{"id":859323,"date":"2025-07-01T10:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/01\/welsh-contractor-wins-40m-worcestershire-highways-contract\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T10:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:12:09","slug":"welsh-contractor-wins-40m-worcestershire-highways-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/01\/welsh-contractor-wins-40m-worcestershire-highways-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh contractor wins \u00a340m Worcestershire highways contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper_sleeve\">\n<p><img width=\"620\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/01\/Shutterstock_1664067082.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  alt=\"Shutterstock_1664067082.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"242\">Alun Griffiths Contractors has been directly appointed to deliver Worcestershire County Council\u2019s infrastructure engineering term contract, valued at \u00a340m including VAT.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"650\">The deal, set to run from 30 June 2025 to 15 December 2026, covers construction and maintenance of major new and existing highway infrastructure across the county.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"650\">The contract was let through a direct award under section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023, using grounds that a change in supplier would cause technical incompatibility and operational difficulties.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"840\">Alun Griffiths\u00a0previously held the contract and was retained as part of what the council described as an extension or partial replacement of the existing arrangement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"1159\">The award was made public through a transparency notice published on 30 June.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1161\" data-end=\"1301\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>The contract value is \u00a333.3m excluding VAT.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1161\" data-end=\"1301\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>Worcestershire County Council did not disclose whether the deal is paid on a lump-sum or schedule-of-rates basis.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1161\" data-end=\"1301\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>Abergavenny-based Alun Griffiths was sold by former owner Tarmac to its \u00a0eponymous former owner last month for an undisclosed sum.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1161\" data-end=\"1301\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>The contractor had been<a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/financial\/pre-tax-loss-spirals-at-troubled-welsh-contractor-12-03-2025\/\">\u00a0consulting staff on plans to restructure<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year after reporting its fifth consecutive pre-tax loss.<\/p>\n<p>It last turned a profit in 2018, the year it was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/sections\/news\/tarmac-reveals-36m-price-tag-for-alun-griffiths-11-10-2018\/\">acquired by Tarmac for \u00a336m<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.find-tender.service.gov.uk\/Notice\/036061-2025?origin=SearchResults&#038;p=1\">Gov.uk Find a Tender<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/contracts\/welsh-contractor-wins-40m-worcestershire-highways-contract-30-06-2025\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Ben Vogel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alun Griffiths Contractors has been directly appointed to deliver Worcestershire County Council\u2019s infrastructure engineering term contract, valued at \u00a340m including VAT. The deal, set to run from 30 June 2025 to 15 December 2026, covers construction and maintenance of major new and existing highway infrastructure across the county. 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