The company is seeking three on-site delivery partners,
two digitally enabled design partners and one
production management partner.
The six partners will work with Highways England to
provide exemplar performance and achieve results that
include:
- better safety, through better aligned and common
working practices and reduced time on site
- more efficient delivery, through a programmatic
approach that will drive standardisation, production
and off-site assembly
- improved customer service with a reduction in time
needed for works and minimising any disruptions for
road users
- increased investment in skills and innovation from
the supply chain, supported by a secure and long-term
pipeline of work
The contract is outcome focused and partners will be
collectively responsible and rewarded based upon
delivering efficiencies. The Alliance puts integration
and collaboration between Highways England and its
supply chain at the heart of how Highways England’s
smart motorway programme will work going forward.
The Contract
Notice has been issued to the OJEU.
Accompanying procurement documents can be accessed via
Bravo Solution, Highways England’s e-procurement
portal. View the Smart Motorway Alliance descriptive
document.
Interested potential partners from the supply chain can
attend a briefing on Monday 10 December in central
Birmingham.
