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Highways Materials Framework 2025

Cumberland Council

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

12 Mar 2026 at 16:57

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

17 Nov 2025 at 13:43

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

29 Sep 2025 at 16:38

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

22 May 2025 at 14:24

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Cumberland Council in Carlisle, UK, has completed the procurement process for the Highways Materials Framework 2025. The tender focused on highway maintenance supplies, including bituminous materials, ready mix concrete products, dry aggregates, and miscellaneous road repair products. This was an open procedure under UK legislation, with a procurement method allowing delivery orders at the lowest cost without reopening competition. The framework agreements were finalised on 12th March 2026, with contracts starting from 1st February 2026 and running until 31st January 2029. The industry category is highway materials, and the procurement falls under the sub-central government public authority type.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses skilled in manufacturing highway maintenance materials. Large enterprises such as Breedon Trading Limited and Tarmac Trading Limited, alongside SMEs like Handy Concrete [Cumbria] Limited, were successfully awarded contracts, demonstrating opportunities for both large-scale and smaller operations to thrive in this market. The framework setup ensures consistent supply volume with locked-in pricing, enabling businesses to scale and guarantee steady revenue over multiple years. Suppliers involved possess expertise in producing CE-marked construction materials, making them well-suited to meet contractual obligations and expand their presence in public sector operations. Businesses aligned with these offerings should look into similar opportunities to boost their market presence and long-term growth.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Highways Materials Framework 2025

Notice Description

The Materials to be delivered under this Framework are to facilitate highway maintenance works to repair potholes and worn out carriageway carried out by Council's in-house operations teams.

Lot Information

Lot 1 - Bituminous materials

The products are described as per BS EN 13108 & include Warm Asphalt Products complisant with Clause 908 (07/21) Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) Specification for Highway Works.

Lot 2 - Ready Mix Concrete

The products are described as per BS EN 206:2013 + A1:2016 (BS 8500 Parts 1 & 2 - Complementary British Standards to BS EN 206) All constituent materials [e.g. Cement & Aggregates] are manufactured to a harmonised standard and under the Construction Products Regulations are required to be CE marked and have been tested at source in accordance to relevant standards, namely: - * Cement - BS EN 197-1: Cement - Part 1: Composition, specification and conformity criteria for common cements * Aggregates - BS EN 12620 - Aggregates for Concrete * With guidance from BS8500 Part 2

Lot 3 - Dry Aggregates

1. Unbound aggregate: Pipe bedding Drainage 2. Unbound aggregate: Granular fill General fill Capping Gabion filling 3. Unbound aggregate: Unbound mixtures [sub base] 4. Aggregate for concrete 5. Chippings 6. Topsoil 7. Fine aggregate

Lot 4 - Miscellaneous Road Repair Products

Data Sheets shall be provided for each of the products in the price list. The Data Sheets shall include the requirements for temperatures for storage and installation of the product. Recommended rates of spread shall also be provided. For HAPAS and Non-HAPAS Certified Instant Road Repair Materials, full details of technical performance is required including current aggregate properties, initial type test certificates, cohesion information for bond coats, etc. The use of Tack Coat has been superseded by the use of Bond Coat for all Cumberland Council works and supplies of Tack Coat are no longer required. Rates to include all transport and handling charges associated with delivery, as well as all charges for collection of empty drums from various Depots located within the county of Cumberland

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-051e1f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022573-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

CPV Codes

34929000 - Highway materials

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£4,800,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£4,140,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£4,800,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£4,920,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
12 Mar 20265 months ago
Submission Deadline
27 Oct 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
1 Jul 2025Expired
Award Date
17 Nov 20259 months ago
Contract Period
1 Feb 2026 - 31 Jan 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Cumberland Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
CARLISLE
Postcode
CA1 1RD
Postcode Area
Carlisle
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD1 Cumbria
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD13 Cumberland
Delivery Location
TLD1 Cumbria
Local Authority
Cumberland
Electoral Ward
Castle
Westminster Constituency
Carlisle

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
6
Supplier Names

BREEDON TRADING LIMITED

COLAS LIMITED

HANDY CONCRETE [CUMBRIA] LIMITED

JAMES A. JOBLING AND COMPANY LIMITED

RED STAG MATERIALS LIMITED

TARMAC TRADING LIMITED

Further Information

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