Notice Information
Notice Title
WNC Duston Reservoir Path Replacement
Notice Description
West Northamptonshire Council owns and manages many areas of amenity land to the benefit of the local and wider community. The Council manages a large body of open water at Duston Reservoir. As well as being a valuable amenity, the reservoir also serves to provide part of the Northampton flood protection measures. The site includes a circular path, which is partly of bituminous and partly of graded stone macadam construction. The circular path is constructed upon the crest of a raised embankment, which was itself constructed in 1997. Continued consolidation of the embankment has led to movement, cracking and failures of sections of the bituminous path. The stone macadam path has eroded and requires surface restoration. This project will restore the surface integrity of the paths through a mixture of stone surface siding out and resurfacing, bituminous surface reinforcement and re-surfacing, bituminous surface crack sealing and bituminous surface reconstruction. The scope of works is described in detail within the contract drawings Working Methodology: Bituminous path reconstruction will be by traditional methods with as much work as is practicable to be undertaken by mechanical plant. This is in order to minimise the extent of manual handling required. Bituminous path restoration work will be through the removal of surface course and the reinforcement of the surface/binder course interface with a proprietary net. Stone macadam path restoration will be by siding out overgrown edges to expose existing path edges and laying a new surface course of self-binding gravel.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-060ecf
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006758-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Works
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
45 - Construction work
-
- CPV Codes
45233253 - Surface work for footpaths
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £200,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £200,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Jan 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Feb 20263 days to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Apr 2026 - 31 Aug 2026 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Daryl Read
- Contact Email
- procurement@westnorthants.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NORTHAMPTON
- Postcode
- NN1 1ED
- Post Town
- Northampton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF24 West Northamptonshire
- Delivery Location
- TLF24 West Northamptonshire
-
- Local Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Northampton North
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006758-2026
26th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
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