Area 12 Maintenance and Response Contract

The successful contractor will be required to provide all routine and response maintenance, incident response, defect rectification and severe weather delivery on the all-purpose trunk roads and motorways within Highways England Yorkshire and Humber region (Highways England Area 12) in accordance with Highways England standards and objectives. Additional duties will also include maintenance of roadside technology, the provision of traffic management for the contractor's maintenance and response activities and incidents (including traffic management for others) and where instructed by Highways England and the maintenance of depots. Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 the contractor will be Principal Contractor for all work they undertake and where / if instructed otherwise by the Highways England.

Highways England may consider amending the duties listed above as appropriate during the contract period.

The Service Period for the Maintenance and Response contract is for a duration of 8 years with an additional 6 months mobilisation period from 1 December 2020 to 6 June 2021.

The successful provider will be expected to operate collaboratively with other service providers and stakeholders in order to achieve Highways England's objectives.