To provide all routine and cyclic maintenance, incident response, defect rectification when instructed by Highways England and severe weather delivery on the all-purpose trunk roads and motorways in Highways England Area 7 in accordance with the Highways England standards and objectives. Additional duties will also include: the provision of traffic management for the purpose of the Contractor’s maintenance and response activities, which is to also include traffic management during incidents and where instructed by the Highways England; the facilities maintenance of all depots within the Area 7 region. Under the CDM Regulations 2015, the Maintenance and Response Contractor will be Principal Contractor for all work they undertake unless instructed otherwise by the Highways England Service Manager.