Sefton Council HM1- Carriageway Resurfacing

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking a single contractor to deliver comprehensive Highway and Footway Maintenance HM1 carriageway resurfacing across the borough for an initial five‑year period, with the possibility of three one‑year extensions contingent on satisfactory performance reviews. The contract will encompass a wide range of works at separate sites, including desktop and on‑site planning, design, and execution of carriageway resurfacing, patching, and general repair and refurbishment of footways and carriageways. The contractor will also be responsible for utility chamber cover and frame adjustments, reinstatement of road markings and studs, drainage improvements such as gutter and pipe replacement, and any necessary confined‑space entry and utility search operations as required.

Key performance expectations will be monitored through a set of agreed KPIs, and the contractor must maintain compliance with Traffic Management Act notification requirements while implementing and monitoring all traffic management measures. The scope extends to the design of proprietary materials, products, or methodologies to meet site‑specific needs, as well as proactive public information and stakeholder engagement activities, including leafleting and press releases coordinated with the Service Manager. Furthermore, detailed site investigations—encompassing CCTV inspections, road coring, and drainage assessments—will be integral to ensuring effective delivery and long‑term durability of the resurfacing works.

The successful bid must therefore incorporate advanced cold‑planning techniques, reusing and recycling of resurfacing arisings, and must ensure full compliance with all relevant traffic and environmental regulations.

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 is open to considering innovative methods of delivery including partnerships between suppliers.
The work will be at separate sites described in the Task Orders, located anywhere within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton.
Anticipated works type to be undertaken under the proposed contract:
• Carriageway Resurfacing
• Cold Planning, reusing, recycling and disposing of arisings
• Adjustment and replacement of Utility Company chamber covers and frames
• General footway and carriageway works, including patching, repair, reconstruction and refurbishment
• Reinstatement and replacement of Road markings and road studs
• Drainage improvements, including (but not limited to) road Gully and Pipework Replacement
• Public information exercises and advance notice of any works, including stakeholder engagement and communications (e.g. leafleting, press notices to be agreed with the Service Manager).
• Confined Space Entry
• Implementation and Monitoring of all Traffic Management requirements, compliance with Traffic Management Act noticing requirements.
• Utility searches as and when required
• The Services include the design of proprietary materials, products, or methodologies where required to Provide the Services.
• Site investigations including drainage CCTV investigations and road coring.
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 and Footway Maintenance HM1 Carriageway Resurfacing in no way guarantees the successful tenderer any given volume of work over the duration of the contract period.

Contract location: UKD
Communication: https://www.the-chest.org.uk
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: En
This is a recurrent procurement: Yes
Enquiry deadline: 2026-06-19T17:00:00+01:00
Submission address and any special instructions: https://www.the-chest.org.uk
Tenders may be submitted electronically: allowed
Award decision date (estimated): 2026-08-24T23:59:59+01:00
Recurring procurement:
Publication date of next tender notice (estimated): 2033-03-01T23:59:59Z

Lot number: 1
Lot value (estimated)
80.000.000,00 GBP excluding VAT
96.000.000,00 GBP including VAT
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals: 3 X 12 MONTH OPTIONS

Award criteria:

Name	Type	Weighting
Social Value	quality	3%
Quality	quality	2%
Price	price	1%