How to win: Highways Specialist Supplier Framework

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We are keen to seek feedback from the market on our plans to procure a Specialist Services Framework for Highways related services. The Lots we are planning to include are: Lot 1 - Ground Investigation Services; estimated spend of £600k over 4 years Lot 2 - Non-Destructive testing services for Street Lighting; estimated spend of £550k over 4 years Lot 3 - Ecology services; estimated spend of £450k over 4 years. These values are based on previous use and may change at tender stage. Scope of Works: Lot 1 - Ground Investigation Services; Including intrusive activities comprising excavation of trial trenches, excavation of hand dug inspection pits, handheld dynamic sampled boreholes and rotary coring. Geotechnical sampling, in-situ and laboratory testing, and the production of a factual report, with associated AGS file, will be required. Surveying of grid coordinates and ground levels to Ordnance Survey grid and datum, Traffic Management. Lot 2 - Non-Destructive testing services for Street Lighting; An annual programme of Non Destructive Testing (NDT) and visual inspections of individual street lighting assets, that align with the advice found in     The Institute of Lighting Profess

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Gloucestershire County Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £1,600,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins works work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar works contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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