Civils Contracts and Tenders
See open Civils tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
Civils procurement spans groundworks and earthworks, drainage and culvert repair or replacement, retaining walls and slope stabilisation, and highway surfacing, patching and bridge strengthening. Flood alleviation and sustainable drainage schemes, rail earthworks and water company groundworks for mains renewal sit alongside them.
Civils buying mostly runs as call-offs for individual schemes, often from YPO's civil engineering works and services dynamic purchasing system, rather than one-off tenders. Councils, water companies, and rail and highways bodies across the UK and Ireland are the regular buyers of civils work.
14,198 results
- Closed tenderPublished 4 March 2025
Dundalk Traffic Light Upgrades 2025 - Works Contractor
Value not stated
- Awarded contractPublished 3 March 2025
CPU 6935 Highways Minor Works
£10,000,000
- Closed tenderPublished 3 March 2025
A57 Works Examiner
£100,000
- Expired contractPublished 28 February 2025
e-RFQ for the provision of NFDC Car Park Resurfacing & other Civils work, various locations
£60,660
- Awarded contractPublished 28 February 2025
Long Gill East - Strengthening & Maintenance
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 28 February 2025
2343 Moulton Drainage Package
£242,498.34
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 28 February 2025
Capital Works (Construction) Framework 2025-2029
£175,000,000
- Closed tenderPublished 27 February 2025
River Peffery Restoration - Docharty Groundworks
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 27 February 2025
YNE Greatham North East Flood Alleviation Scheme- Form C
£270,639.59
- Awarded contractPublished 27 February 2025
Plant and GO Hire Provision of Plant with Operative Hire and the Provision of a Groundworks Operative Hire at An Daingean Fishery Harbour Centre Dingle, Co. Kerry
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 27 February 2025
Plant and GO Hire Provision of Plant with Operative Hire and the Provision of a Groundworks Operative Hire at An Daingean Fishery Harbour Centre Dingle, Co. Kerry
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 27 February 2025
Bromford East - Cross Passages Temporary Steel Frames
£1,750,000
- Closed tenderPublished 27 February 2025
Cumberland Capital Works Framework 2025
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 27 February 2025
Fordington Cemetery Boundary/Retaining Wall
£150,000
- Closed tenderPublished 26 February 2025
Ffordd Bleddyn
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 26 February 2025
Lancaster Street Retaining Wall Rebuild
£63,516.34
- Awarded contractPublished 26 February 2025
Award of Gairie Burn Retaining Wall
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 26 February 2025
HRE - CLOSED BRANCH LINES MINOR WORKS - RDW/8, AFON CEINT CULVERT - SITE INVESTIGATION
£15,393.45
- Awarded contractPublished 26 February 2025
12 New Housing Units, Perth Road, Newtonmore
£2,047,574.21
- Closed tenderPublished 26 February 2025
Routewide Track Drainage
£3,750,000
Frequently asked questions
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What is included in a typical civils package?
A civils package usually covers groundworks, earthworks, drainage, site preparation and the below-ground work a build needs before the main contractor starts on structures. On rail and highways schemes it can also include ground stabilisation, culverts and surface works. Buyers procure it as its own contract as often as they fold it into a wider construction or maintenance framework.
What CPV codes cover civils and civil engineering work?
The core code is 45200000, works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work. Drainage-specific packages use 45232452, drainage works. Buyers mix these with codes for whatever trade the civils work is supporting, so a single tender can carry several.
Are civils contracts usually stand-alone or part of a bigger scheme?
Both happen. Councils and housing providers often run civils and drainage as one lot inside a repairs or maintenance framework. Rail and highways programmes tend to carve civils out as a delivery contract in its own right, covering earthworks, drainage and ground stabilisation ahead of the main works.
Which frameworks are used to buy civil engineering works in the UK public sector?
YPO's civil engineering works and services dynamic purchasing system and the Crown Commercial Service construction works and associated services framework are the two routes that appear in civils call-offs. YPO's system has a road and highway infrastructure category, and county councils run further competitions under it for individual schemes such as bridge strengthening and deck replacement.
The Crown Commercial Service framework has a building works lot that includes minor associated civil engineering works. Councils and combined authorities have called off from it by further competition and by direct award.
How do I find Civils contracts before they are formally tendered?
Read capital programmes, planned maintenance schedules, estate condition surveys and early market engagement notices, which show Civils work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.
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