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Highways Infrastructure Contract

Forecast · PlanningNo open deadline

Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.

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01/ The notice

Key facts

Value: £110,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value
Deadline (UK time): No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
Published: 30 Mar 2026
Region: Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

Medway Council manages a significant highway network asset with a gross replacement value of approximately £2 billion, comprising:

•845km of adopted highway

•1,100km (approximately) of adopted footway

•27,007 streetlights

•406 bridges and retaining walls

•The Medway Tunnel — a critical asset with a high consequence of failure profile)

•Approximately 91,000 other highway assets including street furniture

The scale, complexity and critical asset profile of Medway's network, including the Medway Tunnel, makes this a significant and technically demanding network to operate and manage. The current term maintenance contract is delivered by Volker Highways and commenced in August 2017. The contract runs to 31st July 2027, creating a clear procurement programme requirement for the successor contract to be in place in advance of this date, with a likely procurement commencement early Summer 2026.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

45200000
90600000
71000000
73000000
50200000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

30 Mar 2026
Planning notice
Planning notice published 30 March 2026.
Release 028894-2026
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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

The stated value is a ceiling or programme total.
Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

Medway Council published this notice.

Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value: £110,000,000.

07/ Related

Where to go next

These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-067758
Source: Find a Tender
Stage: planning · Planning
Last verified: Sat 4 Apr 2026, 16:23 BST
Read at: Fri 16 Oct 2026, 22:11 BST

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