Official UK procurement notice
Anti-Skid Road Surfacing and Reflective Studs
Authority: South Lanarkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouth Lanarkshire Council has an ongoing and recurring requirement for the supply and application of highway surfacing and road marking services, including but not limited to anti‑skid surfacing, thermoplastic line markings, road studs and cats eyes, across the Council’s road network.
The Council is publishing this Prior Information Notice to engage with the market and provide early visibility of potential future procurement activity. The PIN is intended to inform suppliers of the nature and scope of the forthcoming requirement.
The Council anticipates that services will be delivered in accordance with relevant industry standards, health and safety legislation, and traffic management requirements, with a focus on quality, durability and minimising disruption to road users.
- Recurrence: Upon expiration of the contract.
CPV: Carriageway resurfacing works · Resurfacing works · Road-surfacing machinery · Road-surfacing materials
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This contract will be awarded via the Open Tender procedure based on the most…Renewal
This contract will be awarded via the Open Tender procedure based on the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) criteria under regulation 28 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 which enables the Council to take account of criteria that reflect qualitative technical aspects of the tender submission as well as price when reaching an awarding decision.
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 sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 30%
- price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 30
- Price: 70
- Suitability
There are a number of questions/statements that have been included in the Contract Notice and within the Qualification Envelope which detail the minimum requirements that Bidders must be able to evidence for participation in this tender and ultimately will be required to evidence prior to any award being made. There are in addition further statements made that simply provide relevant information relating to the tender itself.
These questions and statements form an integral part of the Single Procurement Document (the SPD) which the Council has decided to implement for all tenders in excess of 50K in value.
SPD Question 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities
Bidders are required to complete a full SPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon.
SPD Question 2.D.1 Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely
Bidders are required to complete a shortened version of the SPD for each Subcontractor on whose capacity the bidder does not rely on.
Exclusion Criteria
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
SPD Questions 3A – 3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds and SPD Questions 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds. All the exclusion grounds will be assessed on a PASS/FAIL basis. For the mandatory exclusion grounds a bid will be excluded where the bidder fails to provide either…
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: SPD Question 4B.4 Economic and Financial Standing The Council will use the following ratios to evaluate a bidders financial status: Profitability – this is taken as profit after tax but before dividends and minority interests. If a company makes a profit then it is a pass for thi…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · Upon expiration of the contract.
- First published
- 5 May 2026, 16:10 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Aug 2026, 16:29 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Sept 2026 – …
- Authority reference
SLC/CE/26/008- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079633- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0691c9Find a Tender
Publisher note: Declarations and Certificates In an open tendering procedure prior to any award being made the successful bidder will provide the undernoted certificates, declarations and/or completed questionnaires to evidence their compliance with the relevant questions within the Qualification Envelope. All certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found within the Attachment area of PCS-T. SPD Question 2D.1 Prompt Payment Certificate SPD Question 3C.1 Blacklisting In Construction Industry Declaration SPD Question 3D.3 Human Rights Act Declaration Declaration Section *Form of Tender SPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate SPD Question 4C.6 Goods Vehicle Operator’s Licence Declaration SPD Question 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates SPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime Declaration SPD Question 4C.6 Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Declaration SPD Question 3A.6 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Declaration Declaration Section Health and Safety Questionnaire *The ‘Form of Offer to Tender’ must be completed and uploaded within the relevant question in the Commercial Envelope. In the case of an open tender, the other Declarations listed above will not be required to be uploaded and submitted with the bid but will instead be requested by the Council following the conclusion of the evaluation of the Qualification, Technical and Commercial Envelopes and prior to the award of the tender. Failure to provide this information or in the event that the information provided does not support or evidence the statements made within the SPD will invalidate the bid. In this scenario the Council will seek to obtain the relevant information and evidence from the second highest scoring bidder and so on until a fully compliant bidder is identified. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32422. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community Benefits Under this contract bidders will be required to actively participate in the achievement of Community Benefits. A summary of the expected Community Benefits has been provided within the attachment area/technical envelope and bidders will be asked to provide details of the Community Benefits they can offer as part of their bid. The Council has calculated that the minimum total of 150 community benefit points which must be delivered under this contract. (SC Ref:839814)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 17 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
28 Jul 2026 → 16 Mar 2027 · 5 dates- Next notice expected90 days ago28 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Notice published66 days ago20 Aug 2026, 16:29 BST
- Submission deadline39 days ago17 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened39 days ago17 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Bids must remain valid untilin 142 days16 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Aug 2026- Status changed to active20 Aug 2026, 16:29 BST
- Procurement method changed20 Aug 2026, 16:29 BST
- Deadline published: 17 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST20 Aug 2026, 16:29 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Hamilton Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.