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Published 17 Sept 2026, 09:38 BST
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Highway Surface Treatments Term Contract - Sprays/Surface Dressing/Slurry/Micro Asphalt

Official notice
Authority:Halton Borough Council(Local Council)
works
Open procedure
Above threshold
WTO GPA (GPA)
SME suitable
Published estimate
£4,400,000
≈ £1,465,328 / year · 1 value update in timeline
Submission deadline
22 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
35d 4h leftTypical competition: 1 bidThis authority · all categories · 24 months · n=31 bid reports
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
3 yrs (with extension options)
Starts 1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Halton Borough Council: "Highway Surface Treatments Term Contract - Sprays/Surface Dressing/Slurry/Micro Asphalt". Published status: active. Published value: £4,400,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

Official Requirement Description:

The successful Contractor is required to : 1. Liaise with the Project Manager to maintain and improve the Council's highway assets by the application of the most appropriate surface treatments. 2. Assess the asset condition, decide the most appropriate treatment to extend the assets life, develop and agree annual works programmes and preparatory works with the Project Manager. 3. Use your expertise in designing / selecting the material / treatment process for each location / asset to be maintained. 4. Work with the Client in partnership to preserve and extend the whole life highway assets in the Borough of Halton.

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot #1
    Lot 1
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£4,400,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    Turnover benchmark:
    ~£2,930,657/yr
    Options / extension:
    1 x 12 month extension - 1-4-2030 to 31-3-2031 to be given at the discretion of the Council
    Pre-Qualification & Selection Criteria (PQQ)
    • Economic & Financial
      Please refer to the procurement documents at www.The-Chest.org.uk for details
    • Technical Capacity
      Please refer to the procurement documents at www.The-Chest.org.uk for details
    • Economic & Financial
      Please refer to the procurement documents at www.The-Chest.org.uk for details
    • Technical Capacity
      Please refer to the procurement documents at www.The-Chest.org.uk for details

Published award criteria & contract terms

From this notice
Only criteria and terms published on this notice. Conditions of participation in the tender pack are not inferred.
Evaluation weighting
Quality: 140
Price: 60
Published as relative weights, not percentage points.
Published sub-criteria
  • Quality — 70
  • Quality — 70
  • Price — 30
  • Price — 30
Published terms
Contract duration3 yrs (with extension options)
Selection criteria are also published on 1 lot — see the lot list above.

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

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

Halton Borough Council’s own published record, next to the North West England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

1

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Halton Borough Council

contract notices in 36 months: 2 in CPV 4523 · 7 in division 45 · 56 in all categories (23 direct)

Bids per lot4division 45 · 36m · n=3 lots
Single-bid lots0%division 45 · 36m · n=3 lots
Award vs estimateat estimatedivision 45 · 36m · n=4 pairs
Deadline → award49dall categories · 36m · n=4 notices
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=179 notices
Awarded without competition0%division 45 · 36m · n=7 notices
Bids per lot moderate · n=3
  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 33%
  • 4–6 67%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 4 · 3 lots on 3 contested notices · division 45.

Winning award vs estimate moderate · n=4
  • Below estimate 0%
  • Within ±2% 75%
  • Above estimate 25%

4 lot pairs · division 45.

The market · delivery region

North West England · Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523)

contract notices delivered in North West England in 36 months: 134 in CPV 4523 (130 contested) · 1,225 in division 45 (1,107 contested)

Bids per lot4CPV 4523 · 36m · n=31 lots
Single-bid lots6%CPV 4523 · 36m · n=31 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateCPV 4523 · 36m · n=27 pairs
Deadline → award39dCPV 4523 · 36m · n=21 notices
SME bidders77%division 45 · 36m · n=52 lots
Winners based in the region77%CPV 4523 · 36m · n=48 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=31
  • 1 bid 6%
  • 2–3 32%
  • 4–6 32%
  • 7+ 29%

Median 4 · 31 lots on 28 contested notices · CPV 4523.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=27
  • Below estimate 30%
  • Within ±2% 48%
  • Above estimate 22%

27 lot pairs · CPV 4523.

moderate · n=4 Awards in Halton Borough Council (division 45, n=4 pairs) land a median at estimate. Too few pairs to turn into a pound figure with any confidence — read the percentage as a rough direction, not this notice’s estimate converted.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

Procedure methodOpen procedureLegal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54
Procurement Act 2023
Procurement categoryworks
Notice statusOpen for tenderProcurement threshold
Above threshold
(FTS publication)
Regulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO covered{"GPA"}
Recurring procurementYes · Anticipated re-tenderFirst published17 Sept 2026, 09:38 BSTLast source update17 Sept 2026, 09:38 BST
Award evaluation windowSubmission end — 15 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMTEstimated future notice15 May 2026, 23:59 BSTContract terms summaryPayment: Please refer to the procurement documents at www.The-Chest.org.uk for details
Classification (CPV)Surface work for highways, Surface work for roads
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0523f7

How to participate & submission route

Official notice
Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
Official Buyer Portal
Online submission allowed
Language: EN
Expression of interest (EOI)—Tender submission deadline
22 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
Clarification deadlineNone published in notice
Submission channelOfficial e-sourcing portalElectronic submissionAllowedAccepted languagesen
Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
From official release
Important Supplier Registration Requirement In line with the Procurement Act 2023, the Council cannot consider any bid from a supplier who has not registered on the Central Digital Platform (CDP) (also known as the enhanced Find a Tender Service), which went live on 24 February 2025. Registration is mandatory for participation in this tender process. Suppliers must ensure they are registered and have submitted their core supplier information via the CDP prior to submitting a bid. To register and access guidance, please visit: The Central Digital Platform - Factsheet (HTML) - GOV.UK How to Access the Tender Documentation To access the Invitation to Tender documentation and requirements, and to register your interest in this opportunity please visit the Council's e-tendering portal: www.the-chest.org.uk
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    23 May 2025, 15:40 BST
  2. Procedure published
    17 Sept 2026, 09:38 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    22 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Awards (0)No award published
Contracts (0)No contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
6 lines · 6 source events
  1. Published value updated to £4,400,000
    17 Sept 2026, 09:38 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    17 Sept 2026, 09:38 BST
  3. procurement method changed
    17 Sept 2026, 09:38 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 22 Oct 2026, 15:00 BST
    17 Sept 2026, 09:38 BST
  5. Official notice release published
    17 Sept 2026, 09:38 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    23 May 2025, 15:40 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Halton Borough Council

Contracting authority
Local Council
GB-PPON-PLTJ-1788-CBLR
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Official Documents & Specifications (3)

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