Official UK procurement notice
Road Asset Management (RAM) - Improvement Projects Framework
Authority: DfI Transport and Road Asset Management (TRAM) (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Road Asset Management (RAM) Improvement Projects Framework may include but not be limited to the following work activities:
Typical work activities to be delivered under the framework include:
A. Earthworks
B. Pavement construction and surfacing
C. Cycleway construction
D. Footway construction and refurbishment
E. Working with Services / Utilities
F. Drainage and service duct Installation
G. Traffic signal junction upgrade
H. Fencing and Wall construction
I. Delivery of Temporary Traffic Management as part of associated civil works on a live trafficked Public Road network
J. Road Restraint Systems
K. Landscaping
L. Other associated ancillary works.
The Framework will comprise of eight area Lots (Works Orders valued £50k to £750k) and a Project Lot (Projects valued £750k to £5m) covering the following Contract Areas:
IPF N1 - Causeway Coast and Glens,
IPF N2 - Mid and East Antrim / Antrim and Newtownabbey,
IPF S1 - Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon,
IPF S2 - Newry, Mourne and Down / North Down and Ards,
IPF E1 - Belfast / Lisburn and Castlereagh,
IPF W1 - Mid Ulster,
IPF W2 - Derry and Strabane,
IPF W3 - Fermanagh and Omagh.
CPV: Construction work · Construction work for highways, roads · Engineering works and construction works · Excavating and earthmoving work · General construction work for pipelines · Various surface works
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Oct 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
- “Road Asset Management (RAM) - Improvement Projects Framework” 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 DfI Transport and Road Asset Management (TRAM) buys Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523), and who usually turns up
DfI Transport and Road Asset Management (TRAM)’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork (CPV 4523) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Northern Ireland.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 49 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 0%
2–311% / 20%
4–689% / 80%
7+0% / 0%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Our matching links this notice to “DfI TRAM Road Asset Management - Surfacing Framework B” of this authority, but none of the 2 panel members sit in a category matching this notice.
Lot #1CPV 4523Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
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 10 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–320%
4–680%
7+0%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIBSON QUARRIES BANBRIDGE LIMITEDEarlier contract | DfI TRAM Road Asset Management - Surfacing Framework Bstarted Jun 2026 | Lot 1: SFB P1 (Projects Lot) | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Northstone Materials LimitedEarlier contract | DfI TRAM Road Asset Management - Surfacing Framework Bstarted Jun 2026 | Lot 1: SFB P1 (Projects Lot) | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| WHITEMOUNTAIN QUARRIES LTD t/a BREEDONEarlier contract | DfI TRAM Road Asset Management - Surfacing Framework Bstarted Jun 2026 | Lot 1: SFB P1 (Projects Lot) | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Patrick Keenan QuarriesEarlier contract | DfI TRAM Road Asset Management - Surfacing Framework Bstarted Jun 2026 | Lot 1: SFB P1 (Projects Lot) | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
48% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
48% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (48% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
DfI TRAM Road Asset Management - Surfacing Framework B — held by John McQuillan Contracts Ltd and FP McCann Ltd (+1 more); no contract end date published.
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
- Below threshold
- 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
- 2 Mar 2026, 14:01 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Mar 2026, 09:33 BST
- Authority reference
T-1157- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-028874- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065fb5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
2 Mar 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published234 days ago2 Mar 2026, 14:01 GMT
- Latest notice published206 days ago30 Mar 2026, 09:33 BST
- Contract starts22 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Mar 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Mar 2026, 14:01 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Mar 2026, 14:30 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Mar 2026, 10:16 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Mar 2026, 09:33 BSTUK2
Published amendments (2)
Text in engagement section reformatted and the broken link to PME process and outcome fixed.
Text in engagement section reformatted and the broken link to PME process and outcome fixed.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-03: 1 release · 2 Mar 2026
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
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender