Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 6 Nov 2026, 13:06 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

PME - Framework Agreement for Highway Drainage Maintenance Yorkshire Highway Alliance Contract

Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Local council)·Consortium: 6 public authorities

Framework agreementWorksAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£12,940,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Framework period 3 yrsends 13 Mar 2030 · up to 13 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 14 Mar 2027
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

This Framework Agreement is intended to provide responsive highway drainage maintenance services across participating Yorkshire Highway Alliance authorities. The majority of call-offs are expected to be reactive in nature and may comprise emergency, urgent and routine works to maintain the operational effectiveness of highway drainage assets.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Framework Agreement is intended to provide responsive highway drainage maintenance services across participating Yorkshire Highway Alliance authorities. The majority of call-offs are expected to be reactive in nature and may comprise emergency, urgent and routine works to maintain the operational effectiveness of highway drainage assets.

The estimated value of the framework agreement is approximately £12.94m over 4 years.

CPV: Drainage and surface works · Drainage construction works · Drainage works

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 14 Mar 2027

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 14 Mar 2027 – 13 Mar 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 13 Mar 2031 with extensions
Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “PME - Framework Agreement for Highway Drainage Maintenance Yorkshire…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council buys Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523), and who usually turns up

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

How often do SMEs win?
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The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Buyer: 5 of 9 known-size awards · market: CPV 4523 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=45
56%49%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning. 45 known-size awards sit across 4 procurements, so one procurement can dominate this percentage.

How often do local suppliers win?
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber.

Buyer: 10 of 10 known-location awards · market: CPV 4523 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=50
100%70%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered. 50 known-location awards sit across 4 procurements, so one procurement can dominate this percentage.

How long to a decision?
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Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 4523 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=5
—69 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 69 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
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The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Buyer: exactly 1 of 3 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 4523 · UK-wide, n=48
1 of 313%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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This buyer14 lots with bid counts · all categories
0% had one bid
The market21 lots with bid counts · CPV 4523 · Yorkshire and the Humber
5% had one bid
% of lots with a published bid count: this buyer (14) / the market (21) · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 5%
Buyer: 0 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 21 lots with published bid counts.
2–336% / 5%
Buyer: 5 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 21 lots with published bid counts.
4–629% / 10%
Buyer: 4 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 21 lots with published bid counts.
7+36% / 81%
Buyer: 5 of 14 lots with published bid counts. Market: 17 of 21 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

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Assess each lot
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 452336 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£13m
Expected competition
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 21 past lots.

—No model forecast yet5% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 21 similar lots
1 bid5%
1 of 21 similar past lots received 1 bid (5%).
2–35%
1 of 21 similar past lots received 2–3 (5%).
4–610%
2 of 21 similar past lots received 4–6 (10%).
7+81%
17 of 21 similar past lots received 7+ (81%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 9 bids.
Commercial price forecast
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Planned procurement
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
6 Nov 2026, 13:06 GMT
Last source update
6 Nov 2026, 13:06 GMT
Authority reference
KMCHS-465
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105704
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Drainage and surface worksDrainage construction worksDrainage works
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b67c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

6 Nov 2026 → 14 Mar 2027 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published6 days ago
    6 Nov 2026, 13:06 GMT
  2. Today
    13 Nov 2026
  3. Market engagementin 7 days
    20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Contractors must register an account on Atamis via the link below in order to access the PME opportunity. This is a mandatory requirement for the PME exercise as the framework agreement documents will be published on Atamis.

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  4. Contract startsin 120 days
    14 Mar 2027

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 Nov 2026, 13:06 GMT
    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

6 public bodies on the notice

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBWW-4714-TBHN City Hall, Centenary Square, Bradford, Yorkshire & Humber, BD1 1HXContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Borough Council of CalderdaleContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PNQT-4842-NXXN Halifax, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • City of York CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PQVW-9426-LDJV York, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • Leeds City CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PJYG-6658-PPMY Leeds, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • The Council of the Borough of KirkleesContracting authorityProcess contact pointPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PXHZ-9111-QHMJ Huddersfield, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • The Council of the City of WakefieldContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentGB-PPON: PDZN-8179-PJQV Wakefield, Yorkshire & HumberContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure