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Catalogue description Transport Ministries: Contracts (CON Series) Files
| Reference: | MT 123 |
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| Title: | Transport Ministries: Contracts (CON Series) Files |
| Description: |
This series contains policy files of the Ministry of Transport and Department of Transport relating to standard forms of contracts, and tendering and contracts procedure for road and bridge work on motorways, trunk roads and classified roads. It also contains files concerning specific contracts, including the appointment of consulting engineers to supervise major schemes for the construction of trunk roads and motorways. |
| Date: | 1937-1992 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | CON Series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of the Environment, Contracts (Highways) Division, 1971-1976 Department of the Environment, Highways Contracts Division, 1970-1971 Department of Transport, Contracts (Highways) Division, 1976-1985 Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Highways Development and General Division, 1953-1955 Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Highways Development Division, 1955-1959 Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Highways General Division, 1955-1956 Ministry of Transport, Highways Contracts Division, 1962-1970 Ministry of Transport, Highways Development and General Division, 1951-1953 Ministry of Transport, Highways Management and Services Division, 1959-1970 |
| Physical description: | 396 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1988 Department of Transport |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Contracts Division (renamed the Contracts (Highways) Division in 1971) was established in 1962 and took over the work which had previously been done by the Highways Management and Services Division. The Contracts Division was responsible for the provision of standard forms of contract for road and bridge work on motorways, trunk and classified roads. It was also responsible for the letting of individual contracts, either directly or through agent authorities, for trunk road and motorway works and for the examination and consideration of claims by contractors. In addition it was responsible for contracts for stores and services required by other divisions of the Ministry. It negotiated agreements with local authorities to act as the Minister's agents for the maintenance, improvement and repair of, or other dealings with, trunk roads under Section 10 of the Highways Act 1959, and with consulting engineers and architects for the preparation and supervision of major schemes for the construction of motorways and trunk roads. |
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