Awarded contract

Collaborative Innovation for Grouted Macadam Road Maintenance - CCS Call Off Ref RM6094

Details

Buyer: Blackpool Council
Supplier(s): Miles Macadam Limited
Value: £4,000,000
Topic: Construction work for highways, roads
Published: 1 December 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Blackpool Council is adopting innovative processes to create a dynamic, collaborative delivery model to maintain the Blackpool Highway Network to the required standard ensuring a capital repair. The Council has utilised the LCRIG Innovation Procurement System via the SPARK DPS to engage with supply chain members who can provide innovative road surface repair. Lot 1: An award has been made using the LCRIG Innovation Procurement System via the SPARK DPS. The process will provide an innovative solution to Blackpool and should have a provable reduction in carbon emissions compared to traditional methods of greater than 25%. The contract will run until March 2027 with the option to extend for a further 1 plus 1 years.

Timeline

Completed: Award date26 November 2025
Completed: Award published1 December 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Blackpool Council buys as a local authority through its corporate procurement team. Every tender is advertised on The Chest, the North West's e-tendering portal, where suppliers register free of charge. The estimated contract value sets the procurement route the council follows, under the Procurement Act 2023. Larger contracts are split into smaller lots so small and voluntary sector suppliers can compete equally. Supplier days are run to brief and train suppliers before they submit tenders. Healthcare services are commissioned separately under the Provider Selection Regime, with contracting activity summarised each year.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Blackpool Council's contract awards have been in construction work, repair and maintenance and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

45233100 · Construction work for highways, roads

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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