Find a TenderAwardedContract award notice
Published 21 May 2025, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply, installation and maintenance of Vehicle Activated Signs and School Flashing Signs across West Berkshire.

Official notice

Authority: West Berkshire District Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£500,000≈ £50k / year · £600,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 17 Oct 2025awarded 26 Nov 2025
Award (standstill) to ROADSIDE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Contract term 10 yrsends 7 Dec 2035 · starts 8 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

West Berkshire Council is tendering for a 10 year contract for the supply, installation and maintenance of traffic management equipment across the District.

The objective is to ensure the continued reliability, effectiveness, and cost-efficiency of these safety-critical installations.

All equipment must comply with TOPAS approval (topasgroup.org.uk ↗) or meet ISO 9001 standards as a minimum. In addition, all signs must conform to the relevant European standards, including EN12966 for variable message signs and EN12899 for fixed traffic signs.

CPV: Road equipment · Road traffic-control equipment · Traffic-signal maintenance services · Variable message signs

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 10 yrsSMEPublished value£500,000
Contract period: 8 Dec 2025 – 7 Dec 2035 (10 yrs)Value: £500,000 exc. VAT · £600,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: 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
How bids were scored
  • Simple description: The award criteria for this tender is set at 50% quality, 40% price and 10% social value.

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
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 May 2025, 12:05 BST
Last source update
17 Dec 2025, 14:35 GMT
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 19 Nov 2025
Authority reference
P00001590
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-058171
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Road equipmentRoad traffic-control equipmentTraffic-signal maintenance servicesVariable message signs
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051a5c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
1 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 May 2025 → 30 Dec 2025 · 11 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 May 2025, 12:05 BST
  2. Market engagement
    6 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST

    We are inviting suppliers to complete the survey on the link below. Please return your response by 17:00 on Friday 6th June 2025.

    eu.surveymonkey.com/r/market-engagement-… ↗

  3. Next notice expected
    24 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Tender notice published
    19 Sept 2025, 14:41 BST
  5. Clarification questions by393 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  6. Submission deadline377 days ago
    17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  7. Award decision expected by343 days ago
    19 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  8. Assessment summaries sent337 days ago
    26 Nov 2025
  9. Contract starts325 days ago
    8 Dec 2025
  10. Latest notice published316 days ago
    17 Dec 2025, 14:35 GMT
  11. Standstill ends302 days ago
    30 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 May 2025, 12:05 BST
    UK2
  2. Tender notice published
    19 Sept 2025, 14:41 BST
    UK4
  3. Published value published: £500,000
    19 Sept 2025, 14:41 BST
  4. Status changed to active
    19 Sept 2025, 14:41 BST
  5. Procurement method changed
    19 Sept 2025, 14:41 BST
  6. Deadline published: 17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
    19 Sept 2025, 14:41 BST
  7. Contract award notice published
    17 Dec 2025, 14:35 GMT
    UK6
  8. Status changed to complete
    17 Dec 2025, 14:35 GMT
  9. Contract signature expected
    31 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £780,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ROADSIDE TECHNOLOGIES LTD2 Jan 2026 – 1 Jan 2036£780,000 inc. VAT26 Nov 2025standstill to 30 Dec 2025Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders · 5 at stage one30—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

West Berkshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PTXJ-8922-CMNQ Market Street, Newbury, South East, RG14 5LDContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Roadside Technologies LTDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 9500094 Griffin Close, Staveley,, Chesterfield, East Midlands, S43 3LJContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure