The Institution believes that efficient procurement in highways and transportation is a key issue for its members and to that end it established a Technical Board devoted to this subject.

IHT's Procurement Board has four objectives:

* To examine the variety of financial and procurement mechanisms for delivering and managing all forms of transport systems and infrastructure. 

* To develop greater awareness by IHT members of the value of both traditional and innovative processes of funding and procurement.  

* To establish links and contacts with major providers and users of new means of funding such as PFI, PPP and Partnering to disseminate knowledge and specific information within IHT membership and in the wider community.

 * To encourage the development and implementation of best practice and to help practitioners provide high quality services.

Using electronic communications will help us achieve these and will provide a one stop site for procurement matters and in particular a "case history" service to IHT members who need to raise their knowledge and understanding of modern procurement in highways and transportation.   This site contains relevant policy papers, Government reports and short reports sharing experiences of how different types of procurement methods have been used in practice.

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Procurement Board

Info on board

A Guide to Procuring Local Authority Transport Schemes and Services

Case Studies

Amey Roads (North Lanarkshire) Limited

Roads Service DBFO

N8 Rathcormac/Fermoy Bypass

N1/M1 Dundalk Western By-Pass

A92 Upgrading – Dundee to Arbroath

Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Railway and Linked Improvements

Procurement Download Articles

Practical Partnering for Best Value, PDF 412kb >>

Procurement in Highways Maintenance, PDF 344kb >>

Rethinking construction – rethinking procurement, PDF 356kb >>

Highways Agency’s procurement strategy, PDF 124kb >>

Glossary of Procurement Terms, PDF 84kb >>

Useful Literature

Speech by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury >>

Transforming government procurement >>

PFI: meeting the investment challenge >>

OGC Modeland Public Sector Construction Demand Database (PSCDD) >>

OGC Report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer >>

Construction Demand/ Capacity Study Full Report >>

Health and Safety in Procurement - What are we doing? By Paul Mitchell - Head of Health and Safety, Highways Agency >>

How the MAC is driving improvements and Efficiency - By Tony Wittering, Highways Agency >>

Procuring contracts in a political environment – Transportation Professional article by Sheila Holden >>