Bromley Council has gone to market with a £71m highways and street-lighting maintenance framework covering the entire borough. The authority plans to re-procure its existing arrangements through two separate lots, splitting major and minor works, with contractors able to bid for either or both.
The contracts are scheduled to run from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2032, with options for extensions of up to four additional years. The total estimated value is £71m excluding VAT, rising to £85.2m including VAT.
Lot one, valued at £47m excluding VAT, focuses on planned maintenance and improvement of footways and carriageways. Scope includes resurfacing with asphaltic concrete and hot rolled asphalt, urban-realm upgrades, road markings, anti-skid treatments, street-lighting improvements and emergency response works.
Lot two, worth £24m excluding VAT, covers reactive and emergency repairs, winter service and traffic management. Activities will include gritting, drainage works, patching and other small-scale interventions across the network.
Turnover thresholds have been set to filter bidders by scale. Contractors must demonstrate a minimum annual turnover of £9.4m for lot one and £4.8m for lot two, rising to £14.2m for firms seeking to secure both lots.
The council will use an open procedure, with tenders evaluated on a 60:40 price-to-quality ratio. Quality scoring will assess operational competence, information governance, contract monitoring, localism and contract management capability.
Bids must be submitted via the ProContract portal by 12pm on 16 January 2026, with an award decision targeted for 20 March 2026. The successful contractors will be responsible for maintaining 852 miles of footways, 523 miles of carriageways and more than 28,000 lighting columns and illuminated signs.
The current highways and lighting arrangements were last tendered in 2015. On the council’s current timetable, the next full procurement round is anticipated in 2035.
