Official UK procurement notice
CBC Traffic Management Services
Authority: Crawley Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCrawley Borough Council (the Council) invites tenders for the provision of Traffic Management Services as set out in the tender documents for this procurement exercise.
The Council are responsible for clearing all publicly owned ground of litter, including along highways where traffic management services may be required in order to ensure operatives can safely carry out their duties. Traffic management services are also required along certain roads where the Councils undertake grass cutting and other maintenance services. In addition, the Council carries out periodic grass cutting and street sweeping along certain high speed roads on behalf of West Sussex County Council. The Council has mainly required traffic management on the A23, A264, A2011 and A2220 high speed dual carriageways in the past; however, this is not exclusive of any other roads that may require traffic management measures during the contract term.
The Commencement Date for the delivery of the services is scheduled to be on 01 October 2026 at 00:00 hours. The Contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years until 30 September 2029, with an option to extend for a further 2-year period subject to performance and the absolute discretion of the Council until 30 September 2031.
CPV: Support services for road transport
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£410,000
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: The full details of this Award Criterion are in the tender documents for this procurement exercise.
- Price: The full details of this Award Criterion are in the tender documents for this procurement exercise.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Jun 2026, 13:44 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jun 2026, 13:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
CRBC - 039129- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060764- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bf1bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
How to obtain the Tender Documents
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Timeline
29 Jun 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published119 days ago29 Jun 2026, 13:44 BST
- Clarification questions by77 days ago10 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline63 days ago24 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by48 days ago8 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts26 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published29 Jun 2026, 13:44 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender