Trade
Highways and street lighting tenders
39 open tenders for highways work in the UK from councils, the NHS, schools, housing providers and central government, soonest deadline first.
Open tenders
- £450mframework ceiling
- £280mestimated
- £1mestimated
- €87kestimated
- £525kestimated
- £480kestimated
- £300mframework ceiling
- £200mestimated
- £7.2mframework ceiling
- £50kestimated
- £126mframework ceiling
- £17.2mframework ceiling
- £800mframework ceiling
- £500kestimated
- £65kestimated
- £300mestimated
- £80mframework ceiling
- £8,400estimated
- £150kestimated
- £434kestimated
- £192mestimated
- £2mframework ceiling
- £100mframework ceiling
- £3mestimated
- £1.21mestimated
- £2.4mestimated
- £120kestimated
- £900mframework ceiling
- Value not stated
- £405mframework ceiling
- £19mestimated
- £2bnframework ceiling
- £20mestimated
- £8.81mframework ceiling
- £12mestimated
- £1.5bnestimated
- £450mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- Tenders advertised
- 369
- Typical contract value
- £450k
- All trades: £95k
- Typical contract length
- 1 year
- All trades: 1 year
- Time to bid
- 31 days
- All trades: 30 days
- Bids per contract
- 5
- All trades: 5
- Advertised openly
- 57%
- All trades: 36%
- Won by small firms
- 75%
- All trades: 61%
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery of External Transformation Project The Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire | O'Brien Contractors Limited | £1.76m | 19 Nov 2026 |
| Chevet Lane - Sandal resurfacing work The Council of the City of Wakefield | Holcim UK Limited | — | 20 Nov 2026 |
| Carriageway resurfacing work- Jubilee Way Pontefract The Council of the City of Wakefield | Derek Lewis Limited | — | 26 Nov 2026 |
| Land Enabling Works ORE Catapult | CHAP Group Limited | £643k | 27 Nov 2026 |
| External Layby Works Believe Housing Limited | Debmat Surfacing Limited | £70k | 27 Nov 2026 |
| Seaham Docks Car Park Earthworks Durham County Council | Hall Construction Services Limited | — | 27 Nov 2026 |
| Traffic Management at Wembley Centre for Health & Care NHS Property Services Limited | Tclarke Contracting Limited | £48k | 29 Nov 2026 |
| Safety Surfacing Braintree District Council | RTC Safety Surfaces Limited | £28k | 30 Nov 2026 |
29 more end in the next 90 days.
Recent highways contract awards
More highways awards| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tattershall Thorpe Public Footpath 174 Lincolnshire County Council | RSM Maintenance Ltd | — | 12 Nov 2026 |
| Cleave Wood Junctions Formation Torridge District Council | N.J. Luckett Limited | — | 11 Nov 2026 |
| MRO - Lot 5 - Hand Tools Severn Trent Water Limited | Edmundson Electrical Limited, Joseph Gleave & Son Ltd, CID Trading Limited and 1 more | £15.6m | 11 Nov 2026 |
| CSP27017 - Installation of AHC Wire UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) | Kongsberg Maritime AS | — | 10 Nov 2026 |
| D9809 Car Park Resurfacing Nuclear Restoration Services Limited | John Gunn & Sons Ltd | — | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Rakesmoor Lane Barrow in Furness - In Situ Recycling Regen Works Westmorland and Furness Council | Stabilised Pavements Limited | — | 9 Nov 2026 |
| B5305 Resurfacing Works Westmorland and Furness Council | Miles Macadam Limited | £200k | 9 Nov 2026 |
| PO14 Leeds City Links Leeds City Council | Hinko Construction Ltd | £2.85m | 9 Nov 2026 |
Suppliers winning the most highways contracts in the UK
Contracts awarded in the last 12 months. Companies only: sole traders are not listed.
| # | Supplier | Contracts | Buyers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holcim UK Limited | 27 | 11 |
| 2 | Tarmac Trading Limited | 20 | 15 |
| 3 | Derek Lewis LimitedSME | 17 | 3 |
| 4 | Yunex LimitedSME | 9 | 9 |
| 5 | WJ North LimitedSME | 9 | 8 |
| 6 | Colas Limited | 9 | 7 |
| 7 | Velocity UK LimitedSME | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | Kiely Bros. LimitedSME | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | Swarco UK & Ireland Ltd | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | DSD construction Ltd | 8 | 6 |
Biggest highways buyers in the last 12 months
All buyers- 1National Highways59 notices
- 2The Council of the City of Wakefield37 notices
- 3Derbyshire County Council24 notices
- 4Ny Highways Limited23 notices
- 5City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council19 notices
- 6Housing 2113 notices
- 7Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)12 notices
- 8North Lincolnshire Council10 notices