That the Director of Pride in Place be authorised to run a procurement process and subsequently award the contract, to the successful supplier, for the new Highways Condition Surveying and Associated services within the procurement timetable.

The results of the survey would allow the Council to focus on areas of highest risk of failure, seek to remediate these sites using cost effective methods of repair or rejuvenation and also make the Council aware of sites which were in most need of work and seek to reduce the risk on these sites by bidding for funding opportunities.

No alternative option was considered as the Council was required to report survey information via a dataset that meets United Kingdom Pavement Management System standard.

This decision will come into force and may be implemented on 1 April 2024 unless the call-in procedure is triggered (as set out in the Standing Orders in relation to Overview and Scrutiny).

The Highway Condition Survey requires a contractor that meets all the required United Kingdom Pavement Management System certification required for feeding information back to the Department for Transport which allows the Council to be allocated extra funding as part of its status as a Level 3 Highway Authority and use an accredited and informed data standard to assess the condition of the highway.

The resulting award of this contract will allow the Council to remain compliant with current Department for Transport standards for reporting and to keep the Council’s status as a Level 3 Highway Authority. 

At the meeting Councillor Billings proposed and Councillor David Thomas seconded a motion that was agreed unanimously by the Cabinet, as set out above.

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