Shropshire Council: Innovation in Service Delivery Minor Highways Scheme Maintenance Improvements

UK-Shrewsbury, Shropshire: Highway maintenance work.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       Shropshire Council
       Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1743252993, Email: dan.howard@crowncommercial.gov.uk
       Contact: Dan Howard
       Main Address: www.shropshire.gov.uk
       NUTS Code: UKG22
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: address as in Annex A.I

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity:    
   General public services

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: Innovation in Service Delivery Minor Highways Scheme Maintenance Improvements    
          Reference number:
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      45233139 - Highway maintenance work.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: WORKS
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      Shropshire Council is seeking up to two (2) suitable contractors to demonstrate and undertake innovative highway surface treatment and repair to include Surface Defect Repair as a service across carriageways, cycleways, and public rights of way and footways. Defect rectification may include the following: • Patching • Potholes • Hand lay and machine surfacing • Crack and joint sealing • Ironwork The contractor(s) are expected to deliver social value with local employment and carbon reduction with the ability to monitor, record and report and use innovative techniques to deal with the defects. Demonstration of processes or materials which expedite and/or extend asset lifecycle via a capital repair is desirable. To support highways innovation, the Council will use the LCRIG Innovation Procurement System (IPS), which is being launched with the support of Crown Commercial Service utilising the SPARK DPS. Interested suppliers are encouraged to join the SPARK DPS (https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6094), which will accommodate this innovation under “Road Surface Solutions”. Please ensure your organisation’s innovative highway surface solutions are represented within this category for this procurement. To register for the SPARK DPS, please sign up at https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/. The specification of works is in accordance with best practice for road maintenance resulting in a cost-effective capital repair. An essential requirement is that innovations must be deployed without the need for permits as they have minimal impact on traffic and will use only appropriate and time-sensitive traffic management for each road type upon which it is deployed. This is likely to be of interest to SMEs who have a directly employed workforce as it will form a key deliverable for the Shropshire Plan, which aims to create a robust and resilient local economy. No response to this PIN is required, and the Council is not obligated to progress this procurement. The estimated timescale for the use of the LCRIG IPS is from 9 May 2023.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value: Not Provided
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description          
   II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):       
      45233139 - Highway maintenance work.          
      34929000 - Highway materials.          
      34921000 - Road-maintenance equipment.          
      45233210 - Surface work for highways.          
      45233161 - Footpath construction work.          
      45233162 - Cycle path construction work.          
      45233223 - Carriageway resurfacing works.       
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UKG22 - Shropshire CC    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      Shropshire Council is seeking up to two (2) suitable contractors to demonstrate and undertake innovative highway surface treatment and repair to include Surface Defect Repair as a service across carriageways, cycleways, and public rights of way and footways. Defect rectification may include the following: • Patching • Potholes • Hand lay and machine surfacing • Crack and joint sealing • Ironwork The contractor(s) are expected to deliver social value with local employment and carbon reduction with the ability to monitor, record and report and use innovative techniques to deal with the defects. Demonstration of processes or materials which expedite and/or extend asset lifecycle via a capital repair is desirable. To support highways innovation, the Council will use the LCRIG Innovation Procurement System (IPS), which is being launched with the support of Crown Commercial Service utilising the SPARK DPS. Interested suppliers are encouraged to join the SPARK DPS (https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6094), which will accommodate this innovation under “Road Surface Solutions”. Please ensure your organisation’s innovative highway surface solutions are represented within this category for this procurement. To register for the SPARK DPS, please sign up at https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/. The specification of works is in accordance with best practice for road maintenance resulting in a cost-effective capital repair. An essential requirement is that innovations must be deployed without the need for permits as they have minimal impact on traffic and will use only appropriate and time-sensitive traffic management for each road type upon which it is deployed. This is likely to be of interest to SMEs who have a directly employed workforce as it will form a key deliverable for the Shropshire Plan, which aims to create a robust and resilient local economy. No response to this PIN is required, and the Council is not obligated to progress this procurement. The estimated timescale for the use of the LCRIG IPS is from 9 May 2023. Duration of the Contract Details are yet to be decided but will be published via the LCRIG IPS, which will use the Crown Commercial Service SPARK Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for this competition. It is expected that this will be for the 2023/24 financial year.    
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      Interested suppliers are encouraged to join the SPARK DPS https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6094 which will accommodate this innovation under “Road Surface Solutions”. To register for the SPARK DPS, please sign up at https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/.    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         09/05/2023
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
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VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 02/05/2023

   
ANNEX A    
   
   I) Addresses and contact points from which further information can be obtained:
       Shropshire Council
       Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ND, United Kingdom
       Email: dan.howard@crowncommercial.gov.uk
       Contact: Dan Howard
       Main Address: www.shropshire.gov.uk
       NUTS Code: UKG22