The work covers a range of activities that includes renewal work to roads and bridges, and improvement schemes on the Highways England road network, which will take place across Cumbria and North Lancashire, and the North East.
The Construction Works Framework covers 10 different specialisms of work, is split into 15 separate lots and will run for four years.
David Poole, executive director for commercial and procurement at Highways England, said: “We are spending record amounts on improving our road network meaning quicker, safer and more reliable journeys for motorists. We are delighted to welcome these 18 contractors to work alongside us as part of asset delivery in Cumbria and North Lancashire, and the North East. These contracts demonstrate our commitment to increasing capability and understanding within Highways England and bringing Highways England closer to our customers.
“Collaboration with our supply chain is key to our new way of working and we are looking forward to establishing a successful, long-term relationship with the appointed contractors.”
The framework is part of the asset delivery contracts which will see Highways England directly managing both routine maintenance and the delivery of capital renewal and improvement schemes. This marks a change from previous way of working, bringing the management of key functions in-house and taking greater control of the road network.
The first of these types of contracts began operation in the East Midland’s region in July last year.
The new framework contractors will work alongside the maintenance and response and design services contractors that were announced for the Cumbria and North Lancashire, and the North East of England regions on 13 December 2016.
The contractors in the framework are:
| Lot 1 | Supplier |
| Corrosion Protection | RH Painting Limited (trading as Whittle Programmed Maintenance Ltd) |
| Lot 2 | |
| Structural Concrete Repairs | Concrete Repairs Limited |
| Lot 3 | |
| Structures Waterproofing and Expansion Joints | Route One Highways Ltd |
| VolkerLaser | |
| Lot 4a | |
| Road Lighting and Electrical Works | Carnell Support Service Ltd |
| Galliford Try Infrastructure Limited | |
| Lot 4b | |
| Road Lighting and Electrical Works | Carnell Support Service Ltd |
| Galliford Try Infrastructure Limited | |
| Lot 5a | |
| General Civil Engineering | A E Yates |
| Carnell Support Service Ltd | |
| Interserve Construction Limited | |
| Lot 5b | |
| General Civil Engineering | Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd trading as Birse Civils |
| Carnell Support Service Ltd | |
| Interserve Construction Limited | |
| Lot 6 | |
| Technology | Imtech Traffic and Infra (Trading as Dynniq) |
| Lot 8a | |
| Road Markings | DeAngelo Brothers UK Limited |
| Jointline Limited | |
| WJ North Ltd | |
| Lot 8b | |
| Road Markings | DeAngelo Brothers UK Limited |
| Jointline Limited | |
| WJ North Ltd | |
| Lot 9 | |
| Restraint Systems (Vehicle and Pedestrian) | Colas Limited |
| H W Martin Safety Fencing Ltd | |
| Lot 10a | |
| Specialist Drainage | Carnell Support Service Ltd |
| Lot 10b | |
| Specialist Drainage | Carnell Support Service Ltd |
| Lot 11a | |
| Temporary Traffic Management | Carillion Traffic Management |
| HW Martin Traffic Management Limited | |
| Lot 11b | |
| Temporary Traffic Management | Tarmac Aggregates Limited |
| HW Martin Traffic Management Limited |
