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The Project Control Framework
On 1st April 2008 we launched the Project Control Framework. The Framework sets out how we, together with the Department for Transport, manage and deliver major improvement projects.
Free Traffic Information Seminars
Helping your business get its customers, drivers and goods where they should be, on time and stress-free.
Capability Assessment Toolkit 3
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Efficiency Gains from Collaborative Roads Procurement
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Procurement and the Highways Agency
The Highways Agency is responsible for the management and development of England's motorway and trunk road network.
We deliver the overwhelming majority of its services through third parties - in particular through contractors, maintaining agents and consultants. Procurement, therefore, is at the heart of the Agency's business - good procurement practice and good relationships with our supply chains are essential to the effective delivery of high quality services to road users.
We have set roles and responsibilities for procurement, which form a framework within which we operate. We are also subject to UK and European regulations that regulate how we purchase works, goods and services.
The Highways Agency has published its new procurement strategy today, setting out its approach to procurement of goods, services and construction expertise for the next 5-10 years. The strategy sets out how the Highways Agency will procure the goods and services it needs as the operator of England's major roads, including for delivery of the Government's investment programme of up to £6 billion to improve motorways and major A roads.
Our latest (2009) procurement strategy, Delivering Sustainable Value Through Supply Chain Management (PDF 1MB) , is structured around the three key themes of value for money, delivery and sustainability and sets out a prioritised plan of actions.
It builds on the earlier strategy of 2001 and highlights new areas such as the Agency's drive to greater commercial awareness and practices. The current project to map and better understand supply chain patterns, participants and their contributions is also described - part of the continuing search for greater efficiencies and improved value for money. A Summary (PDF 98KB) is also available.
This builds on our original Procurement Strategy 2001 and its review, the Procurement Strategy Review 2005.
