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Amey and Mouchel to split roads partnership
16:14 25 Jun 2005
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Amey/Mouchel, the most successful pairing on the strategic road
network with nearly a billion pounds-worth of work on its books, is
to break up.
The split, believed to be a mutual decision, follows a recent review of the partnership, which has been in place since 1997 and has secured £910m [including extension periods] of maintenance contracts (see box) with the Highways Agency (HA).
Around 1,000 Amey/Mouchel staff will continue to work on existing contracts, and possible extensions, until the last contract, the Area 13 MAC for Cumbria and Lancashire, concludes
in 2010.
Amey will now go it alone and compete against Mouchel Parkman on future MAC or EMAC contracts with the HA when they become available.
This would be a first for an HA MAC contract, although Amey has already provided a one-stop-shop solution by securing a £220m MAC-type contract for Bedfordshire County Council.
Mouchel Parkman will, however, team up with Accord in the future, as the contractor tries to gain a stronghold with the HA to add to its only MAC contract for Area 11 as part of the Optima consortium with Jarvis and Atkins. Both Amey and Mouchel intend to bid for the Area 1 MAC for Devon and Cornwall.
Steve Rowsell, the HA's procurement director, told CJ: "Amey is moving towards being a total service provider and we are confident that it can provide a very strong case to go it alone for future MAC contracts. We are also aware that Atkins is looking to take the same approach. Of course, these new moves will need to be assessed."
Rowsell denied that the decision to break up the successful pairing was anything to do with the JV having too much market share, or that both companies were manoeuvering themselves to pair up with teams with higher CAT scores.
In a joint statement, Amey and Mouchel Parkman confirmed: "We have reviewed our strategic partnership and, due to developments in the highway maintenance market, believe we can provide greater benefits to clients by bidding for future work separately.
"Accordingly, future tenders will not be bid as Amey/Mouchel."
The split, believed to be a mutual decision, follows a recent review of the partnership, which has been in place since 1997 and has secured £910m [including extension periods] of maintenance contracts (see box) with the Highways Agency (HA).
Around 1,000 Amey/Mouchel staff will continue to work on existing contracts, and possible extensions, until the last contract, the Area 13 MAC for Cumbria and Lancashire, concludes
in 2010.
Amey will now go it alone and compete against Mouchel Parkman on future MAC or EMAC contracts with the HA when they become available.
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This would be a first for an HA MAC contract, although Amey has already provided a one-stop-shop solution by securing a £220m MAC-type contract for Bedfordshire County Council.
Mouchel Parkman will, however, team up with Accord in the future, as the contractor tries to gain a stronghold with the HA to add to its only MAC contract for Area 11 as part of the Optima consortium with Jarvis and Atkins. Both Amey and Mouchel intend to bid for the Area 1 MAC for Devon and Cornwall.
Steve Rowsell, the HA's procurement director, told CJ: "Amey is moving towards being a total service provider and we are confident that it can provide a very strong case to go it alone for future MAC contracts. We are also aware that Atkins is looking to take the same approach. Of course, these new moves will need to be assessed."
Rowsell denied that the decision to break up the successful pairing was anything to do with the JV having too much market share, or that both companies were manoeuvering themselves to pair up with teams with higher CAT scores.
In a joint statement, Amey and Mouchel Parkman confirmed: "We have reviewed our strategic partnership and, due to developments in the highway maintenance market, believe we can provide greater benefits to clients by bidding for future work separately.
"Accordingly, future tenders will not be bid as Amey/Mouchel."
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