To whom it may concern, I work for the Road Safety Markings Association and I am currently looking to increase and expand our engagement with local authorities for our member companies, many of whom work on local authority roads. Can you tell me what requirements you ask of potential contractors in the tendering process for road marking works, e.g. National Highway Sector Scheme 7? I look forward to hearing from you.

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 TfL Ref: FOI-4388-1718

 

Thank you for your email received by us on 05 February 2018 asking for information about the tendering process for road marking works.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.  I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked:

“Can you tell me what requirements you ask of potential contractors in the tendering process for road marking works, e.g. National Highway Sector Scheme 7?”

Please find extracts from the tfl_scp_000032 London Alliance Contract (LoHAC) Invitation to Tender VOLUME 2 SERVICE INFORMATION (COMMON) below;

2.2.9 Subject to the Employer selecting Contract Service No 9 – Road Markings – the Contractor shall carry out a visual service inspection of carriageway road markings, as follows:

Subject to the Employer selecting Contract Service No 9 – Road Markings – the Contractor shall carry out a visual service inspection of carriageway road markings, as follows: Location	Scope of Inspection	Frequency
Road Markings associated with the Congestion Charging Zone entry points	Damaged, obscured or missing markings	Every 1 month
Other Road Markings associated with the Congestion Charging Zone TLRN and Red Route Traffic Control Road Markings (see Volume 2 Clause 1233AR.1)	Damaged, obscured or missing markings	Every 3 months
All Road Markings, including the above	Worn or missing markings	Every 1 year

2.2.10 Subject to the Employer selecting Contract Service No 9 – Road Markings – the Contractor shall carry out visual service inspections of road studs not less than once every 6 months to check wear, corrosion, damage, loose or missing studs or inserts, reflective conspicuity, loss of or damage to retroreflective lenses, sinkage, settlement, detritus on lenses, integrity and security of casings of embedded stud housings, loss of adhesion or breaking up of surface mounted road studs, and misalignment with road markings. Inspections of the reflective conspicuity of road studs shall be carried out during hours of darkness and from a slow moving vehicle.

2.9 Road Markings

2.9.1 If the Employer selects Contract Service No 9 – Road Markings – Cyclic Activity – the Contractor shall replace all road markings (excluding road studs) on the highway network prescribed in the Employer’s Service Information as follows:

• Edge of carriageway and parking control markings – within 8 years of initial marking or last renewal. In any case the contractor shall undertake this activity at least during the Contract Term ;

• Transverse markings (eg stop lines, box junction markings) – within 1 year of initial marking or last renewal and every 1 year thereafter;

• All other road markings (eg lane markings, letters, numerals and symbols) – within 2 years of initial marking or last renewal and every 2 years thereafter

2.9.2 Subject to the Employer selecting Contract Service No 9 – Road Markings – Reactive or Scheme Activity - the Contractor shall carry out Reactive and/or Scheme works to the road markings within the highway network prescribed in the Employer’s Service Information. Other than safety defects covered by the requirements of Sections 2.1.8 to 2.1.19 above and requiring a more immediate response, defects to road markings associated with the Low Emission Zone and Congestion Charging Zone entry points shall be repaired within 7 calendar days. All other defects to road markings shall be repaired within 28 calendar days.

2.9.3 All Cyclic, Reactive and Scheme activities shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements set out in Series 1200.

Surface 2020 – LoHAC replacement contract draft wording.

It may worth noting that the optional draft wording for the LoHAC replacement Contract in 2021 is as follows;

The draft documents currently say :-

“When any work is covered by a National Highway Sector Scheme (NHSS) listed in the Specification for Highway Works, Volume 1, Appendix A, then the Contractor shall ensure that all persons engaged on them are competent to carry out the work to which they have been assigned. They shall hold a certificate issued by their employer identifying them as an Authorised Person and indicating the aspects of work against which they have been assessed as being competent.”

“The Contractor shall ensure that all Sub-contractors comply with the above in respect of their own employees.”

Please note that the above wording has not been finalised and is subject to change.

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Yours sincerely

Paulina Tuffour

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

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