Find a TenderOpen admission Tender notice
Published 30 Sept 2026, 12:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply of Highways Materials and Rock Salt

Authority: Hull City Council (Local council)

Framework agreement3 lotsGoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£1,770,000envelope for 3 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Admission open until 26 Oct 202612:00 GMT · period end, not a bid countdown
Clarification cut-off 19 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Framework period 3 yrsup to 4 yrs with extensions · starts 11 Jan 2027
Bids per lot · this authority 36CPV 3492 · n=6 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Hull City Council (The Authority) is seeking tenders from interested organisations to provide Concrete, Tarmac, and/or Rock Salt products for Hull City Council. The tender is an open procedure consisting of a one stage process. The contracts are anticipated to commence 11th January 2027 ending by 10th January 2030 with an option to extend for a period of 12 months. The Authority has estimated the value of the Framework to be approximately £590,000.00 per annum. The anticipated total maximum value of the Goods for the Framework over the contract period excluding the extension period is approximately £1,770,000. The anticipated total maximum value of the Goods for the Framework over the full contract period including the extension period is approximately £2,360,000. The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an undertaking to purchase any goods, services or works to any particular value by the Authority and does not form part of the Contract. The Framework will be divided into following Lots: Lot 1 - Concrete; Lot 2 - Tarmac; Lot 3 - Rock Salt. Further information is contained within the tender documentation. Please ensure all tender submission documents are completed as detailed. Incomplete bids will be eliminated from further process. Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) was conducted via YORtender (Ref: 100108244) from 2nd March 2026 to 23rd March. Procurement identifier of UK2 Preliminary market engagement notice is ocds-h6vhtk-065f46

CPV: Concrete · Highway materials · Rock salt · Tarmac

How this framework works

From the published notice
Type
Closed framework
Call-offs
call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
Framework period
3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 11 Jan 2027
Published description of the framework

Each time an item is required by the Authority, the lowest priced Suppliers’ product will be chosen. If the item is not available, then the next lowest priced Supplier will be approached and so on. Where there are two or more items that are priced the same, by individual Suppliers, the Authority will purchase firstly from the Supplier that scored the highest overall (quality and price) marks in the tender.

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · all with a published value · same conditions of participation on every lot · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Lot 1 - ConcreteRenewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£150,000
For Lot 1 please see the Specification and Schedule 10 - Pricing Schedule.
Contract period: 11 Jan 2027 — 10 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligible
Value
£150,000 exc. VAT · £180,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
There will be an option to extend the contract for a period of 12 months. Any such extension will be at the discretion of the Authority and subject to satisfactory performance. The estimated value for Lot 1 is £150,000 exclusive of the extension period.
34929000 Highway materials44114000 Concrete

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2Lot 2 - TarmacRenewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£1,200,000
For Lot 2 please see the Specification and Schedule 10 - Pricing Schedule.
Contract period: 11 Jan 2027 — 10 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligible
Value
£1,200,000 exc. VAT · £1,440,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
There will be an option to extend for a period of months. Any such extension will be at the discretion of the Authority and subject to satisfactory performance. The estimated value for Lot 2 is £1,200,000 exclusive of the extension period.
14213200 Tarmac34929000 Highway materials

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #3Lot 3 - Rock SaltRenewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£420,000
For Lot 3 please see the Specification and Schedule 10 - Pricing Schedule.
Contract period: 11 Jan 2027 — 10 Jan 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 4 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligible
Value
£420,000 exc. VAT · £504,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
There will be an option to extend for a period of 12 months. Any such extension will be at the discretion of the Authority and subject to satisfactory performance. The estimated value for Lot 3 is £420,000 exclusive of the extension period.
14410000 Rock salt34929000 Highway materials

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids are scored · same split on all 3 lots
Quality: 30%Price: 70%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality — 30% technical/quality including 5% social value
  • Price — 70% price/cost
Conditions of participation · identical on every lot2
  • Economic & financial standing
    See tender documentation
  • Technical & professional ability
    See tender documentation

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Hull City Council buys Road equipment (CPV 3492) — and who usually turns up

Hull City Council’s own published record, next to the Yorkshire and the Humber market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Road equipment (CPV 3492) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Hull City Council

framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 5 in CPV 3492 (1 route not published) · 8 in division 34 (1 route not published) · 76 in all categories (21 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3492), last 36 months: 6 lots. 1 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 1) and 5 from older notices (bids received, middle 36).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

36CPV 3492 · 36m · n=6 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3492), last 36 months: 6 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

17%CPV 3492 · 36m · n=6 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 59 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateall categories · 24m · n=59 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

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.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 5 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

101dall categories · 36m · n=5 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 320 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=320 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3492), last 36 months: 4 notices.

Last 36 months.

0%CPV 3492 · 36m · n=4 notices
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=6
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 6 lots on 3 contested notices · CPV 3492, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 17%
  • 2–3 0%
  • 4–6 17%
  • 7+ 67%

Middle value 36 · 6 lots on 3 contested notices · CPV 3492.

How procedures are run moderate · n=4
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Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 5 notices · CPV 3492, last 36 months.

  • Open 50%
  • Selective 50%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 0%

5 notices · CPV 3492. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

The market · authority’s region

Yorkshire and the Humber · Road equipment (CPV 3492)

framework/DPS notices delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber in 36 months: 61 in CPV 3492 (53 competed, 8 route not published) · 117 in division 34 (103 competed, 10 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3492), last 36 months: 57 lots. 24 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 9) and 33 from older notices (bids received, middle 10).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

9CPV 3492 · 36m · n=57 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3492), last 36 months: 57 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

7%CPV 3492 · 36m · n=57 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

—not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price
Deadline → award date
i

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.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3492), last 36 months: 11 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

69dCPV 3492 · 36m · n=11 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3492), last 36 months: 37 lots.

Last 36 months.

90%CPV 3492 · 36m · n=37 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3492), last 36 months: 162 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

76%CPV 3492 · 36m · n=162 awards
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=57
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 57 lots on 24 contested notices · CPV 3492, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 7%
  • 2–3 14%
  • 4–6 16%
  • 7+ 63%

Middle value 9 · 57 lots on 24 contested notices · CPV 3492.

How procedures are run robust · n=53
i

Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

Based on 61 notices · CPV 3492, last 36 months.

  • Open 66%
  • Selective 34%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 0%

61 notices · CPV 3492. Open and selective are competed (they feed the bid and price figures above); limited and direct are not; notices publishing no route are outside all four.

robust · n=59
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

This notice gives one total for several lots, so we show the percentage but do not turn it into pounds.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in Hull City Council (all categories, n=59 pairs) lands at estimate. Applied to each lot’s own published value in the lot table below — the notice total (£1,770,000) is an envelope for 3 lots and is not converted.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Open admission
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Sept 2026, 12:32 BST
Last source update
30 Sept 2026, 12:32 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 22 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
TW/2026
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
ConcreteHighway materialsRock saltTarmac
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077d7d Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Apply via EU-Supply (CTM)
Submission portal named on this notice: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Appointment period ends
26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
success fee · 1% of the award value · Fees will be charged at a fixed percentage of the actual value of invoices paid to Suppliers. On that basis Suppliers will not be charged fees if they have not been awarded any contracts. The fixed percentage will be 1% of the actual value of invoices paid (across all Lots) to each Supplier, charged retrospectively on an annual basis.
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedjust passed
    30 Sept 2026, 12:32 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 19 days
    19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Admission / appointment period endsin 26 days · period end, not a bid countdown
    26 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected byin 83 days
    22 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 102 days
    11 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    30 Sept 2026, 12:32 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Hull City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRNP-1874-YZZR The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder Street, Hull, Yorkshire & Humber, HU1 2AA +44 1482614298

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender