Official UK procurement notice
Oxfordshire County Council Highway Maintenance Contract
Authority: Oxfordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOxfordshire is a thriving county which is home to over 650,000 residents. The county has over 3000 miles of highway, 2600 miles of public rights of way.
Oxfordshire County Council has awarded a highway maintenance contract commencing operational services on 1st April 2025, following a period of mobilisation. The Contract will be for an initial 8-year period with the option to extend for up to a maximum of 14 years.
The services are the maintenance and improvement of the Council’s highway network and include:
Routine maintenance (reactive and planned) of highway assets including carriageways, footways, cycleways, drainage systems, structures, fences and barriers, signs and road markings, street furniture, verges and trees, public rights of way.
Emergency response to incidents on the highway network
Winter maintenance including precautionary treatments and snow clearance
Capital maintenance including surfacing, surface dressing and surface treatments
The construction of highway improvement works up to an estimate construction value of £750,000 per scheme
Design services for the maintenance and improvement works
CPV: Carriageway resurfacing works · Construction work for highways, roads · Cycle path construction work · Footpath construction work · Highway maintenance work · Metal · Paving and asphalting works · Road-maintenance works · Road-repair works · Road-surface painting work · Roadworks · Surface work for highways · +4 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Oxfordshire is a thriving county which is home to over 650,000 residentsAwarded
Oxfordshire is a thriving county which is home to over 650,000 residents. The county has over 3,000 miles of highway, 2,600 miles of public rights of way.
Oxfordshire County Council has awarded a highway maintenance contract commencing operational services on 1st April 2025 for an initial 8-year period with the option to extend for up to a maximum of 14 years. The contract is for the services summarised below:
- Routine maintenance (reactive and planned) of highway assets including carriageways,
footways, cycleways, drainage systems, structures, fences and barriers, signs and road markings,
street furniture, verges and trees, public rights of way.
- Emergency response to incidents on the highway network
- Winter maintenance including precautionary treatments and snow clearance
- Delivery of the capital maintenance/renewal schemes.
- Structures – maintenance and improvement works.
- Small new infrastructure and improvement works (below a value of approx. £750k).
- Arboricultural service and support.
- Countryside and Public Rights Of Way maintenance.
- Traffic & Event Management.
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 (3)
- Quality: 51.6
- Social Value: 14
- Price: 34.4
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 34.4 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.4 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Jun 2023, 14:41 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Mar 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Authority reference
DN696397- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010577- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
Timeline
2 Oct 2023 → 21 Mar 2025 · 3 dates- Next notice expected2 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline19 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published21 Mar 2025, 10:00 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Jan 2024- Status changed to active8 Jan 2024, 11:23 GMT
- Procurement method changed8 Jan 2024, 11:23 GMT
- Deadline published: 19 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT8 Jan 2024, 11:23 GMT
- Status changed to complete21 Mar 2025, 10:00 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextShort Description · II.1.4 | Oxfordshire County Council is currently in the process of retendering its highway maintenance contract to come into effect on 1st April 2025. It is expected the new contract will have an expected duration of 8 years plus extensions. As part of this retendering exercise the Council wishes to invite all parties interested in this contract to join them for an industry event on 20th July 2023 between … | Oxfordshire County Council is currently in the process of retendering its highway maintenance contract to come into effect on 1st April 2025. It is expected the new contract will have an expected duration of 8 years plus extensions. As part of this retendering exercise the Council wishes to invite all parties interested in this contract to join them for an industry event on 20th July 2023 between … |
1 amendment published without a description.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2023-06: 1 release · 8 Jun 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milestone Infrastructure limited | £840,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 010577-2025-1 · Milestone Infrastructure limited
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2025
- Value
- £840,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Milestone Infrastructure LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.