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Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service) verified 3 days ago Contract notice

Highways Infrastructure Contract

Open United Kingdom Construction work

Buyer Medway Council

€131.6M estimated value · €131,550,623 · converted from GBP

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Medway Council is preparing a successor term maintenance contract for its highway network, to replace the current contract delivered by Volker Highways that runs to 31 July 2027. The network has a gross replacement value of around £2 billion and includes 845 km of adopted highway, approximately 1,100 km of adopted footway, 27,007 streetlights, 406 bridges and retaining walls, the Medway Tunnel, a critical asset with a high consequence of failure profile, and around 91,000 other highway assets including street furniture. Procurement is expected to commence in early summer 2026, with the successor contract in place ahead of the current contract's expiry.

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Description

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.

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Market

Construction work in United Kingdom

median award in this market
€289,742
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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 1,546 awards for Construction work in United Kingdom.

This notice
€131.6M
Median award
€289,742
Middle half of past awards
€95,387 to €1.1M

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Market context

Larger than 98% of the open notices in Construction work across Europe.

open now in Construction work
19,566
median open notice
€500,000

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Construction work

different companies won awards here
1,048
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
5%
buyers awarded contracts here
485

Based on 1,967 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

The buyer in figures

Medway Council

notices in the register
31
awards
15
awarded in total
€32.1M

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
12
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
31%
of its calls state an estimated value
80%

Based on 13 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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Medway Council

United Kingdom

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Construction work - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Holcim uk limited 42 €52.7M Oct 2026
Tarmac Trading Limited 38 €57.6M Oct 2026
FM Conway Ltd 20 €26.9M Oct 2026
Lindum group limited 19 €37.5M Oct 2026
Thomas bow LTD 18 €5.3M Sep 2026

Based on 1967 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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