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Highways and Footpaths Surface Dressing

Wakefield Council

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Planning

28 Aug 2026 at 15:50

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Council of the City of Wakefield is preparing an open framework for surface dressing works on highways and footpaths. The services will provide the labour, plant, materials and traffic management needed to surface dress footways and carriageways. Work is intended across the administrative areas of members of the Yorkshire Highway Alliance, as well as other local authorities in the Yorkshire and Humber region and their wholly owned and controlled subsidiary trading companies. The procurement is for construction and road maintenance works, including highway surface treatment, carriageway resurfacing and footpath resurfacing. Suppliers should therefore be able to deliver coordinated surface dressing operations across multiple local authority areas and manage work on both pedestrian and vehicle routes.

This procurement is at the planning stage: the council has stated its intention to establish an open framework and has not invited tenders. The expected procedure is under the Procurement Act 2023, using a framework agreement. The council’s estimated value is £200,000,000 excluding VAT, or £240,000,000 including VAT, and the procurement is above the relevant threshold. There is one planned lot. The indicative contract period is 21 December 2026 to 20 December 2034. The council has scheduled preliminary market engagement and expects expressions of interest by 8 September 2026 at 23:59. Businesses wishing to contribute at this stage should send their expression of interest by email to procurement@wakefield.gov.uk. These dates describe the council’s current expectations rather than a tender deadline.

This will suit highways contractors and specialist surface dressing providers with the operational capacity to support work across Yorkshire and the Humber over a long-term framework period. Relevant preparation should cover the supply and deployment of suitable labour, plant and surfacing materials, together with traffic management for works on live highways, carriageways, footways and footpaths. Firms with experience delivering local authority road maintenance or resurfacing programmes, coordinating multiple work locations and working to public-sector requirements are likely to be well placed when the framework reaches the market. The council has not stated specific accreditations or minimum experience requirements at this planning stage, so businesses should focus their market-engagement response on their surface dressing capability, available resources, geographic coverage and ability to work for participating councils and related public bodies.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Highways and Footpaths Surface Dressing

Notice Description

Wakefield Council is preparing to establish an Open Framework for Surface Dressing of highways and footpaths. The Services will consist of the provision of labour, plant, materials and traffic management to carry out Surface Dressing of Footways and Carriageways within the administrative areas of the members of the Yorkshire Highway Alliance plus any other Local Authority (as defined in the Local Government Act 1972) within the Yorkshire and Humber Region and wholly owned and controlled subsidiary trading companies.

Planning Information

Expressions of interest should be sent by email to procurement@wakefield.gov.uk

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06eed4
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082309-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

CPV Codes

45233210 - Surface work for highways

45233223 - Carriageway resurfacing works

45233251 - Resurfacing works

45233253 - Surface work for footpaths

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£200,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Aug 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
8 Sep 20266 days to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
21 Dec 2026 - 20 Dec 2034 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

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

Locality
WAKEFIELD
Postcode
WF1 2HQ
Postcode Area
Wakefield
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE45 Wakefield
Delivery Location
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Local Authority
Wakefield
Electoral Ward
Wakefield North
Westminster Constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell

Further Information

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