Purpose

Award of contracts for carriageway resurfacing
schemes.

Content

1. Award the contract for Rookery Street
Carriageway Resurfacing to John A Bates (Contractors) Limited of
Chance House, Sandwell Business Park, Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66
1RD for a duration of four days from 8 September to 12 September
2025 for a total contract value of £100,906.57.
2. Awarded the contract for Cumberland Road
Carriageway Resurfacing to John A Bates (Contractors) Limited of
Chance House, Sandwell Business Park, Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66
1RD for a duration of 12 days from 8 September to 20 September 2025
for a total contract value of £95,288.79.
3.   Awarded the
contract for Millfield Road Island Carriageway Resurfacing to John
A Bates (Contractors) Limited of Chance House, Sandwell Business
Park, Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RD for a duration of five days
from 8 September to 12 September 2025 for a total contract value of
£100,765.84.
4. Awarded the contract for Coseley Road Island
Carriageway Resurfacing to John A Bates (Contractors) Limited of
Chance House, Sandwell Business Park, Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66
1RD for a duration of seven days from 8 September to 12 September
2025 for a total contract value of £131,788.58.
5. Awarded the contract for Coseley Road from
Coseley Road island to Ambergate Road
island Carriageway Resurfacing to John A Bates (Contractors)
Limited of Chance House, Sandwell Business Park, Crystal Drive,
Smethwick, B66 1RD for a duration of six days from 8 September to
13 September 2025 for a total contract value of
£88,616.87.
6. Awarded the contract for Ambergate Road/Coseley Road Island Carriageway
Resurfacing to John A Bates (Contractors) Limited of Chance House,
Sandwell Business Park, Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RD for a
duration of six days from 8 September to 15 September 2025 for a
total contract value of £63,421,25.
7. Awarded the contract for Malins
Road Carriageway Resurfacing to John A Bates (Contractors) Limited
of Chance House, Sandwell Business Park, Crystal Drive, Smethwick,
B66 1RD for a duration of two days from 30 October to 31 October
2025 for a total contract value of £55,437.52.
8. Awarded the contract for Windermere Road
Carriageway Resurfacing to John A Bates (Contractors) Limited of
Chance House, Sandwell Business Park, Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66
1RD for a duration of four days from 3 November to 6 November 2025
for a total contract value of £157,709.69.
9. Awarded the contract for
Merridale Lane Carriageway Resurfacing
to John A Bates (Contractors) Limited of Chance House, Sandwell
Business Park, Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RD for a duration of
three days from 7 November to 11 November 2025 for a total contract
value of £101,424.88.
10. Awarded the contract for
Knowles Road Carriageway Resurfacing to John A Bates (Contractors)
Limited of Chance House, Sandwell Business Park, Crystal Drive,
Smethwick, B66 1RD for a duration of one day on 12 November 2025
for a total contract value of £39,592.72.
 
11. Awarded the contract for
Westbury Street Carriageway Resurfacing to John A Bates
(Contractors) Limited of Chance House, Sandwell Business Park,
Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RD for a duration of two days from
13 November to 14 November 2025 for a total contract value of
£58,742.55.
12. Awarded the contract for
Edgehill Avenue Carriageway Resurfacing to John A Bates
(Contractors) Limited of Chance House, Sandwell Business Park,
Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RD for a duration of one day on 17
November 2025 for a total contract value of £32,380.53
13. Awarded the contract for
Thetford Gardens Carriageway Resurfacing to John A Bates
(Contractors) Limited of Chance House, Sandwell Business Park,
Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RD for a duration of two days from
18 November to 19 November 2025 for a total contract value of
£46,234.85.
14. Awarded the contract for
Delhurst Avenue Carriageway Resurfacing
to John A Bates (Contractors) Limited of Chance House, Sandwell
Business Park, Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RD for a duration of
one day on 20 November 2025 for a total contract value of
£30,073.20.
15.  Awarded the contract for Cyprus Street Carriageway
Resurfacing to John A Bates (Contractors) Limited of Chance House,
Sandwell Business Park, Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RD for a
duration of one day on 21 November 2025 for a total contract value
of £30,703.86.
16.   Awarded the contract for Ambergate Road/Highfields Road Island Carriageway
Resurfacing to John A Bates (Contractors) Limited of Chance House,
Sandwell Business Park, Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RD for a
duration of two days from 24 November to 25 November 2025 for a
total contract value of £47,493.41.
17. Awarded the contract for Highfields
Road/Ladymoor
Road Island Carriageway Resurfacing to John A Bates
(Contractors) Limited of Chance House, Sandwell Business Park,
Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RD for a duration of two days from
26 November to 27 November 2025 for a total contract value of
£31,845.80.
18. Awarded the contract for Long
Knowle Lane/Amos Lane Island Carriageway Resurfacing to John A
Bates (Contractors) Limited of Chance House, Sandwell Business
Park, Crystal Drive, Smethwick, B66 1RD for a duration of two days
from 28 November to 1 December 2025 for a total contract value of
£43,691.64.
19. Approved the supplementary
capital budgets as set out in Table 5.1 in Section 5 fully funded
through an additional allocation of £2.0 million Highways
Maintenance grant awarded by West Midlands Combined Authority
subject to a signed grant agreement, in line with the
Council’s Financial Procedure Rules.
20. Approved the appropriate
virements per Table 5.2 from existing approved budgets within the
Highway Capital Programme to cover the contracts where
required.
21. Contracts will only be awarded
when there is sufficient budgetary approval to cover the costs in
accordance with the budget approval recommendations in this report
or through other budget approvals funded through existing
resources.
22. The Section 151 Officer will
enter into a Grant Funding Agreement with WMCA to receive the above
funding, in line with the Funding Offer Letter Agreement and Grant
Agreement yet to be received for the value of £2
million.  Where this funding is applied
to the contracts, the contracts will cascade obligations to
contractors, to ensure the continued compliance with the funding
terms and delivery outcomes. Contractors have been informed
contracts are subject to funding being obtained.