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• M25 Jct 27 to 30 Widening

Procurement

We are procuring the widening through a Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO) contract.  The basis was given in the Contract Notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union in November 2005 (Public Works Contract (Negotiated Procedure) Notice, reference 2005/S 214-211161).

The DBFO Contract has been awarded under the negotiated procedure applicable to Public Works Contracts under the Public Works Contract Regulations 1991 (SI 1991/2680) (the Regulations) that implement the Public Works Contracts Directive (93/37/EC).

The Contract Notice invited requests from interested parties to prequalify.  In the prequalification process, completed in March 2006, we identified 5 consortia who we considered have the capability and experience necessary for this work.

We invited them to submit outline proposals following which we asked three of these consortia to submit full tenders in early 2007.  The Agency has now awarded the contract to upgrade and the manage the M25 to Connect Plus, a consortium consisting of Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Atkins and Egis Projects.

We will use this contract to deliver 2 of the 4 sections remaining to be widened, with an option to deliver the other 2 if the Agency so chooses. The widening of the M25 between Junctions 1b and 3 has already been delivered as part of the combined contract for the A2/A282 Dartford Improvement.

We will also use the DBFO contract to provide the day to day maintenance work for the motorways and trunk roads in the Highways Agency Area 5, plus the Dartford Crossing over a 30 year period.

Area 5 comprises of the M25, the A282 Dartford Crossing and sections of the radial routes (like the M1, M3, M4 and M11) which cross the M25.