HA tells bidders to hold prices

The Highways Agency (HA) has asked firms still in the hunt for the £300m road maintenance framework deal in the South East to hold their prices open for another 60 days now that the tender validity period has run out.
Ten firms out of an original roll-call of 15 still have hopes of getting among the spoils.
The contenders are: Birse; Colas; Fitzpatrick; Interserve; Edmund Nuttall; Mowlem; Aggregate Industries; Balfour Beatty; Jackson/RMC; and one other contractor.
The HA will choose a maximum of six and a minimum of three firms to carry out the work.