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Highways Term Maintenance HM10 - Highway and Footway Maintenance

Sefton Council

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

07 Sep 2026 at 10:37

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
TenderUpdate

28 Apr 2026 at 17:25

UK4 - Tender Notice
Tender

14 Apr 2026 at 18:01

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

26 May 2025 at 17:31

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is procuring highway and footway maintenance works across the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, issued through task orders at separate sites. The scope covers reactive footway repairs and reconstruction, including bituminous surfacing, paving, tiles, blockwork, kerbs and edgings, as well as carriageway repairs, patching, resurfacing, reconstruction, road-marking reinstatement and adjustment of utility covers and other ironwork. It also includes maintenance of road restraint systems, trial pits, utility searches, drainage and sewer repairs or construction, CCTV surveys, site and materials testing, and inspections and servicing of three pumps and associated systems, including confined-space work. The contractor is also required to provide out-of-hours call-outs, winter gritting and snow-clearance support. The buyer is Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, based in Bootle.

The procurement has reached award stage following an above-threshold open procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. DOWHIGH LIMITED was selected for the single lot, with the award dated 7 September 2026 and a standstill period ending 16 September 2026. The award value is £54,000,000 excluding VAT (£64,800,000 including VAT). The awarded contract is scheduled to run from 18 December 2026 to 17 December 2031, with up to three 12-month extensions, giving a maximum end date of 17 December 2034. Additional works related to the original scope may also be instructed. Bids were evaluated on price at 50%, quality at 35% and social value at 15%. Five bids were received, with two reaching the final stage. Economic and technical selection requirements applied.

This procurement indicates demand for a broad, responsive highways and civil engineering contractor able to manage varied task orders across a metropolitan borough. A credible competitor would need proven capability in footway and carriageway repair, resurfacing and reconstruction, road markings, kerbs, ironwork and road restraint systems, alongside highway drainage, culverts, gullies, chambers, outfalls and ditches. The requirement also favours firms able to provide emergency call-out teams, winter operations, suitable vehicles and plant, utility searches, confined-space pump inspections, drainage and sewer CCTV, and specialist testing such as coring, skid resistance, compaction and structural assessments. Capacity to coordinate subcontractors or delivery partnerships, maintain qualified operatives, respond quickly across multiple sites and demonstrate measurable quality and social value performance would strengthen a future bid.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Highways Term Maintenance HM10 - Highway and Footway Maintenance

Notice Description

The work for HM10 - Highways and footway reactive maintenance will be at separate sites described in the Task Orders, located anywhere within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton. Anticipated works type to be undertaken under the proposed contract: * Footway maintenance activities, including isolated repairs. Footway materials may include bituminous, p.c. flags, Southport tiles, blockwork, p.c kerbs and edgings. Adjustment of utilities covers and other ironworks may also be included. * Carriageway maintenance activities, including isolated repairs, patching and reinstatement of road markings. * Maintenance of Road Restraint systems * Trial Pits within the highway boundary * Out of Hours Call Out: After 1600 hours (Monday to Friday) and for the full 24-hour period on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays the Authority operates a night security service. The Contactor shall provide out of hours call out during any Christmas Shutdown period. Any work required by the service, under this Contract, shall be issued verbally to the Contractors 'call out team(s)' who are required to attend site within 1 hour of the call being made. * Assistance with Winter Gritting/Snow Clearance Operations: During periods of extreme weather, the Contractor may be instructed to provide sufficient operatives, vehicles and plant (as appropriate) to assist with daytime winter gritting/snow clearance operations on the highway network across the Borough * Conduct regular, scheduled inspections and servicing of 3no pumps and associated systems, including confined space entry, ensuring all equipment is operating efficiently and in compliance with relevant regulations and standards * Utility searches as and when required. Utility searches are carried out on a call-off basis. The Service Manager may instruct utility searches for specific locations or Task Orders. The Contractor does not assume any minimum volume of utility searches and no standing charge applies. Payment is made only for utility searches instructed and completed, valued using the relevant Price List item(s) and supported by the search request, search results and location reference. The Service Manager may also instruct the Contractor to carry out the following additional activities: * The repair or renewal of the existing highway and land drainage systems as required, including culverts, ditches, pipework, manholes, chambers, catchpits, outfalls and gullies. * The construction of new highway and land drainage systems. The repair or renewal of the existing highway and land drainage systems as required, including culverts, ditches, pipework, manholes, chambers, catchpits, outfalls and gullies. The cleansing of the highway and land drainage system will be carried out by others but it may be necessary for the successful contractor/contractors to work with these others or provide their own equipment to support their operations. The work is generally for isolated repair/ replacement of highway drains and road gullies and/or for cleansing, bottoming and scything of lengths of selected ditches. * Footway Reconstruction Schemes. Footway materials may include bituminous, p.c. flags, Southport tiles, blockwork, p.c kerbs and edgings. Adjustment of utilities covers and other ironworks may also be included. * Carriageway Surfacing Schemes including full reconstruction, re-surfacing, planning and adjustment of ironworks and reinstatement of road markings. * CCTV surveys of drainage and sewers * Site testing, including but not limited to coring, skid resistance, surface texture, deflection/structural testing, density and compaction testing, drainage/permeability checks, retro reflectivity testing, adhesion (pull out testing) testing and other surface or material tests. The Council has not undertaken preliminary market engagement in accordance with Sections 16 and 17 of the Procurement Act 2023, having assessed that it was not required for the nature and scope of this procurement. The Contract will be tendered using the open procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. It is proposed to procure a 8-year contract, consisting of an initial 5-year period followed by a maximum of 3 x 1-year extensions which will be offered following a satisfactory performance review (in line with agreed KPI's), The Council is open to considering innovative methods of delivery including partnerships between suppliers. The Council will use Key Performance Indicators to monitor the successful bidder's performance throughout the duration of the contract. The performance of the contractor will be used to determine whether an extension is offered at the end of the initial 5-year period. Participation in this tendering process which seeks to result in securing one contractor to provide the necessary Highway and Footway Maintenance (HM10) - Highways and footway reactive maintenance services, in no way guarantees the successful tenderer any given volume of work over the duration of the contract period.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: 3 x 12 months optional extensions available

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05265e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084249-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

CPV Codes

45000000 - Construction work

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£54,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£54,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
£54,000,000 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Sep 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
28 May 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
1 Oct 2025Expired
Award Date
7 Sep 20261 months ago
Contract Period
18 Dec 2026 - 17 Dec 2031 Over 5 years
Recurrence
2033-03-01

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

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

Locality
BOOTLE
Postcode
L20 7AE
Postcode Area
Liverpool
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD73 Sefton
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Sefton
Electoral Ward
Linacre
Westminster Constituency
Bootle

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Dowhigh Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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