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WHC - Footway and Hard surfacing Maintenance

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

11 Aug 2026 at 10:47

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Tender

23 Mar 2026 at 10:14

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council procured repairs and maintenance for footways, paved areas and other hard-standing areas that it owns or manages, primarily around its housing estates. The work is classified as footpath construction and falls within the works category. The requirement covers a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to repair these public-area surfaces. Delivery is associated with the council’s estate and public-realm assets in the Welwyn Hatfield area, with the council based in Welwyn Garden City. The selected supplier, Henderson & Taylor (Public Works) Limited, is a small and medium-sized enterprise. The requirement is relevant to civil engineering, highways maintenance and public-realm contractors with practical experience repairing footways and paved surfaces for local-authority or housing-estate environments.

The procurement is complete and was run as a below-threshold open competition. One lot was awarded to Henderson & Taylor (Public Works) Limited, with the contract signed on 10 August 2026 and the award recorded as active. The contract runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2029, with an optional one-year extension available to 30 September 2030. Its value is £800,000 excluding VAT, or £960,000 including VAT. The tender deadline was 30 April 2026 at 12:00, and enquiries closed on 20 April 2026. Evaluation was based equally on price, weighted at 50%, and quality, weighted at 50%. Electronic submission was allowed.

This award indicates recurring demand from Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council for planned and reactive repair of footways, paved areas and other hard surfaces around council-managed housing estates. A credible future competitor would need demonstrable experience delivering similar footway or highways-maintenance works, suitably qualified staff and the operational capacity to manage repairs across a council estate environment. The evaluation balance shows that technical quality is as important as price, so suppliers should be able to evidence reliable workmanship, sound methods, effective planning, responsive service and robust quality control alongside competitive rates. The successful supplier’s SME status also indicates that the requirement can be delivered by a capable specialist contractor without the scale of a national infrastructure business.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

WHC - Footway and Hard surfacing Maintenance

Notice Description

The Council owns and maintains footway and paved areas, primarily around housing estates owned and managed by the Council The Council requires a suitably qualified and experienced Contractor to undertake Repairs to these Footways and other hard standing areas owned or managed by the Council

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-067109
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076095-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

CPV Codes

45233161 - Footpath construction work

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£280,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£280,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£800,000 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Aug 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
30 Apr 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 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
Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Postcode
AL8 6AE
Postcode Area
St Albans
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH26 North and East Hertfordshire
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Electoral Ward
Handside
Westminster Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Henderson & Taylor (Public Works) Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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