Official UK procurement notice
Highways Winter Service Framework
Authority: Borough Council of Calderdale (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPLEASE NOTE: THIS IS AN ABOVE-THRESHOLD PROCUREMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FRAMEWORK AWARDED AS A RESULT OF A COMPETITIVE EXERCISE.
The Council has established a Highways Winter Service Framework. The Framework is divided into 7 Lots. Winter Service is such that the amount of work required will invariably change each year. The winter season runs from 1st October to 1st May and runs a 24/7 service. The Winter Service will be carried out using gritters, vehicles, associated winter services plant and appropriately-trained drivers provided by the contractor. The contractor may be allocated a type of salting route, patrol route or snow clearing routes under the separate Lots. The routes may be varied at any time during the contract period.
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
Published description of the framework
Prices for the Services were submitted by Tenderers at the Tender submission stage and shall be adjusted annually in accordance with the terms of the Framework Agreement and the Call-Off Terms and Conditions.
The selection process for the award of contracts is carried out in accordance with the terms of the Framework Agreement and the Call-Off Terms and Conditions. Contracts under Lot 1 shall be awarded based on vehicle capacity and price. Contracts under Lots 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall be awarded based on price only. Contracts under Lot 3 shall be awarded based on catchment area and price.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Aug 2025, 17:16 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Oct 2025, 12:48 GMT
- Authority reference
YORtender ID 99154- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-070085- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056bb5Find a Tender
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Aug 2025- Transparency notice published1 Aug 2025, 17:16 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected18 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract signature expected21 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published31 Oct 2025, 12:48 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast£100,000 is the framework's published maximum, restated by the publisher on 2 award rows. It is one ceiling, not 2 separate sums, and no share per lot is published; those rows read “ceiling above”.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £100,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Lot 1: Carriageway Salting & Patrolling · BEESTON HALL FARMS LIMITEDSME, Ben Thornber and Sons LimitedSME, HATHERSHELF CONSTRUCTION LIMITEDSME, IAN BIRTWELL EXCAVATIONS &GROUNDWORKS LTDSME, JTC EXCAVATIONS LIMITEDSME, R DUNNETT (HOLDINGS) LIMITEDSME +5 more
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2025
- Value
- £4,400,000
- Period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2029
- Status
- active
Lot 2: Vehicle Loader · Ben Thornber and Sons LimitedSME, JTC EXCAVATIONS LIMITEDSME, KTD Agricultural ServiceSME
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2025
- Value
- £250,000
- Period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2029
- Status
- active
Lot 3: Carriageway Snow Plough · BEESTON HALL FARMS LIMITEDSME, Ben Thornber and Sons LimitedSME, HATHERSHELF CONSTRUCTION LIMITEDSME, IAN BIRTWELL EXCAVATIONS &GROUNDWORKS LTDSME, JTC EXCAVATIONS LIMITEDSME, L Bamforth & SonsSME +6 more
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2029
- Status
- active
Lot 5: Attachable Snow Blower · BEESTON HALL FARMS LIMITEDSME, HATHERSHELF CONSTRUCTION LIMITEDSME, IAN BIRTWELL EXCAVATIONS &GROUNDWORKS LTDSME, R.I.Wood & SonSME, RJB Plant Hire & GroundworksSME
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2025
- Value
- £30,000
- Period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2029
- Status
- active
Lot 6: Grab Wagon · Ben Thornber and Sons LimitedSME, JTC EXCAVATIONS LIMITEDSME, RJB Plant Hire & GroundworksSME
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2025
- Value
- £50,000
- Period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2029
- Status
- active
Lot 7: Cycleway Gritter · IAN BIRTWELL EXCAVATIONS &GROUNDWORKS LTDSME
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2029
- Status
- active
Lot 8: Narrow Roads Gritter · IAN BIRTWELL EXCAVATIONS &GROUNDWORKS LTDSME, R DUNNETT (HOLDINGS) LIMITEDSME, RJB Plant Hire & GroundworksSME
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2025
- Value
- £60,000
- Period
- 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2029
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
12 commercial parties on the notice- BEESTON HALL FARMS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- BEN THORNBER & SONS LTDFramework contractor
- HATHERSHELF CONSTRUCTION LIMITEDFramework contractor
- IAN BIRTWELL EXCAVATIONS &GROUNDWORKS LTDFramework contractor
- J HawksworthFramework contractor
- JTC EXCAVATIONS LIMITEDFramework contractor
- KTD Agricultural ServiceFramework contractor
- L Bamforth & SonsFramework contractor
- R DUNNETT (HOLDINGS) LIMITEDFramework contractor
- R.I.Wood & SonFramework contractor
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- RJB Plant Hire & GroundworksFramework contractor
- Vale Mill GarageFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (14)
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