Milton Keynes City Council is advertising for a new highway maintenance provider on a contract worth up to £350m over 12 years.
The new contract will run for an initial eight years with an option for the council to extend the term for two further periods of two years each.
It will cover the delivery of a programme of term maintenance and capital works projects across the council's network of highways and infrastructure.
According to the contract notice, works and services to be provided cover all the routine, reactive and planned works that need to be delivered by the highway authority to achieve the outcomes set out in the contract.
The council said it is seeking a single contractor to deliver the works and services in a manner that will maximise the use of the latest technology, processes and management techniques to deliver high quality services.
The procurement will take place in successive stages. Following submission of selection questionnaires, the council will invite the top five scoring economic operators to progress to the negotiation and submission of initial tender stage
Each of the economic operators shortlisted will be invited to submit initial tenders, following which the council will either make an award based on the initial tenders or, as per the authority's current intention, invite the economic operators to participate in negotiation before inviting them to submit final tenders.
The deadline for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is noon on 12 June, with the dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate taking place on 3 July.
Current contractor Ringway has been in place since 2014, as its original seven-year deal was extended for the maximum three additional years.
