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title: "Future Highways Provision - Market Engagement"
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# Future Highways Provision - Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/future-highways-provision-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-04017b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "Future Highways Provision - Market Engagement". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £1. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £1 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction work, Road-construction materials
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04017b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/future-highways-provision-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-04017b#tl-md)

## Description
Essex County Council’s (the Council) current Highways Strategic Transformation Contract (Highways Contract) ends on the 31st March 2027 with no further option to extend. Therefore, the Council would like to engage further with the Highways Industry. We continue to progress development of the pre-procurement activity for the Future Highways contract in Essex and are currently working towards a revised provisional date of October 2025 to publish the tender.
To inform the development of our procurement approach and tender pack, we are keen to gather further input from prospective bidders with regards to technology considerations.
Please submit your feedback by copying and pasting the following link into your browser:
https://forms.office.com/e/ZrT298DzMX
Please provide your feedback by close of business on Friday the 14th of February 2025. Any input you are able to contribute to our thinking will be gratefully received.
Important information
Respondents are advised that the purpose of this notice is to provide an update on the indicative tender publication date and to gather further input from prospective bidders with regards to technology considerations. The scope of service, date of publication or potential contract value should not be taken as a final "version" of requirement.
This notice is not a call for competition to procure any works or services and is not published to reduce time limited for the receipt of tenders.
Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or (lack) to this notice.
Please direct all queries through FHP.team@essex.gov.uk.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 44113000, 45000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** What is happening in Highways?
Essex County Council’s (the Council) current Highways Strategic Transformation Contract (Highways Contract) ends on the 31st March 2027 with no further option to extend. The Council has recently published a paper descri...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003014-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-29T16:33:30.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T06:18:39.097Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04017b