Official UK procurement notice
C3663 - PROW Furniture and associated PROW and countryside access works.
Authority: Cheshire East Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCheshire East Council is looking to create a framework for the installation of public rights of way (PROW) furniture and associated PROW and countryside access works. The framework will run for 3 years (from August 2026) with the option to extend for one further 12-month period. The PROW network within the borough of Cheshire East Council is currently managed by four area PROW Network Management & Enforcement Officers.
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
Published description of the framework
For the framework, the successful contractors will be ranked, with the contractor scoring the highest (quality + financial scores) being first. The top ranked contractor will be offered packages of work, where the provider does not have the capability and capacity, or is suspended or removed from the framework this work will be offered to the second ranked contractor and so on. The Supplier acknowledges that, in entering into this Framework Agreement, no form of exclusivity or volume guarantee has been granted by the Authority for the Services and that the Authority is at all times entitled to enter into other contract and arrangements with other suppliers for the provision of any or all services which are the same as or similar to the Services.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “C3663 - PROW Furniture and associated PROW and countryside access works.” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - unknown
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Sept 2026, 10:13 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2026, 10:13 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-090429- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07793bFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published24 Sept 2026, 10:13 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 5 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £508,632, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Small Scale Works
- Signed
- 15 Aug 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 x 12 Month optional extension
4m to 6m Bridges
- Signed
- 15 Aug 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 x12 Month Optional Extension
8m Bridges
- Signed
- 15 Aug 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 x 12 Month Optional Extension
Non-Standard Work
- Signed
- 15 Aug 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 x 12 Month Optional Extension
Vegetation Clearance
- Signed
- 15 Aug 2026
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 1 x 12 Month Optional Extensions
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
9 commercial parties on the notice- ALBEN LANDSCAPES LIMITEDFramework contractor
- D j Leutscher -contractor.Framework contractor
- HJH COMMERCIAL CONSULTANTS LTDFramework contractor
- MARTIN CONTRACTING SERVICES LTDFramework contractor
- MARTINS COUNTRYSIDE CONTRACTING LIMITEDFramework contractor
- MCEWAN CONTRACTORS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- REDFOX COUNTRYSIDE SERVICES LTDFramework contractor
- SEVRO GROUNDCARE LTDFramework contractor
- W.A.P. LAWTON & SON LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender