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Highways Minor Works Framework

Buyer: Blackburn with Darwen →

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BuyerBlackburn with Darwen
StatusAwarded
Deadline1 Dec 2025
Value£3,600,000
Published18 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Blackburn with Darwen Council invite contractors to submit proposals and prices / rates for the establishment of a "highways minor works framework" as part of its highway maintenance function that includes providing labour, transport, plant with operative, plant only and equipment. Materials are expected to be provided by the Council except when it is more cost effective for the contractor to obtain them.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Highways Minor Works Framework

Statusactive
Value£4,000,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05d673
Latest release ID024802-2026
Latest release timestampWed Mar 18 2026 16:18:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069463-2025
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release4

Notice history

DateEventReference
18 Mar 2026award, contract024802-2026
29 Oct 2025tender069463-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
18 Mar 2026 · 024802-2026 · award, contract
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29 Oct 2025 · 069463-2025 · tender
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