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Transport Ministries: Contracts (CON Series) Files
Catalogue reference: MT 123
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MT 123
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...
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MT 123
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Title (The name of the record)
- Transport Ministries: Contracts (CON Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1937-1992
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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CON Series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- 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
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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396 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1988 Department of Transport
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11172/
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