Winter Maintenance Service 2025-2027

Westmorland and Furness Council
North West
Open procedure
3 November 2025 to 2 November 2026

The contract covers three lots: tractor and gritter services for specific routes, ad-hoc gritter driver support, and operated plant for snow clearance. Services are delivered using either supplier-owned or council-provided equipment. Contractors must demonstrate sufficient resource capacity to deliver multiple routes if bidding for more than one lot.

Open the official notice

Awarded value: £1.4m; As published
Published: 9 July 2025
Awarded: 29 September 2025; Metcalfe Brothers Ltd, Northern Plant Trading Company Ltd, D C Davidson Contractors Ltd and 4 more
Contract length: 12 months; Ends 2 November 2026

What the contract covers

Service contract

Provision of winter maintenance services including gritting, snow clearance, and operated plant hire for local authority road networks.

Provide a tractor and driver to carry out gritting services on specific winter routes in the Eden and South Lakeland area
Provide drivers on an ad-hoc basis to drive Council gritting vehicles
Provide operated plant and equipment to carry out snow clearance works

Lot	Estimated value	SMEs
Tractor and Gritter Routes	£1.1m	Suitable
Gritter driver and mate support	£240k	Suitable
Additional Winter Maintenance Resources	£144k	Suitable

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Service contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Initial term: 12 months
Extensions: 12 months
Longest it can run: 24 months
Contract dates: 3 November 2025 to 2 November 2026
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 3
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Category: Services
CPV codes: 60000000, 90620000, 90630000

Services in this contract

Winter gritting and snow clearanceMain service£88k typicalTractor and driver gritting routes, gritter drivers and snow clearance plant

Lifecycle

Published
9 July 2025
Contract awardedto Metcalfe Brothers Ltd, Northern Plant Trading Company Ltd, D C Davidson Contractors Ltd and 4 more
29 September 2025
Contract starts
3 November 2025
Contract ends
2 November 2026

The buyer

Westmorland and Furness Council

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The suppliers

Metcalfe Brothers Ltd

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Northern Plant Trading Company Ltd

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D C Davidson Contractors Ltd

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/324279/winter-maintenance-service-2025-2027
Buyer reference: ocds-h6vhtk-055c3c
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-055c3c
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Westmorland and Furness Council. Winter Maintenance Service 2025-2027. Contract award, 9 July 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/324279/winter-maintenance-service-2025-2027 (accessed 5 November 2026).