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title: "Highways Term Maintenance HM10 - Highway and Footway Maintenance"
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# Highways Term Maintenance HM10 - Highway and Footway Maintenance

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/highways-term-maintenance-hm10-highway-and-footway-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-05265e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sefton Council: "Highways Term Maintenance HM10 - Highway and Footway Maintenance". Published status: complete. Published Value: £54,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 28 May 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sefton Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sefton-council-ons-e08000014)
- **Published Value:** £54,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 28 May 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Construction work
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKD, UKD73
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £54,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/highways-term-maintenance-hm10-highway-and-footway-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-05265e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05265e`

## Before you bid
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- **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/highways-term-maintenance-hm10-highway-and-footway-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-05265e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/highways-term-maintenance-hm10-highway-and-footway-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-05265e#participate

## Description
The work for HM10 - Highways and footway reactive maintenance will be at separate sites described in the Task Orders, located anywhere within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton.
Anticipated works type to be undertaken under the proposed contract:
• Footway maintenance activities, including isolated repairs. Footway materials may include bituminous, p.c. flags, Southport tiles, blockwork, p.c kerbs and edgings. Adjustment of utilities covers and other ironworks may also be included.
• Carriageway maintenance activities, including isolated repairs, patching and reinstatement of road markings.
• Maintenance of Road Restraint systems
• Trial Pits within the highway boundary
• Out of Hours Call Out: After 1600 hours (Monday to Friday) and for the full 24-hour period on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays the Authority operates a night security service. The Contactor shall provide out of hours call out during any Christmas Shutdown period. Any work required by the service, under this Contract, shall be issued verbally to the Contractors 'call out team(s)' who are required to attend site within 1 hour of the call being made.
• Assistance with Winter Gritting/Snow Clearance Operations: During periods of extreme weather, the Contractor may be instructed to provide sufficient operatives, vehicles and plant (as appropriate) to assist with daytime winter gritting/snow clearance operations on the highway network across the Borough
• Conduct regular, scheduled inspections and servicing of 3no pumps and associated systems, including confined space entry, ensuring all equipment is operating efficiently and in compliance with relevant regulations and standards
• Utility searches as and when required. Utility searches are carried out on a call-off basis. The Service Manager may instruct utility searches for specific locations or Task Orders. The Contractor does not assume any minimum volume of utility searches and no standing charge applies. Payment is made only for utility searches instructed and completed, valued using the relevant Price List item(s) and supported by the search request, search results and location reference.
The Service Manager may also instruct the Contractor to carry out the following additional activities:
• The repair or renewal of the existing highway and land drainage systems as required, including culverts, ditches, pipework, manholes, chambers, catchpits, outfalls and gullies.
• The construction of new highway and land drainage systems. The repair or renewal of the existing highway and land drainage systems as required, including culverts, ditches, pipework, manholes, chambers, catchpits, outfalls and gullies. The cleansing of the highway and land drainage system will be carried out by others but it may be necessary for the successful contractor/contractors to work with these others or provide their own equipment to support their operations. The work is generally for isolated repair/ replacement of highway drains and road gullies and/...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/highways-term-maintenance-hm10-highway-and-footway-maintenance-ocds-h6vhtk-05265e)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 45000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £54,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2026 to 30/09/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **DOWHIGH LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-161179`
  - Value: £54,000,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 06/09/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033955-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-07T09:37:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T20:11:37.513Z
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