--- title: "Highways Materials Framework 2025" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-051e1f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-051e1f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-051e1f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-051e1f.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "CUMBERLAND COUNCIL" published: "2026-03-12" --- # Highways Materials Framework 2025 Buyer: CUMBERLAND COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051e1f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-051e1f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-051e1f.json) ## Summary Cumberland Council in Carlisle, UK, has completed the procurement process for the Highways Materials Framework 2025. The tender focused on highway maintenance supplies, including bituminous materials, ready mix concrete products, dry aggregates, and miscellaneous road repair products. This was an open procedure under UK legislation, with a procurement method allowing delivery orders at the lowest cost without reopening competition. The framework agreements were finalised on 12th March 2026, with contracts starting from 1st February 2026 and running until 31st January 2029. The industry category is highway materials, and the procurement falls under the sub-central government public authority type. This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses skilled in manufacturing highway maintenance materials. Large enterprises such as Breedon Trading Limited and Tarmac Trading Limited, alongside SMEs like Handy Concrete [Cumbria] Limited, were successfully awarded contracts, demonstrating opportunities for both large-scale and smaller operations to thrive in this market. The framework setup ensures consistent supply volume with locked-in pricing, enabling businesses to scale and guarantee steady revenue over multiple years. Suppliers involved possess expertise in producing CE-marked construction materials, making them well-suited to meet contractual obligations and expand their presence in public sector operations. Businesses aligned with these offerings should look into similar opportunities to boost their market presence and long-term growth. ## Notice The Materials to be delivered under this Framework are to facilitate highway maintenance works to repair potholes and worn out carriageway carried out by Council's in-house operations teams. ### Lot Information Lot 1 - Bituminous materials The products are described as per BS EN 13108 & include Warm Asphalt Products complisant with Clause 908 (07/21) Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) Specification for Highway Works. Lot 2 - Ready Mix Concrete The products are described as per BS EN 206:2013 + A1:2016 (BS 8500 Parts 1 & 2 - Complementary British Standards to BS EN 206) All constituent materials [e.g. Cement & Aggregates] are manufactured to a harmonised standard and under the Construction Products Regulations are required to be CE marked and have been tested at source in accordance to relevant standards, namely: - * Cement - BS EN 197-1: Cement - Part 1: Composition, specification and conformity criteria for common cements * Aggregates - BS EN 12620 - Aggregates for Concrete * With guidance from BS8500 Part 2 Lot 3 - Dry Aggregates 1. Unbound aggregate: Pipe bedding Drainage 2. Unbound aggregate: Granular fill General fill Capping Gabion filling 3. Unbound aggregate: Unbound mixtures [sub base] 4. Aggregate for concrete 5. Chippings 6. Topsoil 7. Fine aggregate Lot 4 - Miscellaneous Road Repair Products Data Sheets shall be provided for each of the products in the price list. The Data Sheets shall include the requirements for temperatures for storage and installation of the product. Recommended rates of spread shall also be provided. For HAPAS and Non-HAPAS Certified Instant Road Repair Materials, full details of technical performance is required including current aggregate properties, initial type test certificates, cohesion information for bond coats, etc. The use of Tack Coat has been superseded by the use of Bond Coat for all Cumberland Council works and supplies of Tack Coat are no longer required. Rates to include all transport and handling charges associated with delivery, as well as all charges for collection of empty drums from various Depots located within the county of Cumberland ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022573-2026 | | Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice | | Procurement type | Framework | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Large, SME | | All stages | Planning, Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 12 Mar 2026 | | Submission deadline | 27 Oct 2025 | | Future notice date | 1 Jul 2025 | | Award date | 17 Nov 2025 | | Contract period | 1 Feb 2026 - 31 Jan 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £4,800,000 | | Lots value | £4,140,000 | | Awards value | £4,800,000 | | Contracts value | £4,920,000 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Complete | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CUMBERLAND COUNCIL | | Locality | CARLISLE | | Post town | Carlisle | | Postcode | CA1 1RD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD1 Cumbria | | ITL 3 | TLD13 Cumberland | | Local authority | Cumberland | | Electoral ward | Castle | | Westminster constituency | Carlisle | | Delivery location | TLD1 Cumbria | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 6 | | Supplier names | BREEDON TRADING; COLAS; HANDY CONCRETE [CUMBRIA; JAMES A. JOBLING; RED STAG MATERIALS; TARMAC TRADING | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation ### Codes - 34929000 - Highway materials ## Release History - 12 Mar 2026 at 16:57 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022573-2026 - 17 Nov 2025 at 13:43 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074397-2025 - 29 Sep 2025 at 15:38 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060665-2025 - 22 May 2025 at 13:24 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024961-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022573-2026 12th March 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074397-2025 17th November 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060665-2025 29th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024961-2025 22nd May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - http://Www.handyconcrete-Cumbria.co.uk - http://www.colas.co.uk - http://www.joblingpurser.com - http://www.redstagmaterials.com - https://www.breedongroup.com/ - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.tarmac.com/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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