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Bollard Maintenance Contract

Liverpool City Council

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Planning

14 Sep 2026 at 15:15

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Liverpool City Council is planning a services contract for the maintenance, repair, inspection and operational support of hydraulic high-security vehicle bollards across Liverpool. The network comprises 26 hydraulic bollard systems and three manual bollard systems at key city locations. These assets protect pedestrians, control vehicle access and support the safe operation of the highway network, including city-centre transport and event-management arrangements. The anticipated scope covers existing infrastructure and future asset requirements, including fault management, remote monitoring, planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs, electrical inspections and performance reporting. The procurement may also involve works alongside services. The relevant market includes specialist providers of hydraulic bollard, road-traffic control or security-equipment maintenance and lifecycle support.

This procurement is at the planning stage and is not an invitation to tender. Liverpool City Council is carrying out preliminary market engagement to understand supplier capabilities, available technologies and best practice before setting its procurement strategy, service requirements, performance standards and contract duration. The Council expects the future contract to run from 29 June 2027 to 28 June 2031. Its estimated value is £1,200,000 excluding VAT, or £1,440,000 including VAT. The Council expects suppliers responding to the request for information to complete a questionnaire by 12 noon on 1 October 2026. This engagement is voluntary and will inform future procurement planning; it does not itself create a contract or formal tender process.

The work is likely to suit specialist security-equipment, hydraulic-bollard and traffic-management maintenance providers, including small and medium-sized enterprises. Relevant preparation should include evidence of maintaining, operating and managing the full lifecycle of hydraulic high-security vehicle bollard systems, with the capacity to support a distributed network of existing assets and future requirements. Useful capabilities include remote monitoring, fault diagnosis and management, planned preventative maintenance, reactive repair, electrical inspection and performance reporting. Suppliers able to support both hydraulic and manual bollard systems, protect operational continuity at city-centre sites and contribute practical knowledge of available technologies and best practice should be well placed to engage. The Council is seeking market input to shape service levels and performance standards, so providers with robust reporting and asset-management approaches are particularly relevant.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Bollard Maintenance Contract

Notice Description

Liverpool City Council is undertaking a market engagement exercise to inform the future procurement of a contract for the maintenance, repair, inspection and support of its Hydraulic Bollard infrastructure. The Council currently operates a network of 26 hydraulic bollard systems and 3 manual bollard systems at key locations across the city to protect pedestrians, manage vehicular access and support the safe operation of the highway network. These assets are critical to maintaining public safety and ensuring the continued resilience of city centre transport and event management arrangements.

Planning Information

The purpose of this engagement is to gain a better understanding of the current marketplace, supplier capabilities, available technologies and best practice approaches for the management and maintenance of hydraulic bollard systems. The Council is particularly interested in understanding the market's ability to support both existing infrastructure and future asset requirements, including fault management, remote monitoring, planned preventative maintenance, reactive repairs, electrical inspections and performance reporting. Information gathered through this engagement will assist the Council in developing an informed procurement strategy, defining service requirements, establishing appropriate performance standards and determining the optimum contract duration for future service delivery. This exercise does not form part of any formal procurement process and does not constitute an invitation to tender. Participation is voluntary, and responses will be used solely to support the Council's market analysis and contract planning activities. Liverpool City Council welcomes responses from organisations with relevant experience in the maintenance, operation and lifecycle management of hydraulic HVM bollard systems and looks forward to engaging with suppliers to better understand the opportunities and challenges within this specialist market. Suppliers are requested to: • Review the information in the market engagement document to assess whether they could meet the potential requirements of Liverpool City Council. • Submit a response to the RFI by completing the questionnaire and submitting via the ProContract online portal by the deadline time and date which is 12 noon on 01/10/2026. If you have any questions in the interim, please send them via the messaging function on the ProContract portal. If the questions and response are deemed relevant, they may be shared with other suppliers responding to this RFI (anything deemed commercially sensitive will not be shared). Suppliers interested in participating in this request for information can find the questionnaire and the submission portal on ProContract using the reference DN828207. Link to ProContract: https://procontract.due-north.com Questionnaires should all be submitted on the ProContract portal.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f963
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086976-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

50 - Repair and maintenance services

CPV Codes

34923000 - Road traffic-control equipment

34928450 - Bollards

50610000 - Repair and maintenance services of security equipment

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,200,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Sep 2026Yesterday
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
29 Jun 2027 - 28 Jun 2031 4-5 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
Liverpool City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LIVERPOOL
Postcode
L3 1DS
Postcode Area
Liverpool
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD72 Liverpool
Delivery Location
TLD72 Liverpool
Local Authority
Liverpool
Electoral Ward
Waterfront South
Westminster Constituency
Liverpool Riverside

Further Information

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