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/071076-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK1 - Pipeline Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
-
- CPV Codes
34921000 - Road-maintenance equipment
90630000 - Ice-clearing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Dec 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2034 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- corporate.procurement.team@newcastle.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- Postcode
- NE1 8QH
- Post Town
- 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
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071076-2025
5th November 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019914-2025
9th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016498-2025
23rd April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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