Official UK procurement notice
Winter Maintenance Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNewcastle City Council is looking to appoint a contractor to deliver the mechanised road winter maintenance gritting service on behalf of the Council. This relates to the management and operational requirements which are to be deployed to deliver the service across the network within the boundary of Newcastle Upon Tyne. This also includes the provision of the operational vehicles required to deliver this service. The contract will cover all aspects of the service from weather forecasting to application of
treatments as well as the management of rock salt materials.
CPV: Ice-clearing services · Snow-clearing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£0
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 (2)
- Price
- Quality
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 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- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Apr 2025, 13:11 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Jul 2026, 13:56 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Jul 2026
- Authority reference
009019- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-033183- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050647Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 18 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please go to open-uk.org ↗
Timeline
23 Apr 2025 → 1 Oct 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published23 Apr 2025, 13:11 BST
- Market engagement16 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Opportunity posted via open-uk.org ↗
Market Engagement Questionnaire to be filled out and returned
- Next notice expected322 days ago1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published190 days ago13 Apr 2026, 11:27 BST
- Clarification questions by154 days ago18 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline147 days ago25 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by110 days ago1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent84 days ago28 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published84 days ago28 Jul 2026, 13:56 BST
- Standstill ends73 days ago7 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts19 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
12 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Apr 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Apr 2025, 13:11 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 May 2025, 08:50 BSTUK2
- Pipeline notice published5 Nov 2025, 08:00 GMTUK1
- Status changed to planned5 Nov 2025, 08:00 GMT
- Procurement method changed5 Nov 2025, 08:00 GMT
- Tender notice published13 Apr 2026, 11:27 BSTUK4
- Published value updated13 Apr 2026, 11:27 BST
- Status changed to active13 Apr 2026, 11:27 BST
- Deadline published: 25 May 2026, 23:59 BST13 Apr 2026, 11:27 BST
- Contract award notice published28 Jul 2026, 13:56 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete28 Jul 2026, 13:56 BST
- Contract signature expected24 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 9 May 2025
- 2025-04: 1 release · 23 Apr 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland County Council1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2034 · up to 30 Sept 2036Extensions: 1 x 24 month extension | £12,973,527 inc. VAT | 28 Jul 2026standstill to 7 Aug 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonNorthumberland County Council · North East England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Northumberland County CouncilAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline 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