Official UK procurement notice
Highways Resilience and Maintenance Framework
Authority: Stoke on Trent City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStoke-on-Trent City Council intends to establish a Highways Multi-lot Resilience Framework to support maintenance, emergency response, and resilience works across the city's highway network. This framework will enable rapid, cost-effective, and high-quality delivery of highway services and interventions.
The Council anticipates structuring the framework under the following lots:
- Highway Resurfacing - Road resurfacing and reconstruction to maintain and enhance the network.
- Preventative Treatments and Recycling - Application of surface treatments and innovative recycling methods to extend asset life.
- Bridge and Structural Maintenance - Inspection, maintenance, and repair of bridges and other highway structures.
- Highway Surveys and Data Collection - Comprehensive asset condition surveys, including AI-driven predictive maintenance.
- Highways Materials Supply & Traffic Management Services - Supply of key materials such as aggregates, asphalt, and road marking products, along with temporary signage and Chapter 8 equipment.
- Highways Electrical Assets Maintenance & Enhancements - To deliver the maintenance and improvements of Highway Electrical assets including the Post streetlighting PFI operating model.
- Traffic Management - equipment & services
CPV: Construction materials · Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads · Construction-related services · Highway materials · Surface surveying services · Surveying services · Technical services · Traffic control services · Traffic monitoring services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 10 Jun 2026
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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).
- “Highways Resilience and Maintenance Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- 3 Oct 2025, 14:16 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Oct 2025, 14:16 BST
- Authority reference
HDG/2025/954- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062183- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a7ffFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
3 Oct 2025 → 10 Jun 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published388 days ago3 Oct 2025, 14:16 BST
- Market engagement370 days ago21 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Market engagement purposes and does not constitute a contract award or invitation to tender. Feedback will inform the Council's procurement approach, lotting strategy, and contractual arrangements.
Objectives of Engagement:
The Council seeks to:
- Understand market capacity and capability for each lot.
- Identify innovative solutions, particularly for resilience, predictive maintenance, and data-driven approaches.
- Gather input on procurement route, lotting, and potential contract terms.
- Promote sustainable, efficient, and value-for-money service delivery.
Market Engagement Process:
Interested suppliers are invited to provide (in word or PDF format):
- Company profile and relevant experience in the specific lot(s) - list in scope of this notice.
- Examples of similar framework arrangements or projects delivered.
- Ability to mobilise rapidly for emergency works (if applicable).
- Innovative approaches or solutions relevant to the lot(s).
- Optional preliminary commercial information.
Submissions should be sent to: highways@stoke.gov.uk
All responses must be received by: 21st October 2025
Confidentiality:
All responses will be treated in accordance with UK data protection legislation. Feedback may be summarised anonymously in procurement planning.
Next Steps:
Following market engagement, Stoke-on-Trent City Council anticipates publishing a formal Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the Highways Resilience Framework, structured around the above lots, subject of Internal governance and market engagement findings.
- Tender notice expected329 days ago1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts139 days ago10 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Oct 2025, 14:16 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender