Highways New Assets Framework Agreement 2024

he Client’s Strategic Objectives are: • A network that is adapted and resilient to climate change with a reduced carbon output, both in usage and maintenance to contribute to the commitment for Somerset to be carbon neutral by 2030. • A safe, serviceable, and sustainable network that is fit for purpose for all users under all conditions and supports the development of the local economy. • A service based on the intelligent client model that develops and sustains collaborative partnerships that deliver the objectives of all partners. • A flexible and agile service that attracts and retains the best people and embraces best practice and new technologies to enable innovation. • Sustain a financially resilient service that adopts robust asset management principles and delivers best value with the resources available. • Optimise service efficiency and maximise income from commercialisation and external funding. • A service that maximises social value and provides valuable local opportunities for individuals and businesses. • An informed community that has high public satisfaction and is engaged and enabled to do more for themselves. Framework Agreement Estimated Framework Value is between £2m and £5.25m per annum with a total of up to £21m over the lifetime of the Framework Agreement. The maximum estimated value of individual projects to be procured through this contract at the Task Order quotation stage is £1,000,000. However, the Client may, following consultation with the Contractor, use this framework for projects with an estimated value exceeding £1,000,000. This will be a single supplier framework using the form of contract set out in the Framework Agreement in the procurement documents. Individual call-off contracts, titled ‘Task Orders’, will be issued in a form that incorporates the NEC4 Engineering Construction Short Contract. The Framework Agreement itself is NOT an NEC4 Framework Contract.