A46 Coopers Hill Southern Corner

The A46 Coopers Hill South Corner scheme will remediate the historic landslip movements that have resulted in deterioration of the carriageway surface, supporting Vehicular Restraint System (VRS) and slope below. The scheme will improve traffic conditions for people living and working in Gloucestershire by improving highways safety along the A46. This contract will deliver the construction and remediation of the A46 Coopers Hill South Corner site located south of Brockworth, Gloucestershire. Construction and remediation will include; • Installation of 42 No. 750mm piles over an approximate 85m section along the northern verge. • Installation of VRS into pile capping beam. • Additional 40m of VRS to be installed using conventional foundation. • Road realignment with installation of associated drainage. A summary of the outline programme for the scheme is shown below: Tender period: 28th September 2020 to 30th October 2020 Anticipated Award: November 2020 Works Start Date: January 2021 Completion: April 2021 Overall Duration: 14 weeks Indicative Value: £1m The proposed procurement route will be a single stage (open process) using the NEC4 ECC Option A Priced form of contract with Activity Schedule. Full details will be available in the tender pack advertised on 28th September 2020. The procurement process will be undertaken using the Council's electronic tendering portal www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk Suppliers will need to register on the system in order to participate. Registration is free and we recommend that suppliers register now to avoid delay once the opportunity is advertised. An introduction to this scheme will be provided at a supplier engagement event that will be held as a Microsoft Teams telecon on; Wednesday 30th September 2020: 10:00hrs to 11:30hrs To join this telecon please confirm attendance via the messages function of this Procontact advert and provide e-mail addresses of attendees. If those unable to join this telecon, the presentation will be uploaded to the Attachments section of Procontract. https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=cd27bfbe-a5f9-ea11-8105-005056b64545