Published date: 16 December 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 25 November 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Repair, maintenance and associated services related to roads and other equipment - 50230000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£1,000,000,000 to £2,000,000,000

Procurement reference

KENT001-DN745967-39942646

Published date

16 December 2025

Closing date

25 November 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 May 2026

Contract end date

30 April 2040

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Procurement was undertaken as a competitive procedure with negotiation under Regulation 29 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

Following, three separate rounds of market engagement in January, June, and August 2024 the Procurement launched on 21 October 2024.

The Council encouraged small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in the Procurement, either as Candidates, consortium members, supply-chain partners or sub-contractors.

The Selection Questionnaire (the "SQ") Stage of the Procurement closed on 25 November 2024. An Invitation to Submit Initial Tender (the "ISIT") was released in December 2024 to the Candidates shortlisted at the SQ Stage (subsequently referred to as "Tenderers"). Only quality was evaluated during the Initial Tender Stage, and following this stage, the top three (3) ranked Tenderers were issued with an Invitation to Submit Detailed Tender (the "ISDT") and invited to the Detailed Tender Stage.

At the Detailed Tender Stage, quality was evaluated and a detailed review of the Schedules of Rates was undertaken for the purposes of providing feedback to the Tenderers. The Council did not apply the Price Per Quality Point evaluation method at Detailed Tender Stage. All three (3) Tenderers were issued with an Invitation to Submit Final Tender (the "ISFT").

At the Final Tender Stage of the Procurement the Council evaluated the Tenderers' quality responses and used the Schedules of Rates to calculate the Tenderers' Price per Quality Point. The most economically advantageous Tenderer was determined by the Tenderer receiving the lowest Price per Quality Point.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

SC24029 Highway Term Maintenance Contract 2026

  • Opportunity
  • Published 21 October 2024

Award information

Awarded date

19 November 2025

Contract start date

1 May 2026

Contract end date

30 April 2040

Total value of contract

£2,000,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Ringway Infrastructure Services Limited

Address

Albion House, Springfield Road,

Horsham

RH12 2RW

Reference

Companies House number: 02756434

Value of contract

£2,000,000,000

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Craig Merchant

Address

County Hall
MAIDSTONE
ME141XQ
England

Email

craig.merchant@kent.gov.uk