Maintaining the current state of the road network of Ukraine and its rehabilitation are considered as burning issues along with the reformation of the national road system. Inefficiency of traditional methods of short-term contracts is the main factor causing the issues that has been proved by many studies. This fact triggered rapid development of new types and models of contracts in the road sector throughout the world that are long-term contracts for operational maintenance of roads.
Along with implementation of these contracts, creating a competitive environment on the road works market is an important task of road administrations in Ukraine. It can be implemented provided that the contractors can predict their costs and income from making long- term contracts for operational maintenance of roads and process an objective reasonable cost of such works.
For this purpose, a single mechanism to calculate the number of staff workers and road machinery of road enterprises engaged in works performance on operational maintenance of the road section is developed. The mechanism takes into account the averaged scope and work packages on operational maintenance of roads to ensure the acceptable level of operation, smooth and safe traffic on the roads. Also, using modern technologies and road machinery is taken into account when calculating the required number of staff workers and road machinery of road enterprises.

road, operational maintenance, need in road machinery, scope of work, long-term contracts.