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title: "HM2 - Road Markings, Sefton Council"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e477"
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# HM2 - Road Markings, Sefton Council

Buyer: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e477

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## Summary

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is procuring road-marking services for highway maintenance in Sefton. The work covers ad hoc single locations and larger resurfacing schemes, including pre-inspections where access is restricted and confirming that surfaces are suitable before marking. Requirements include regulatory and safety markings such as centre lines, stop lines, pedestrian crossings and school keep-clear markings; parking and kerbside restrictions including yellow lines, bays and electric vehicle spaces; traffic-flow markings such as arrows, hatching, bus lanes and cycle lanes; and symbols and legends including speed roundels, cycle, bus, pedestrian and school markings. The services will be delivered across the Council’s highway area in the North West of England. The procurement is for services and is intended to appoint one contractor.

The procurement has reached tender: the Council invited offers through an above-threshold open procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. Questions could be submitted until 7 September 2026 at 17:00, and tenders were due by 14 September 2026 at 12:00. The evaluation decision was due by 9 November 2026. The estimated value is £4,870,300 excluding VAT, or £5,844,360 including VAT. The core contract period is 1 February 2027 to 31 January 2032, with options for three 12-month extensions, potentially taken together, to 31 January 2035. One lot is evaluated on price at 50%, quality at 35% and social value at 15%. The Council states that no guaranteed volume of work is provided.

This opportunity suits specialist road-marking contractors, including small and medium-sized enterprises, with the equipment, trained workforce and operational capacity to deliver both isolated jobs and larger resurfacing schemes. Suppliers should be able to inspect sites, assess pavement condition, coordinate restricted access and arrange no-waiting cones or advance warning notifications where required. Relevant experience should include applying compliant highway markings across regulatory, safety, parking, kerbside, traffic-flow and directional uses, including pedestrian crossings, yellow-line restrictions, bus and cycle lanes, electric vehicle bays and bespoke authority-approved legends. The successful contractor will need to manage performance against agreed key performance indicators throughout the core term, with performance influencing whether extensions are offered. Legislative compliance and reliable delivery across Sefton are central to the requirement.

## Notice

1. Description of Services 1.1. General Description Each site will vary from ad hoc single locations to larger scale recently completed surfacing schemes. Access to many locations may be limited and require a pre inspection prior to the intended works and the provision of no waiting cones and/or advanced warning notifications. The contractor should ensure in advance that the surface upon which the road marking material is to be laid is in a satisfactory condition. If the surface is not satisfactory the contractor should inform the Engineer accordingly and postpone the works until the surface is completed to a satisfactory condition 1.2. Types of marking The types of markings covered in this contract may include, but not be limited to: 1.2.1. Regulatory and Safety Markings - Centre lines, edge lines, lane lines - Hazard lines and double white line systems - Stop lines and Give Way markings - Pedestrian crossing markings (zebra, signal-controlled) - School keep clear markings - Yellow box junctions 1.2.2. Parking & Kerbside Restrictions - Single and double yellow lines - Waiting, loading, and unloading restrictions - Parking bays (resident, permit, pay & display, business) - Disabled parking bays - Taxi ranks and bus stop clearways - Electric vehicle bays - Verge and footway parking restrictions 1.2.3. Traffic Flow & Guidance Markings - Direction arrows - Lane designation markings - Hatching, ghost islands, chevrons - Bus lanes and cycle lanes (advisory and mandatory) - Shared space and town centre treatments 1.2.4. Symbols & Legends - Speed roundels - SLOW and warning markings - Cycle, bus, pedestrian, and school symbols - Other TSRGD compliant legends and bespoke authority approved markings The Council has not undertaken preliminary market engagement in accordance with Sections 16 and 17 of the Procurement Act 2023, having assessed that it was not required for the nature and scope of this procurement. The Contract will be tendered using the open procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. It is proposed to procure an 8-year contract, consisting of an initial 5-year period followed by a maximum of 3 x 1-year extensions which will be offered following a satisfactory performance review (in line with agreed KPI's), The Council will use Key Performance Indicators to monitor the successful bidder's performance throughout the duration of the contract. The performance of the contractor will be used to determine whether an extension is offered at the end of the initial 5-year period. Participation in this tendering process which seeks to result in securing one contractor to provide the necessary Highway Maintenance HM2 Road Markings in no way guarantees the successful tenderer any given volume of work over the duration of the contract period.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: Potentially any other works associated with Road Markings, for instance if legislation changes etc or innovation.

Renewal: Optional extension options, 3 x12 months (can also be taken all at once) following the 5 year core period

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077608-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Feb 2027 - 31 Jan 2032 |
| Recurrence | 2035-05-01 |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £4,870,300 |
| Lots value | £4,870,300 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Locality | BOOTLE |
| Postcode area | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L20 7AE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD73 Sefton |
| Local authority | Sefton |
| Electoral ward | Linacre |
| Westminster constituency | Bootle |
| Delivery location | TLD North West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 34922100 - Road markings
- 50200000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services related to aircraft, railways, roads and marine equipment

## Release History

- 14 Aug 2026 at 11:32 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077608-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077608-2026
  14th August 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.the-chest.org.uk

## Provenance

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