Awarded 15 September 2026
Rubha Reidh Road Repairs
Northern Lighthouse Board · Scotland
Highway maintenance tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
67 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
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Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
Highway maintenance contracts ,
67 contracts across the UK, of any size
Recently awarded
The latest highway maintenance contracts awarded
Awarded 15 September 2026
Highways and Public Realm Contract
Westminster City Council · London
Awarded 7 September 2026
Highways Term Maintenance HM10 – Highway and Footway Maintenance
Sefton Council · North West
Awarded 28 August 2026
PDF Framework - Area 4 Rapid Response
Highways England
Awarded 11 August 2026
FC for 5 x 2 man potholes defects - tender 1
Durham County Council · North East
Who wins · 24 months to October 2026
Marlborough Highways Limited won the most highway maintenance contracts
Ringway Infrastructure Services Limited won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsOther public bodies
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marlborough Highways Limited London · SME · See every contract | 5 | £780m | 4 | ||
| 2 | FM Conway Limited London · See every contract | 4 | £1.7m | 3 | ||
| 3joint | Ringway Infrastructure Services Limited East of England · See every contract | 3 | £4.0bn | 2 | ||
| 3joint | Dowhigh Limited North West · SME · See every contract | 3 | £54m | 2 | ||
| 3joint | Trust Utility Management Ltd SME · See every contract | 3 | £936k | 1 | ||
| 3joint | Aggregate Industries South East · See every contract | 3 | £504k | 1 | ||
| 3joint | Hanson Contracting South East · See every contract | 3 | £419k | 1 | ||
| 8joint | Balfour Beatty West Midlands · See every contract | 2 | £960m | 2 | ||
| 8joint | MGroup West Midlands · See every contract | 2 | £318m | 1 | ||
| 8joint | O'Hara Brothers Surfacing Limited London · SME · See every contract | 2 | £131m | 1 |
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Who buys
Councils award 79% of highway maintenance contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
11 buyers bought highway maintenance more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many highway maintenance contracts it awarded in the last 24 months.
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Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many highway maintenance contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
CouncilsOther public bodies
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highways England | 11 | £4m |
| 2 | Nottingham City Council | 6 | £1.1m |
| 3 | Durham County Council | 4 | £1.3m |
| 4 | Hertfordshire County Council | 2 | £1.9bn |
| 5 | Herefordshire Council | 2 | £318m |
| 6 | London Borough of Havering | 2 | £315m |
| 7 | London Borough of Hillingdon | 2 | £131m |
| 8 | Liverpool City Council | 2 | £50m |
| 9 | Bristol City Council | 2 | £16m |
| 10 | Westminster City Council | 2 | £13.6m |
Prices
Half of highway maintenance contracts are worth less than £861k
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsOther public bodies
The 10 biggest contracts hold 90% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- Kent County CouncilRingway Infrastructure Services Limited · 19 Nov 2025
- Hertfordshire County CouncilRingway Infrastructure Services Limited · 4 Mar 2025
- Warwickshire County CouncilBalfour Beatty · 1 May 2026
- Oxfordshire County CouncilMilestone Infrastructure · 20 Mar 2025
- Devon County CouncilWinner not published · 10 Dec 2025
- Southend-on-Sea City CouncilMarlborough Highways Limited · 31 Mar 2026
- Herefordshire CouncilMGroup · 19 Feb 2026
- London Borough of HaveringMarlborough Highways Limited · 9 Jan 2025
- West Berkshire CouncilMarlborough Highways Limited · 12 Jun 2026
- London Borough of HaveringMarlborough Highways Limited · 13 Jan 2025
Where and when
London awards the most highway maintenance contracts
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
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| Region | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|
| London | 7 | £521m |
| Wales | 6 | £4.7m |
| North East | 5 | £1.3m |
| North West | 5 | £89.6m |
| West Midlands | 5 | £1.3bn |
| South East | 5 | £325m |
| East of England | 4 | £2.2bn |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 3 | £2.7m |
| South West | 2 | £656m |
| Scotland | 2 | £152k |
| East Midlands | 1 | £49k |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | £11.5m |
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Deadlines
Half of highway maintenance tenders close within 32 days of being published
Each dot is a highway maintenance tender published across the UK in the last 24 months, by how many days it was open. 34% closed within a month. Spot one a week late and 22% of the time to respond has gone.
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Key findings
- 32 days
is how long the typical highway maintenance tender is open, from publication to deadline.
Median of 53 UK highway maintenance tenders published in the last 24 months. - 3
new highway maintenance tenders are published across the UK in a typical month.
64 in the last 24 months. - 90%
of the money is in the 10 biggest highway maintenance contracts.
Of 60 contracts with a published value. - 53%
of highway maintenance contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 51 award notices.
Questions
How many highway maintenance contracts does the UK public sector award?
67 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 41 public buyers.
How long are highway maintenance tenders open for?
The median highway maintenance tender is open for 32 days from publication to deadline.
How much is a typical public sector highway maintenance contract worth?
The median is £861k, and 33% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector highway maintenance contracts?
Marlborough Highways Limited won the most (5). Ringway Infrastructure Services Limited won the most by value (£4.0bn).
Which buyers award the most highway maintenance contracts?
Councils award 79% of them.
What is included
Multi-activity maintenance of a road network under one term contract: routine and reactive repairs, cyclic maintenance, incident and severe weather response and minor works, including unspecified urgent highway repair packages.
- Routine and reactive highway maintenance term contracts
- Defect rectification and incident response
- Term contracts that bundle winter service and minor improvements
- Urgent repair works packages on trunk roads
- Private or forest road network maintenance covering several activities
What is not included
- Single-activity resurfacing programmes (con.civils.carriageway-resurfacing)
- Surface dressing programmes (con.civils.surface-treatments)
- Road marking programmes (con.civils.road-markings)
- Street lighting contracts (con.civils.street-lighting)
- Standalone gritting (con.civils.winter-service)
- Major schemes and major works frameworks (con.civils.major-road-schemes)
- Improvement schemes (con.civils.highway-improvements)