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title: "TC103 - Highways Winter Maintenance – Gritting Contract"
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# TC103 - Highways Winter Maintenance – Gritting Contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc103-highways-winter-maintenance-gritting-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0429ac). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Manchester City Council: "TC103 - Highways Winter Maintenance – Gritting Contract". Published status: complete. Published Value: £8,800,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Feb 2024, 11:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Manchester City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/manchester-city-council-ons-e08000003)
- **Published Value:** £8,800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 February 2024 at 11:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Ice-clearing services, Snow-clearing services, Winter-maintenance materials, Winter-maintenance vehicles
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,300,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc103-highways-winter-maintenance-gritting-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0429ac#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0429ac`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc103-highways-winter-maintenance-gritting-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0429ac#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc103-highways-winter-maintenance-gritting-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0429ac#participate

## Description
The contract is for the provision of a standby and response service and equipment to spread a measured amount of rock salt or other de-icing materials on roads and footways, or remove snow during winter periods only, to prevent or remove hazard caused by frost, ice, or snow formation, all to the written instruction of the City Council.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 34143000, 44113910, 90620000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £8,800,000
- **Description:** The contract is for the provision of a standby and response service and equipment to spread a measured amount of rock salt or other de-icing materials on roads and footways, or remove snow during winter periods only, to prevent or remove hazard cause...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** TC103 - Highways Winter Maintenance – Gritting Contract (active)
  - Award id: `023643-2024-TC103 - Highways Winter Maintenance – Gritting Contract-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Thermal Road Repairs Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-123622`
  - Value: £3,300,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** TC103 - Highways Winter Maintenance – Gritting Contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,300,000
  - Signed Date: 18/03/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023643-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-29T14:57:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T13:37:19.462Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0429ac