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Infrastructure Maintenance and Improvements

Awarded to Marlborough Highways Limited

Southend-on-Sea City Council(buyer)

Published
Published 19 October 2023
Deadline
Closed 10 March 2025

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Overview

Southend City Council awarded a £200 million contract to Marlborough Highways Limited on 30 March 2026 for maintenance, management, and improvement of the highway network and associated assets in Southend-on-Sea. The scope encompasses routine maintenance to ensure safety and serviceability, asset management, visual appearance, minimisation of disruption, coordination with the service manager, compliance with traffic management legislation, and specialist contractor management across the network.

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Lots (6)

  • General highways maintenance, planned machine resurfacing, street lighting/electrical works and highways improvements (new works)

    Southend-on-Sea ("the Authority") is a unitary council with responsibility for highways maintenance and improvements and flood and coastal protection. This contract is for the following highways maintenance and improvements and flood and coastal protection: 1) Immediate and emergency services 2) Immediate and emergency services out of hours call out facility 3) Highway inspection or reported defects 4) Planned tasks 4) Local structure repair 5) Programmed carriageway and footway resurfacing 6) Bridges and other structures 7) Street lighting 8) Flood risk 9) Gully maintenance and improvements 10) Drainage/ SUDs 11) Cliff stability 12) Coastal protection 13) Road markings, street furniture and signage 14) Public realm and highway improvements 15) Winter maintenance 16) Highway verge maintenance 16) Professional services including project planning, design and documentation, project management, tendering and procurement, constructions supervision and post construction services. The Authority is sought a single contract to provide the works and services. The Authority implemented the restricted procedure. The Authority's needs and requirements for the contract were included in the procurement documentation. This procurement was undertaken using an electronic tendering system. The Authority awarded the contract to the economic operator who submitted the Most Economically Advantageous Tender.

    Won by Marlborough Highways Limited
  • Traffic signal maintenance and provision of new equipment

    Traffic signal maintenance and provision of new equipment

  • Coastal defences repairs and improvements

    Coastal defences repairs and improvements

  • Highway Structural Maintenance

    Highway structural maintenance

  • Winter Maintenance

    Winter maintenance

  • Gully Cleansing

    Gully Cleansing

Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Works
Estimated value
£200,000,000
Procedure
Selective
Published
19 October 2023
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Traffic lightsEngineering works and construction worksStructures construction workConstruction work for highways, roadsHighway maintenance workRoad-maintenance worksCoastal-defence worksHighways engineering services+3 more

Award outcome

Awarded value
£200,000,000
Award date
30 March 2026
Contract period
— → 21 February 2033
Winner
  • Marlborough Highways Limited

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Notice history

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  1. Contract

    28 April 2026

  2. Contract Notice

    6 February 2025

  3. Prior Information Notice

    19 October 2023

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