Official UK procurement notice
Highways Infrastructure Contract · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Medway Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMedway Council manages a significant highway network asset with a gross replacement value of approximately £2 billion, comprising:
•845km of adopted highway
•1,100km (approximately) of adopted footway
•27,007 streetlights
•406 bridges and retaining walls
•The Medway Tunnel — a critical asset with a high consequence of failure profile)
•Approximately 91,000 other highway assets including street furniture
The scale, complexity and critical asset profile of Medway's network, including the Medway Tunnel, makes this a significant and technically demanding network to operate and manage. The current term maintenance contract is delivered by Volker Highways and commenced in August 2017. The contract runs to 31st July 2027, creating a clear procurement programme requirement for the successor contract to be in place in advance of this date, with a likely procurement commencement early Summer 2026.
- How the procedure runs: The Council is conducting this procurement using the Competitive Flexible Procedure in accordance with the requirements of the Procurement Act 2024 for the purpose of procuring the Works and Services described in the Specification and associated contract documents.This ITT contains further information about the procurement process, the specification and assessment questions for Tenderers to complete. Each Tenderer's response (Tender) should be detailed enough to allow the Council to make an informed selection of the most appropriate solution. For further information about the Council and its One Medway Plan 2024 - 2028, goals and priorities, please refer to the Council website. www.medway.gov.uk. Medway Council manages a significant highway network asset with a gross replacement value of approximately £2 billion, comprising of: •845km of adopted highway •1,100km (approximately) of adopted footway •27,068 streetlights •182 bridges and retaining walls •36400 highway drainage assets •The Medway Tunnel •Approximately 91,000 other highway assets including street furniture The scale, complexity and critical asset profile of Medway's network, including the Medway Tunnel, makes this a significant and technically demanding network to operate and manage. The current term maintenance contract is delivered by Volker Highways and commenced in August 2017 and runs to 31st July 2027.
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Cleaning and sanitation services in urban or rural areas, and related services · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£110,000,000
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 (3)
- Criterion 1: 60%
- Criterion 3: 10%
- Criterion 2: 30%
Published award criteria (3)
- Criterion 1: Quality
- Criterion 2: Price
- Criterion 3: Social Value Measure
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £31,403,989 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Medway Council buys Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work (CPV 4520), and who usually turns up
Medway Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work (CPV 4520) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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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.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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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 South East England.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in South East England.
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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.
Half of these awards were announced within 62 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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.
1 bid63% / 12%
2–313% / 33%
4–625% / 40%
7+0% / 16%
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.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate53% / 41%
Within ±2%13% / 45%
Above estimate33% / 14%
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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.
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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
Lot #1CPV 4520Published estimate£110m
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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.
1 bid51%
2–333%
4–612%
7+4%
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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.
Based on 242 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£107m–£110m
Estimate£110m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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.
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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.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
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.
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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.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £223m31 awards in 36m · last this month | 11 live · £1.1bn iPublic 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. | at estimate n=5 | |
Colas LimitedLarge | £23m26 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 11 live · £40m iPublic 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. | 15% below n=4 |
| £6.6m24 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 5 live · £31m iPublic 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. | at estimate n=4 | |
| £237k5 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 4 live · £216k iPublic 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 | |
| £71k5 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 2 live · £8.0m iPublic 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. | 55% below n=1 |
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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Requests to participate open
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Mar 2026, 09:47 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2026, 10:16 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Mar 2027
- Authority reference
HIC II- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088041- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067751Find a Tender
- How it runs
The Council is conducting this procurement using the Competitive Flexible Procedure in accordance with the requirements of the Procurement Act 2024 for the purpose of procuring the Works and Services described in the Specification and associated contract documents.This ITT contains further information about the procurement process, the specification and assessment questions for Tenderers to complete. Each Tenderer's response (Tender) should be detailed enough to allow the Council to make an informed selection of the most appropriate solution.
For further information about the Council and its One Medway Plan 2024 - 2028, goals and priorities, please refer to the Council website. www.medway.gov.uk ↗.
Medway Council manages a significant highway network asset with a gross replacement value of approximately £2 billion, comprising of:
•845km of adopted highway
•1,100km (approximately) of adopted footway
•27,068 streetlights
•182 bridges and retaining walls
•36400 highway drainage assets
•The Medway Tunnel
•Approximately 91,000 other highway assets including street furniture
The scale, complexity and critical asset profile of Medway's network, including the Medway Tunnel, makes this a significant and technically demanding network to operate and manage. The current term maintenance contract is delivered by Volker Highways and commenced in August 2017 and runs to 31st July 2027.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 23 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Tender submission deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
30 Mar 2026 → 1 Aug 2027 · 9 dates- Planning notice published204 days ago30 Mar 2026, 09:47 BST
- Market engagement171 days ago1 May 2026, 23:59 BST
Medway Council will host an open virtual Market Engagement Workshop during the week commencing 13th April 2026. The precise date and time will be confirmed upon registration — interested organisations should register their interest using the contact details provided in Section 6 of this notice to receive workshop invitations and joining instructions.
The workshop will be open to all interested suppliers across all tiers and will cover:
•Background to Medway Council and its strategic context for the procurement
•Overview of the current HIC, network profile, and key assets (including the Medway Tunnel)
•Summary of the contract options in-scope and key considerations for the future contract landscape.
•Medway's approach to social value, sustainability, innovation, and digital technology
•Indicative procurement timetable and anticipated process, including the Competitive Flexible Procedure
•Open Q&A session
The workshop is intended to provide all interested organisations with a consistent and transparent briefing on the opportunity before any further engagement sessions take place.
Further Targeted Engagement
A Questionnaire will be provided to all supplier who register and shall complete and return prior to the Engagement Workshop. This questionnaire will provide the Council with important insights that will help to shape the future contract. Suppliers are not obliged to complete the questionnaire and any nil-responses will not be taken into account.
Medway Council may opt to undertake a series of further targeted engagement sessions with interested suppliers on specific contract topics.
- Next notice expected98 days ago13 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published33 days ago17 Sept 2026, 09:45 BST
- Latest notice published19 days ago1 Oct 2026, 10:16 BST
- Clarification questions by8 days ago12 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 3 days23 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 163 days31 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 285 days1 Aug 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Mar 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Mar 2026, 09:47 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Apr 2026, 09:28 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published17 Sept 2026, 09:45 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active17 Sept 2026, 09:45 BST
- Procurement method changed17 Sept 2026, 09:45 BST
- Tender notice published1 Oct 2026, 10:16 BSTUK4
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-03: 1 release · 30 Mar 2026
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
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender