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title: "YBL-DBL Virgin Media Diversion"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f54b"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Stockton on Tees Borough Council"
published: "2026-09-09"
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# YBL-DBL Virgin Media Diversion

Buyer: Stockton on Tees Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f54b

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## Summary

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council commissioned works to divert Virgin Media telecommunications apparatus at the junction of Yarm Back Lane and Darlington Back Lane. The diversion supports the council’s forthcoming highway project to construct a traffic-signalised junction and forms part of the statutory undertaker works needed before the road improvements. The requirement covers construction-related work for communication infrastructure associated with highways and roads. Delivery is at the named junction in Stockton-on-Tees. This is a public-sector infrastructure requirement rather than a general telecommunications service: the relevant supplier capability is the safe diversion, protection or relocation of telecoms apparatus in coordination with highway construction. The council is the buyer, and the work is categorised as works.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Virgin Media Business Limited. The council used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition, accepting the supplier’s quotation. One lot was awarded. The contract was signed on 6 July 2026 and runs from 6 July 2026 to 1 December 2026. Its value is £42,899.50 excluding VAT, or £53,624.38 including VAT. The requirement was evaluated through acceptance of the named statutory undertaker’s quote rather than a competitive tender. The contract is active. The scope was ordered promptly so that the diversion could potentially be carried out during the summer holidays, when traffic flows were expected to be lighter. Virgin Media Business Limited is the selected supplier.

This award indicates demand from Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council for specialist telecoms apparatus diversion linked to highway schemes. A credible competitor for similar future requirements would need practical experience of locating, protecting, relocating and commissioning communications infrastructure, together with the technical control needed to work safely around live apparatus and public roads. It would also need to coordinate closely with the council, highway contractors and other statutory undertakers, align utility works with traffic-management and civil-engineering programmes, and provide dependable site delivery. The successful supplier profile is a large telecommunications infrastructure operator able to quote for a defined diversion and mobilise within a constrained highway project programme. Firms with comparable network ownership, statutory-undertaker responsibilities or established utility-diversion delivery capability would be best placed to compete when this type of requirement returns.

## Notice

The execution of mandatory works and services by statutory undertakers This notice is to accept the quote from Virgin Media for the diversion of their apparatus at the junction of Yarm Back Lane/Darlington Back Lane Junction in preparation for the forthcoming highway works to construct a traffic signalised junction. An order is required in a timely manner to ensure works can potentially be undertaken during the summer holidays when traffic flows are expected to be lighter.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085242-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 6 Jul 2026 - 1 Dec 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £42,899 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Stockton on Tees Borough Council |
| Locality | STOCKTON ON TEES |
| Postcode area | Cleveland |
| Postcode | TS17 6BJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC3 Tees Valley |
| ITL 3 | TLC31 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees |
| Local authority | Stockton-on-Tees |
| Electoral ward | Mandale & Victoria |
| Westminster constituency | Middlesbrough and Thornaby East |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Virgin Media Business |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45230000 - Construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork

## Release History

- 9 Sep 2026 at 10:27 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085242-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085242-2026
  9th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.virginmediao2business.co.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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