A web based toolkit launched in March designed to help make the procurement of highways maintenance more efficient has been well received by industry. Entering into the wrong type of contract can be expensive and lead to poor service delivery partnerships. Local highway authorities typically start the process of procurement for highway maintenance services by undertaking research and determining their strategy for procurement and delivery methodology in isolation. This can often be time consuming for client, current service provider and other service providers with whom the client interacts. It is inefficient for every client to make the same journey and for service providers to have to react to each individual procurement exercise.
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