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Published 17 Apr 2026, 06:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Framework Agreement for the Supply, Installation, Repairs and Maintenance of Tarmacadam and other Surfaces

Authority: Staffordshire County Council (Local council)

Framework agreementWorksOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£7,000,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update
Admission open until 4 Nov 202612:00 GMT · period end, not a bid countdown
Clarification cut-off 28 Oct 202612:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Framework period 2 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The framework is to provide Staffordshire County Council and it's partners with an agreed schedule of work rates for the Supply, Installation, Repairs and Maintenance of Tarmacadam and other Surfaces on Council buildings and grounds mainly within

Staffordshire.

The scope of the agreement also includes playground/surface

markings and fixed equipment (e.g. benches, canopies, lighting, charging points etc). Although projects will normally range between £20,000 and £60,000 in value, there will be projects both under £20,000 and over £60,000 with no planned upper or lower limit of any job value.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Oct 2030, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Macadam, tarmac and tar sands · Resurfacing works

How this framework works

From the published notice
Type
Open framework
Call-offs
call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
Places
up to 3 suppliers
Framework period
2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
0.50% of call-off value · Refer to framework documentation
Who may buy through it

Keele University

Stafford Borough Council

Cannock Chase District Council

South Staffordshire District Council

Published description of the framework

Refer to framework documentation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 2 yrsSMEPublished value£7,000,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 – 31 Mar 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensionsValue: £7,000,000 exc. VAT · £8,400,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: West MidlandsEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: At the Authority's entire discretion, the term may be extended by 1 x 24-month period on the same terms for such period in accordance with the contract, to a final end date of 31st March 2031.

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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 are scored
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality
  • Price
What this means for your bid
  • 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.
  • “Framework Agreement for the Supply, Installation, Repairs and…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Staffordshire County Council buys Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523), and who usually turns up

Staffordshire County Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 17 of 18 known-size awards · market: CPV 4523 · West Midlands, n=14
94%50%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in West Midlands.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 2 of 3 known-location awards · market: CPV 4523 · West Midlands, n=24
2 of 313%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in West Midlands.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 4 decided notices · market: CPV 4523 · West Midlands, n=7
54 days71 days

Half of these awards were announced within 54 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 6 procurements with awards; rival share unknown · market: CPV 4523 · UK-wide, n=49
—10%

Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer11 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 45
0% had one bid
The market9 lots with bid counts · CPV 4523 · West Midlands
0% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 0%
Buyer: 0 of 11 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 9 lots with published bid counts.
2–30% / 11%
Buyer: 0 of 11 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 9 lots with published bid counts.
4–618% / 33%
Buyer: 2 of 11 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 9 lots with published bid counts.
7+82% / 56%
Buyer: 9 of 11 lots with published bid counts. Market: 5 of 9 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.

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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Our matching links this notice to “Framework Agreement for the provision of Responsive Property Maintenance and Minor Works” and “Framework Agreement for the provision of Supply and Installation of New and Repair of existing Fences and Associated Services” of this authority, but none of the 15 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.

Lot #1CPV 452324 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£7.0m
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

7expected bids1% chance of a single bid
forecast from 15 past contests
Forecast chances for this lot
1 bid1%
Chance this lot gets 1 bid: 1%. This is a forecast.
2–35%
Chance this lot gets 2–3: 5%. This is a forecast.
4–620%
Chance this lot gets 4–6: 20%. This is a forecast.
7+75%
Chance this lot gets 7+: 75%. This is a forecast.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Roy Beech (Contractors) LtdEarlier contractIA2934 Framework Agreement for Tarmacadam Paving Repairs and Responsive Maintenancenotice published Feb 2023——Matched as the earlier contract
Serfis Construction & Engineering LimitedEarlier contractIA2934 Framework Agreement for Tarmacadam Paving Repairs and Responsive Maintenancenotice published Feb 2023——Matched as the earlier contract
Goliath Home World LtdWorked for this buyerIA2882 The Provision and Installation of Windows and Doorsnotice published May 2023——Similar wording and category
Carson Powell Construction LtdWorked for this buyerIA2882 The Provision and Installation of Windows and Doorsnotice published May 2023——Similar wording and category
Strata Double Glazing & Joinery Centre LtdWorked for this buyerIA2882 The Provision and Installation of Windows and Doorsnotice published May 2023——Similar wording and category

Who could compete for this lot?
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Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

SupplierWon in this categoryLive contractsAward vs estimate
Buyer regular1 panel places
£520k1 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago1 live · £520k
i

Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

no comparable pairs
Buyer regular4 panel places
£343k2 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago1 live
i

Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

14% above n=1
Buyer regular1 win in West Midlands3 panel places
£1.4m4 awards in 36m · last 8 months agoNone on fileno comparable pairs
10 panel places
£80m16 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago1 live · £74m
i

Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

14% below n=2
1 panel places
£1.9m2 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago1 live
i

Public contracts this supplier still holds.

Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book.

Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity.

no comparable pairs
About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

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
Open admission
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Keele University Stafford Borough Council Cannock Chase District Council South Staffordshire District Council
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 1 Oct 2030
First published
17 Apr 2026, 06:54 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 25 Jan 2027
Authority reference
IA3926
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094161
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Macadam, tarmac and tar sandsResurfacing works
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0684a7 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Risks

There is a no 'known unknown' risk associated with Local Government Reorganisation.

Local Government Re-organisation

1.1 In December 2024 the Government issued a White Paper on Local Government Re-Organisation entitled the "English Devolution White Paper".

1.2 In March 2025 Staffordshire County Council submitted their suggested re-organisation plan to the Government and are awaiting a response.

1.3 Final proposals were submitted in November 2025, and implementation of the changes is expected by Government to be by 2028 at the earliest.

1.4 Whilst the expected impact of most changes to Local Government will be settled at Government Level (Change in Law), please be aware that it may be government policy or expedient that any affected party will be recommended to agree bi-lateral or multi-lateral changes to their existing contractual arrangements.

1.5 Updates on proposals and changes can be found on the Staffordshire County Council Website and at other media outlets

2 The parties agree that in the event of a Local Government Re-organisation: -

2.1. that re-organisation of local authorities may result in the transfer assignment or novation of this Agreement in was a whole or in part to a successor authority or successor authorities. Such transfer assignment or novation shall not constitute a breach or require consent and the [contracting party] consents to the transfer assignment or novation of this Agreement in whole or in parts to any successor authority(ies) established under the local government re-organisation legislation and that as a consequence the obligations and rights under this Agreement shall continue to apply and be enforceable by or against any successor authority(ies) following a local government re-organisation; and

2.2 the parties acknowledge that if applicable the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 may apply and agree to comply with all consequential and reasonable obligations arising thereunder

2.3 the parties acknowledge that any new organisation(s) may utilise or create and manage all and any existing or required framework agreements relating to the provision of the [goods and] services provided under this current agreement

2.4 any administrative changes of local government re-organisation may give rise to the need for the Council to terminate this Agreement and or seek any variation with any successor or assignee of the Council.

2.5 the Council shall not be liable for any loss of any kind including, but not limited to, lost opportunity that may arise as a result of local government re-organisation.

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Apply via ProContract (Due North)
Submission portal named on this notice: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Requests to participate (first stage)
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Appointment period ends
4 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
call-off levy · 0.50% of call-off value · Refer to framework documentation
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Do not contact the buyer direct. All expressions of interest and tender documents are available on the County Councils eTendering Portal proactis supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login ↗

Timeline

17 Apr 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 7 dates
  1. Planning notice published188 days ago
    17 Apr 2026, 06:54 BST
  2. Next notice expected16 days ago
    5 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Tender notice published16 days ago
    6 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST
  4. Today
    22 Oct 2026
  5. Clarification questions byin 6 days
    28 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  6. Admission / appointment period endsin 13 days · period end, not a bid countdown
    4 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
  7. Award decision expected byin 96 days
    25 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  8. Contract startsin 161 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Apr 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    17 Apr 2026, 06:54 BST
    UK1
  2. Tender notice published
    6 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST
    UK4
  3. Published value updated to £7,000,000
    6 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST
    was £6,500,000
  4. Status changed to active
    6 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST
  5. Deadline published: 4 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
    6 Oct 2026, 11:15 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Staffordshire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZDG-2995-QQMD 1 Staffordshire Place, Tipping Street,, Stafford, West Midlands, ST16 2DHContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender