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Works contracts
Procurement of works contracts for scheme values greater than £250k but less the £5m is either from a standing list of contractors or by advertising in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Schemes in excess of £5M are put out to tender by Transport Scotland and outside the scope of the OC contracts.

2.2.3 Capital maintenance - works contracts

Figure 14 shows the type of work carried out under works contracts during 2007/08. The value of these contracts totalled £58.7m.


Figure 14 Works contracts in 2007/08 by category

 

Unit
Number received
Number reviewed
% reviewed
Number reviewed and suitable to proceed
NE
10
3
30%
2
SE
5
2
40%
2
NW
5
1
20%
1
SW
12
7
58%
7
Total
32
13
41%
12

Figure 15 Draft tender documents received by PAG 2007/08

 

Works contracts were undertaken to ensure that the network continues to operate to the required standard. Carriageway reconstruction and resurfacing schemes and structures improvements were carried out, as well as new safety fencing and lighting works.

Tender documents

PAG is required to review 25% of all the tender documents produced by the OCs. The OCs prepared 32 sets of tender documents during 2007/08, which was
14 less than the previous year. Of these,
13 (41%) were reviewed by PAG. Further information is given in figure 15.

In common with last year, the standard of preparation of draft tender documents was generally good.

Only one scheme, in NE, was returned to the OC as the documentation was not suitable for tender purposes.This was subsequently amended and successfully re-submitted by BEAR.

Workmanship and supervision

NE - BEAR
The general standard of workmanship on works contracts was good, but there is room for improvement by the contractors to reduce the number of remedial works.

Supervision was very good, with full-time OC site supervision staff being present.
Figure 16 shows a works contract in NE.

Figure 16 Trenching machine at A985 Devilla forest works contract in NE
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