Highways

Renfrewshire awards £30m roads maintenance framework

The three-lot framework covers carriageway and footway resurfacing alongside minor traffic improvements across the council area.

Renfrewshire Council has awarded a roads maintenance framework with a total stated value of £30m, excluding VAT.

The framework is divided into three lots covering carriageway resurfacing, footway and paved-area resurfacing, and minor traffic improvements. All three contracts were concluded on 6 October.

Three maintenance lots

The £16m carriageway resurfacing lot was awarded to John McGeady, J H Civil Engineering, Hillhouse Quarry Group and MacLay Civil Engineering.

The £6m footway resurfacing lot was awarded to John McGeady, J H Civil Engineering, Hillhouse Quarry Group and Ipsum Infrastructure.

The £8m minor traffic improvements lot was awarded to John McGeady, Stepford Group, Luddon Construction and Lochwynd.

The works cover sections of Renfrewshire’s carriageway, footway, footpath and paved-area networks, as well as minor traffic improvement schemes within the council’s area.

Renfrewshire Council received seven tenders for the carriageway resurfacing lot, 12 for footway resurfacing and 10 for minor traffic improvements.

Tenders across all three lots were assessed against quality, weighted at 40%, and price, weighted at 60%.