Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 19 Jun 2025, 12:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Black Country Highways Works Framework- CWC25003MW

Official notice

Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)

Framework agreementWorksAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 16 Jan 2030 · starts 17 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The City of Wolverhampton Council, on behalf of the Black Country local authorities (Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, and Wolverhampton), is preparing to launch a procurement exercise for a new Highway Works Framework to replace the current Black Country Minor Works Framework, which is approaching expiry.

We are seeking to engage with the market at this early stage to help shape the scope, structure, and approach of the new framework. The framework will aim to provide a flexible, efficient, and value-driven mechanism for delivering highways-related projects across the Black Country.

The framework is anticipated to be multi-lot and multi-supplier, with a potential duration of up to 4 years.

We are looking to:

Gauge interest from the market

Understand capacity and capability

Test assumptions around lotting strategy, contract structure, and delivery models

Identify potential challenges or opportunities ahead of formal procurement.

If you would like to participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement please complete and submit the questionnaire available on the ProContract portal. wolverhamptontenders.com

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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 17 Jan 2026 – 16 Jan 2030 (4 yrs)
Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: 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
  • “Black Country Highways Works Framework- CWC25003MW” 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
19 Jun 2025, 12:31 BST
Last source update
19 Jun 2025, 12:31 BST
Authority reference
CWC25003MW
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-033666
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054fe4 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

19 Jun 2025 → 17 Jan 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    19 Jun 2025, 12:31 BST
  2. Market engagement
    20 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST

    The City of Wolverhampton Council, on behalf of the Black Country local authorities (Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, and Wolverhampton), is preparing to launch a procurement exercise for a new Highway Works Framework to replace the current Black Country Minor Works Framework, which is approaching expiry.

    We are seeking to engage with the market at this early stage to help shape the scope, structure, and approach of the new framework. The framework will aim to provide a flexible, efficient, and value-driven mechanism for delivering highways-related projects across the Black Country.

    The framework is anticipated to be multi-lot and multi-supplier, with a potential duration of up to 4 years.

    We are looking to:

    Gauge interest from the market

    Understand capacity and capability

    Test assumptions around lotting strategy, contract structure, and delivery models

    Identify potential challenges or opportunities ahead of formal procurement.

    Once the framework goes live, it will be available for use by other public sector bodies within the West Midlands.

    If you would like to participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement, please complete and submit the questionnaire available on the Procontract portal - www.wolverhamptontenders.com ↗ where you will also be able to register your interest to attend a supplier engagement day. The supplier engagement day will be held on Tuesday 29 April at the Civic Centre, Wolverhampton. Further information is available via the Procontract portal.

  3. Contract starts284 days ago
    17 Jan 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    19 Jun 2025, 12:31 BST
    UK2

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

Wolverhampton City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PVBV-7568-LBLL Civic Centre, St Peters Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 1RLContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

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