Awarded contract

National Salt Reserve Storage Contract

Details

Buyer: National Highways Limited
Supplier(s): Peacock Salt
Value: £5,250,000
Topic: Storage and retrieval services
Published: 2 April 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

National Highways is responsible for managing the national Salt Reserve on behalf of the Department for Transport. Under the current arrangements National Highways stores salt at Ellesmere Port, Garston, Ridham, North Killingholme and Shapness. In the event of a prolonged and severe winter this salt would be made available to Local Highway Authorities. The subject of this procurement is the storage arrangements, stockpile management and sheeting supply/maintenance, within the North West, North East and South of England Lot 1: National Highways is responsible for managing the national Salt Reserve on behalf of the Department for Transport. Under the current arrangements National Highways stores salt at Ellesmere Port, Garston, Ridham, North Killingholme and Shapness. In the event of a prolonged and severe winter this salt would be made available to Local Highway Authorities. The subject of this procurement is the storage arrangements, stockpile management and sheeting supply/maintenance, within the North West, North East and South of England

Timeline

Completed: Award date31 March 2025
Completed: Award published2 April 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

National Highways is the government company that plans, designs, builds, operates and maintains England's motorways and major A roads, and buys as a central government body. Suppliers register on the National Highways eSourcing Portal to search live tenders and opportunities. Larger contracts are also advertised on Find a Tender, with Contracts Finder used for smaller opportunities. Most work reaches the market through framework contracts covering major schemes and routine maintenance. The Supply Chain Team handles queries on contracts, frameworks and procurement processes. A social enterprise dynamic purchasing system also opens smaller contracts to voluntary and community organisations.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of National Highways Limited's contract awards have been in construction work, transport equipment and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

63121000 · Storage and retrieval services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@national-highways-limited.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@national-highways-limited.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@national-highways-limited.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@national-highways-limited.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@national-highways-limited.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@national-highways-limited.gov