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CN250568 - Highway Signs & Lines Condition Survey Contract

Kent County Council · Local authority

In brief

Kent County Council has announced plans to buy architecture and engineering work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £480,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 4 years with extensions, starting 18 January 2027.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 3 bids per contract for this buyer (from 53 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

Kent County Council is seeking responses from the commercial market to help shape our understanding of the condition and asset management principles around our highway (non-illuminated) signs, lines and road stud assets. Recent activities have taken place to explore condition surveys around signs and lines and the Council has accumulated beneficial data around lining condition and signage assets and sign locations. This has been an ad-hoc activity historically, and the Council wish to move to an established long-term contract to survey these assets regularly and acquire data to inform our future maintenance and strategic work programmes around these assets going forward. Requirement and…Read the full description
Kent County Council is seeking responses from the commercial market to help shape our understanding of the condition and asset management principles around our highway (non-illuminated) signs, lines and road stud assets. Recent activities have taken place to explore condition surveys around signs and lines and the Council has accumulated beneficial data around lining condition and signage assets and sign locations. This has been an ad-hoc activity historically, and the Council wish to move to an established long-term contract to survey these assets regularly and acquire data to inform our future maintenance and strategic work programmes around these assets going forward. Requirement and context: The Council shall look to identify a supplier that can carry out the following requirement as part of this new contract: •To provide asset management data on KCC signs, lines and stud assets using a GIS type system. •To provide condition survey data on KCC signs lines and stud assets to inform our understanding of asset condition and to allow KCC to direct the efficient use of resources in their maintenance and prioritisation. •To consider allowing such a system to expand to record the asset management and condition survey data for street furniture (bollards, reflectorised road traffic bollards pedestrian guard rails). •Whilst it would be KCC preference for a provider to provide both an asset management system, a condition survey and a management system under a single contract, we would accept provision of either as part of a contract lot if it achieves our requirements at best value. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Maidstone:-Highways-engineering-services./572RJ6RCA7 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/572RJ6RCA7

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 053917-2026

About the buyer

Kent County CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

244

Awards

157

Suppliers it has used most for architecture and engineering

  1. EOD Services Sennelager Training Area

    FCDO ServicesSouth EastFire safety, Architecture and engineering

    Closing soon2 hours leftExpress interestSuitable for SMEs

    £375kestimated
  2. ISO11 Fumigation Lobby Replacement Project - Civil Works and CDM Principal Designer/Principal Contractor Role

    The Pirbright InstituteSouth EastConstruction, Management consultancy

    Closing soon26 hours leftSmall contract

    £154kestimated
  3. Design Consultancy Framework

    Oxford Health NHS Foundation TrustSouth EastManagement consultancy, IT services and software

    Closing soon26 hours leftExpress interest11 lotsSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £4.5mframework ceiling
  4. Site Energy Project Development Services

    The Pirbright InstituteSouth EastArchitecture and engineering, Energy and utilities

    Closing soon2 days leftSmall contract

    £51kestimated
  5. Provision of EA, QS and CDM Consultant Services for Chatsworth Avenue and Hadrians Community Centre

    Waverley Borough CouncilSouth EastArchitecture and engineering

    Closing soon2 days leftSmall contract

    Value not stated

From notice 053917-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 8 June 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.