New Way have provide procurement support for Cambridge County Council for their Highways Maintenance Contract (£400 million over 10 years) for contractors on highways schemes. This utilised competitive dialogue to provide a process of working with the contractors to procure savings in the work they were tendering for.

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Key Features:

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• A savings focused agenda using a single contractor, aiming for 25% cost savings in the first two years

• Focus on innovation on the part of the contractor to provide services in an efficient and forward thinking way, to provide both lower cost and quality

• A collaborative working relationship between Contractor and Council, ensuring tailored solutions to the client needs

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Key Services Provided:

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• Involved in competitive dialogue meetings with contractors, provide expert advise where required

• Created the tender packs and cost models for rigid commercial evaluation of tenderers

• Provided contract advise to ensure legal obligations are fulfilled

• Evaluation and feedback of tenderers applying to be part of the Contract