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Published 27 May 2025, 11:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Highways Repairs & Maintenance service based on Dayworks Rates

Official notice

Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)

Framework agreementWorksOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£8,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 31 Aug 2029 · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Lancashire County Council has an ongoing requirement for a Framework Agreement for Highways Repairs & Maintenance service based on Dayworks rates.

The Framework Agreement will be used by Highways, to deliver repairs for :

  • General Civils (includes Maintenance & Shallow Drains): Highway maintenance/cyclic maintenance/construction/ Shallow Channel drainage (Lot 1)
  • Deep Drainage:Point drainage, which intercepts water at gullies (points). Gullies connect to drainage pipes beneath the ground surface and deep excavation is required to facilitate this system. Support for deep trenches is required in the shape of planking, strutting or shoring (Lot 2)
  • Confined Spaces: Confined Spaces defined as Cellars, Chambers, Pits, Tanks, Flues, Boreholes, Manholes, Sewers, Drains, Pipes, Boilers, Shafts, Tunnels, Culverts (Lot 3)
  • Structures :Construction, maintenance and repairs of Bridges, structures & retaining walls (Lot 4)

Suppliers will be ranked in each geographical area in each Lot based on the Tenderer's overall score. Work will be offered to the highest ranked contractor available to complete the works programme.

CPV: Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 1 Sept 2025

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2029 (4 yrs)
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Highways Repairs & Maintenance service based on Dayworks Rates” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
27 May 2025, 11:25 BST
Last source update
27 May 2025, 11:25 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-027652
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads
Delivery area
North West (UKD4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0526c9 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

27 May 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    27 May 2025, 11:25 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    27 May 2025, 11:25 BST
    UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lancashire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBBJ-2179-TNXM PO Box 100, County Hall, Preston, North West, PR1 0LDContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender