Official UK procurement notice
LCC - Supply of Highway Traffic Signal Services
Authority: Lincolnshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLincolnshire County Council is looking to procure a Contractor to provide highway traffic signal services.
The Contractor is required to provide a comprehensive service for the maintenance and improvement of all traffic signals on the Lincolnshire Highway Network. The traffic signal contractor shall provide all the resources required to provide the service which includes a 24 hour, 365 day a year call out service for traffic signal faults and damage.
The Traffic Signal Term Contractor is required to provide all of the site based maintenance and improvements activities for Lincolnshire County Council and will work closely with the in-house team and other contractors to deliver the whole service.
CPV: Control, safety, signalling and light equipment · Maintenance services of public-lighting installations and traffic lights
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£30,000,000
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 award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Mar 2025, 14:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2025, 14:13 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 Aug 2025
- Authority reference
PL23.091- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016260- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ea8eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Jun 2025, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
The procurement will be run on ProContract.
DN710773
Supply of Highway Traffic Signal Services
Timeline
7 Mar 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published7 Mar 2025, 14:02 GMT
- Next notice expected8 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice published22 Apr 2025, 14:21 BST
- Clarification questions by13 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline27 Jun 2025, 10:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent28 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends8 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by19 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
- Latest notice published355 days ago5 Nov 2025, 14:13 GMT
- Contract starts208 days ago1 Apr 2026
Notice history
12 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Mar 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Mar 2025, 14:02 GMTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published7 Mar 2025, 15:08 GMTUK3
- Procurement method changed7 Mar 2025, 15:08 GMT
- Deadline published: 6 Jun 2025, 10:00 BST7 Mar 2025, 15:08 GMT
- Tender notice published22 Apr 2025, 14:21 BSTUK4
- Published value updated22 Apr 2025, 14:21 BST
- Status changed to active22 Apr 2025, 14:21 BST
- Deadline moved to 27 Jun 2025, 10:00 BST22 Apr 2025, 14:21 BST+21 days · was 6 Jun 2025, 10:00 BST
- Contract award notice published29 Jul 2025, 13:26 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete29 Jul 2025, 13:26 BST
- Contract signature expected11 Aug 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published5 Nov 2025, 14:13 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-03: 2 releases · 7 Mar 2025, 7 Mar 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWARCO UK & Ireland1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2032 · up to 31 Mar 2038Extensions: One extension of up to 6 years | £26,779,346 | 28 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
LCC - Supply of Highway Traffic Signal Services · SWARCO UK & Ireland
- Signed
- 23 Oct 2025
- Value
- £26,779,346
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2032 · up to 1 Apr 2038 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- One extension of up to 6 Years
3 agreed KPIs: TSTC PI 4 Number of Faults Cleared within Contract Timescales · TSTC PI 5 Percentage of Task Orders Completed on Time · TSTC PI 7 Percentage faults resolved at the first visit
- TSTC PI 4 Number of Faults Cleared within Contract Timescales, When a fault is raised the fault will be resolved within contract timescales. The target is for 99% of faults to be cleared in agreed timescales and points are lost for being under this benchmark.
- TSTC PI 5 Percentage of Task Orders Completed on Time, The target is for 99% of orders to be completed in agreed timescales.
- TSTC PI 7 Percentage faults resolved at the first visit, The target is for 99% of tasks to be resolved in one visit. Points are lost for being under this benchmark.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonSwarco UK & Ireland Ltd · South East England
- did not winTelent Technology Services Limited · West Midlands
- did not winYunex Limited · South West England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice · 2 awarded- SWARCO UK & IRELAND LTDAwarded supplier
- Swarco UK & Ireland LtdAwarded supplier
- Telent Technology Services LimitedBidder / tenderer
- Yunex LimitedBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (9)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender