Amey bags delayed £200m Area 6 highways deal

Aaron Morby 11 years ago
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The Highways Agency has finally let the delayed Area 6 asset support contract to Amey.

The contract valued at between £30m and £40m per year will involve maintaining and improving 609 miles of motorways and major ‘A’ roads in parts of Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk.

Amey will start work from 1 April rather than September 2013 as had originally been planned before the decision to move to negotiated procedure following initial tender returns.

Amey was up against Atkins/Skanska, which held the previous MAC deal for the area, and joint ventures of Balfour Beatty/Mott MacDonald and Carillion/WSP.

David Brewer, the Highways Agency’s Asset Delivery Director said: “I am delighted that we have awarded the fourth ASC contract which represents a major step forward in the way that maintenance and improvement activities are carried out on England’s motorways and major ‘A’ roads.

Mel Ewell, Amey’s Chief Executive, said: “We have a long and proud history of successful strategic highways service delivery and this award underpins our commitment to remaining a key service provider to the Highways Agency.”

The contract scope extends beyond routine maintenance to scheme identification, value management, design and construction of schemes up to £5m; and design and management of Schemes in excess of £5m.

New Area 6 ASC terms

    • Maintenance standards which are ‘outcome based’ and less prescriptive about how and when work is delivered
    • Affordable levels of service, with appropriate quality but no reward for over-delivery
    • Incentives for innovation and efficiency, including the opportunity for contract extensions
    • Simplified pricing mechanisms with a ‘year on year’ cost reduction mechanism
    • A higher cost threshold for works to allow more procurement through the ASC rather than by separate tender
    • Managing technology maintenance and improvement works through the main contract for more efficient and joined up delivery.

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