The reasons for the decision and any alternative options considered and rejected are set out in the report.

RESOLVED that:

1.                 subject to the satisfactory statutory process and completion of formal Contracts Highway Maintenance Contracts be awarded for the period 1^st November 2009 to 31^st October 2014 as follows:

Carriageway Surfacing

Primary Contractor – F M Conway Ltd

Secondary Contractor – Volker Highways Ltd

Road Markings

Primary Contractor – F M Conway Ltd

2.                  authority be delegated to the Assistant Director for Environment (Traffic and Transport) to utilise secondary contractor to undertake works during peaks in planned workload should the primary contractor be unable to provide necessary resources of the expected quality within the required timescales;

3.                  a mini-retendering exercise be undertaken amongst the present tenderers for the Civil Engineering contract to confirm their rates or otherwise following submission of TUPE details by J Crowley; and

4.                  the existing Term Contract for Civil Engineering Works with J Crowley (Maidstone) Limited be extended until 31^st March 2010.