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Winter Maintenance Service

Newcastle City Council

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

Award

28 Jul 2026 at 13:56

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

13 Apr 2026 at 11:27

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

05 Nov 2025 at 08:00

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
PlanningUpdate

09 May 2025 at 08:50

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

23 Apr 2025 at 13:11

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Newcastle City Council procured a mechanised road winter maintenance gritting service across the road network within Newcastle upon Tyne. The service covers the full operational requirement, including weather forecasting, planning and applying winter treatments, and managing rock salt supplies. The contractor is also responsible for providing the operational vehicles needed to deliver the service. This is a public-sector road maintenance and winter resilience requirement, classified under snow-clearing and ice-clearing services. The work is delivered on behalf of Newcastle City Council within Newcastle upon Tyne, with the council acting as the buyer. The procurement is for services rather than goods or construction works, and is a single requirement rather than a series of separately described service areas.

The procurement is complete and has reached award stage following an open procedure. Northumberland County Council was selected as the supplier for the single lot, with an awarded gross value of £12,973,526.76. The award date is 28 July 2026, and the standstill period ends on 7 August 2026. The contract is scheduled to run from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2034, with one 24-month extension available to 30 September 2036. Bids were evaluated using a 60% quality and 40% price weighting. The lot was marked as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. A future contract signature is scheduled for 24 August 2026, so the award remains pending signature.

This procurement demonstrates substantial, long-term demand for integrated winter road maintenance in Newcastle upon Tyne. A credible future competitor would need to combine operational control of mechanised gritting with reliable vehicles, weather forecasting, treatment planning and application, and effective management of rock salt materials. The requirement favours suppliers able to coordinate a complete end-to-end service across a city road network, rather than providers offering only equipment, materials or individual treatment activities. Quality carried greater weight than price, so evidence of dependable service planning, safe and responsive operations, fleet capability, forecasting arrangements and effective performance management would be important. The stated SME suitability indicates that smaller businesses may be well placed to compete, particularly where they can provide the full capability directly or form a robust delivery partnership.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Winter Maintenance Service

Notice Description

Newcastle 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.

Planning Information

Opportunity posted via https://open-uk.org/ Market Engagement Questionnaire to be filled out and returned

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-050647
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071243-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

90620000 - Snow-clearing services

90630000 - Ice-clearing services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£12,973,526 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Jul 20264 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
25 May 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
1 Dec 2025Expired
Award Date
28 Jul 20261 months ago
Contract Period
1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2034 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Newcastle City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode
NE1 8QH
Postcode Area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC43 Tyneside
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England)
Local Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward
Monument
Westminster Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Northumberland County Council

Further Information

Notice Documents

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