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Published 3 Oct 2025, 14:16 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Highways Resilience and Maintenance Framework

Official notice

Authority: Stoke on Trent City Council (Local council)

Framework agreementWorksAbove threshold
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Dec 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 3 yrsends 9 Jun 2029 · up to 9 Jun 2030 with extensions · starts 10 Jun 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Stoke-on-Trent City Council intends to establish a Highways Multi-lot Resilience Framework to support maintenance, emergency response, and resilience works across the city's highway network. This framework will enable rapid, cost-effective, and high-quality delivery of highway services and interventions.

The Council anticipates structuring the framework under the following lots:

  • Highway Resurfacing - Road resurfacing and reconstruction to maintain and enhance the network.
  • Preventative Treatments and Recycling - Application of surface treatments and innovative recycling methods to extend asset life.
  • Bridge and Structural Maintenance - Inspection, maintenance, and repair of bridges and other highway structures.
  • Highway Surveys and Data Collection - Comprehensive asset condition surveys, including AI-driven predictive maintenance.
  • Highways Materials Supply & Traffic Management Services - Supply of key materials such as aggregates, asphalt, and road marking products, along with temporary signage and Chapter 8 equipment.
  • Highways Electrical Assets Maintenance & Enhancements - To deliver the maintenance and improvements of Highway Electrical assets including the Post streetlighting PFI operating model.
  • Traffic Management - equipment & services

CPV: Construction materials · Construction, foundation and surface works for highways, roads · Construction-related services · Highway materials · Surface surveying services · Surveying services · Technical services · Traffic control services · Traffic monitoring services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 10 Jun 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

What it takes to win
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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
What this means for your bid
  • “Highways Resilience and Maintenance Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
3 Oct 2025, 14:16 BST
Last source update
3 Oct 2025, 14:16 BST
Authority reference
HDG/2025/954
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-062183
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Construction materialsConstruction, foundation and surface works for highways, roadsConstruction-related servicesHighway materialsSurface surveying servicesSurveying servicesTechnical servicesTraffic control servicesTraffic monitoring services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a7ff Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

3 Oct 2025 → 10 Jun 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published388 days ago
    3 Oct 2025, 14:16 BST
  2. Market engagement370 days ago
    21 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    Market engagement purposes and does not constitute a contract award or invitation to tender. Feedback will inform the Council's procurement approach, lotting strategy, and contractual arrangements.

    Objectives of Engagement:

    The Council seeks to:

    • Understand market capacity and capability for each lot.
    • Identify innovative solutions, particularly for resilience, predictive maintenance, and data-driven approaches.
    • Gather input on procurement route, lotting, and potential contract terms.
    • Promote sustainable, efficient, and value-for-money service delivery.

    Market Engagement Process:

    Interested suppliers are invited to provide (in word or PDF format):

    • Company profile and relevant experience in the specific lot(s) - list in scope of this notice.
    • Examples of similar framework arrangements or projects delivered.
    • Ability to mobilise rapidly for emergency works (if applicable).
    • Innovative approaches or solutions relevant to the lot(s).
    • Optional preliminary commercial information.

    Submissions should be sent to: [email protected]

    All responses must be received by: 21st October 2025

    Confidentiality:

    All responses will be treated in accordance with UK data protection legislation. Feedback may be summarised anonymously in procurement planning.

    Next Steps:

    Following market engagement, Stoke-on-Trent City Council anticipates publishing a formal Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the Highways Resilience Framework, structured around the above lots, subject of Internal governance and market engagement findings.

  3. Tender notice expected329 days ago
    1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract starts139 days ago
    10 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    3 Oct 2025, 14:16 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Stoke on Trent City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDQZ-1442-RZTZ Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, ST4 1HHContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure