NY Highways calls on suppliers to join new purchasing system
NY Highways has announced it’s looking to engage with highways-related businesses that operate in the North Yorkshire area to join its brand-new Dynamic Purchasing System. It says the DPS will open the door to suppliers of all sizes to contribute to NY Highways’ work in maintaining 5,800 miles of roads in North Yorkshire. In particular, […]
National Highways looks for Scheme Delivery Framework engagement
National Highways has announced it is looking to its next iteration of the Scheme Delivery Framework, which is one of its mechanisms for delivering maintenance, repair and renewal work on England’s motorways and major A-roads. It’s therefore inviting suppliers to engage on its development, and the overall strategy. Participation in forthcoming events is limited, and […]
GRAHAM Achieves Gold Standard recognition from National Highways
GRAHAM Group is delighted to announce it has achieved a Gold Standard from National Highways. This recognition signifies GRAHAM’s commitment to excellence in procurement and supply chain practices. National Highways Gold Standard is a rigorous initiative designed to elevate the performance of its supplier network. Suppliers are evaluated on nine key criteria encompassing areas like […]
National Highways announces £495m specialist professional and technical service framework procurement
National Highways is searching for six specialist professional and technical service providers to join its new, six-year, £495m framework. Suppliers appointed to the Specialist Professional and Technical Service 3 Framework will provide road “transport-related technical consultancy, engineering advice, research and innovation services” and it is widely expected that the successful suppliers will us a diverse […]
NY Highways courts new contractors and suppliers
Suppliers and contractors in and around North Yorkshire are being invited to to join NY Highways’ Dynamic Purchasing System. The system will cover a comprehensive range of services and products related to highways maintenance activities and will streamline supply chain and procurement processes. NY Highways says it will open the door to suppliers of all […]
DFI review procurement strategy following RSMA led roundtable
The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) is pleased to announce that following a roundtable discussion with the Department of Infrastructure (DfI) and RSMA members in Northern Ireland, the DfI have revised their Procurement Strategy. The RSMA was made aware that the DfI had published a procurement strategy that did not include road markings as a […]
National Highways seeks hydrogen supplier for Lower Thames Crossing project
National Highways has announced the procurement of a contract to supply low carbon hydrogen for the construction of the Lower Thames Crossing. In a procurement document, National Highways says the LTC is dedicated to achieving the lowest carbon solution to deliver the works and that the scope of this procurement requires supply of an estimated […]
LCRIG launches Innovation Procurement System
The Local Council Roads Innovation Group, LCRIG, has launched an Innovation Procurement System in partnership with Crown Commercial Service (CCS) with the aim of “increasing the pace of change and giving greater control to LCRIG members to adopt innovation at a lower cost”. The LCRIG IPS is designed to remove the hurdles in accessing innovation […]
Poorly performing contractors to be banned from bidding for National Highways work
National Highways’s head of procurement is warning contractors it is “extremely likely” to stringently assess the performance of suppliers on its new £30 billion major framework. Malcolm Dare told the website Construction News that National Highways has already started excluding poorly performing contractors on its existing framework from bidding for some work. “In the last […]
Your guide to Crown Commercial Service procurement assistance and advice on this week’s Highways Voices
Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode! “The Transport Technology and Associated Services Framework enables the public sector to procure transport technology, and products covering the suite of cameras, and lighting, parking systems, barriers and signs,” explains guest Randeep Singh of Crown Commercial Service on this week’s Highways […]
