Highways & Engineering Term Contract
Dorset Council
31 days left
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- Estimated value
- £291,666,667
- Excluding VAT
- Where
- South West England
- Buyer in South West England
- Trade
- Cleaning and facilities
- Landscaping work for roads and motorways
- Documents
- On ProContract (Supplying the South West)
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Worked out by Evendraft from the notice’s own data, on 6 Nov 2026. The official notice is the one to rely on.
- Time to bid
- 20 full UK working days before the deadline to apply to take part, Mon 7 Dec 2026 (England and Wales bank holidays left out).
- Time allowed
- The buyer allowed 32 days from publication to the closing day: about the same as the median for open cleaning, grounds and facilities tenders (32 days).
- Value
- £292m is among the largest tenth of the 116 open cleaning, grounds and facilities tenders that state a value (median £500,000).
- This buyer
- 3 more open tenders from Dorset Council listed here.
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This tender has two stages (competitive flexible procedure). Only suppliers who send a request to take part by this date and pass the first stage are invited to tender.
About this tender
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Dorset Council are looking to secure a strategic partner for Dorset Council’s Highways Service to assist in delivering the services capital works programmes.
- Official notice
- Find a Tender, notice 105467-2026
- Buyer
- Dorset Council
- Buyer’s region
- South West England
- Where the work is
- South West England
- Listed on Evendraft under
- South West England
- Published
- 5 Nov 2026
- Requests to take part by
- 7 Dec 2026, 14:00 UK time
- Estimated value
- £291,666,667 (excluding VAT)
- Trade
- Cleaning and facilities
- CPV codes
- 45112730 Landscaping work for roads and motorways
- 45200000 Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
- 71311000 Civil engineering consultancy services
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedureTwo stages: apply to take part first; shortlisted suppliers are invited to tender.
- Framework
- Not stated on the notice
- Lots
- Not divided into lots
- Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
- Not stated on the notice
- Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
- Not stated on the notice
- Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
- No (not marked suitable for small businesses by the buyer; estimated value over £1m)Good for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
- Documents
- On ProContract (Supplying the South West)
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