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Highways and Street Lighting Contract
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £130,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 2 Sep 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
Highways and Street lighting Contract 2026.Works ordered by Council officers through Task / Works Orders - no obligation until an order is issued. Borough-wide, including housing and parks land where it offers value, plus named boundary roads under inter-borough agreements. Anticipated programme of £12m-£16m per year, subject to annual funding decisions.
A term contract extending over a maximum of 8 years (4 + 2 +2) comprising of -
• Planned and reactive highway and street lighting maintenance works
• Traffic management schemes
• Cycling, bus priority, drainage and parking schemes
• Traffic signal works
• Public realm improvements
As part of our broader engagement strategy, we are inviting all interested organisations to participate in a virtual a pre-procurement market engagement event.
The aim of this event is to engage the market at an early stage to help shape a well-informed, effective, and competitive procurement process. It will also provide an opportunity to gather feedback from current and prospective providers on the proposed model, helping to refine and develop it further.
The event will include a presentation outlining the Council's commissioning intentions, an overview of the anticipated requirements, and details of the proposed procurement approach. It will also give potential service providers the opportunity to ask questions and share their views in advance of the formal procurement process.
The Council is committed to working collaboratively with the market to maximise the opportunities presented by these contracts and therefore encourages all current and prospective providers to attend.
Please note that expressions of interest will not be accepted by any means other than through dedicated Portal.
This registration is solely for participation in the Market Engagement Event. This is NOT a Tender Notice or an invitation to tender for the upcoming contract opportunity.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 45233100
04/ History
Releases of this notice
2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 17 May 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 17 May 2026.
Release 045158-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 2 Sep 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 2 September 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 082952-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The stated value is a ceiling or programme total.
06/ Questions
About this notice
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-069a98
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Wed 9 Sep 2026, 08:11 BST
- Read at
- Tue 20 Oct 2026, 21:13 BST
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