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title: "Bollard Maintenance Contract"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f963"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Liverpool City Council"
published: "2026-09-14"
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# Bollard Maintenance Contract

Buyer: Liverpool City Council  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f963

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086976-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 29 Jun 2027 - 28 Jun 2031 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,200,000 |
| 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 | Liverpool City Council |
| Locality | LIVERPOOL |
| Postcode area | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L3 1DS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Electoral ward | Waterfront South |
| Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside |
| Delivery location | TLD72 Liverpool |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 34923000 - Road traffic-control equipment
- 34928450 - Bollards
- 50610000 - Repair and maintenance services of security equipment

## Release History

- 14 Sep 2026 at 15:15 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086976-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086976-2026
  14th September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://procontract.due-north.com
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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