Essex Highways Maintenance Contract

Description

Essex County Council's (the Council) current Highways Strategic Transformation Contract (Highways Contract) ends on the 31 March 2027. ECC is subsequently seeking a Contractor to maintain the County's highways and other associated assets in accordance with responsibilities under the Highways Act 1980, from 1 April 2027. The Contractor will undertake reactive and planned maintenance, that delivers best value with the resources available, across all of ECC's highway network and on all highway assets. This will include design and delivery of improvement schemes. The Contractor will deliver the service in line with the Client's corporate policies and strategic plans, and will support communities and the local economy through network maintenance and improvement to meet the Client's growth agenda and related plans and strategies. The Contractor will be expected to proactively embrace and implement best practice, innovations and new technologies enabling the service to continually improve.