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title: "Highways and Footpaths Surface Dressing"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06eed4"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Wakefield Council"
published: "2026-08-28"
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# Highways and Footpaths Surface Dressing

Buyer: Wakefield Council  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06eed4

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082309-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 21 Dec 2026 - 20 Dec 2034 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £200,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Wakefield Council |
| Locality | WAKEFIELD |
| Postcode area | Wakefield |
| Postcode | WF1 2HQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE45 Wakefield |
| Local authority | Wakefield |
| Electoral ward | Wakefield North |
| Westminster constituency | Wakefield and Rothwell |
| Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45233210 - Surface work for highways
- 45233223 - Carriageway resurfacing works
- 45233251 - Resurfacing works
- 45233253 - Surface work for footpaths

## Release History

- 28 Aug 2026 at 15:50 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082309-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082309-2026
  28th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.wakefield.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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