Notice Information
Notice Title
Auto-Salting and Gritting
Notice Description
Lancashire County Council are seeking to initiate a formal procurement process for a new contract to provide auto salting and gritting system for Lancashire County Council's fleet of gritters, including telematics and route tracking functionality to provide accurate data on routes and salt usage, supporting compliance.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06013f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001180-2026
- 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
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
-
- CPV Codes
50111000 - Fleet management, repair and maintenance services
64226000 - Telematics services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Jan 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Mar 20262 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2028 2-3 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
- LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- ryan.mark@lancashire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PRESTON
- Postcode
- PR1 0LD
- Post Town
- Preston
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD4 Lancashire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD45 Mid Lancashire
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Preston
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Preston
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001180-2026
7th January 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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