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.
14,220 results
- Awarded contractPublished 29 January 2024
Technical Surveys and Testing - Structures Testing - Southwest Region
£1,250,000
- Awarded contractPublished 29 January 2024
Local Distributor Road 4 (LDR4) Abbeylands Navan - Main Works Contract (Stage1-Shortlisting)
€12,598,400
- Open tenderPublished 29 January 2024
Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Various Engineering Works
£5,000,000
- Closed tenderPublished 29 January 2024
General Construction Multi Trade - GCMT - Commercial (20% VAT)
£82,500
- Closed tenderPublished 28 January 2024
South Kerry Greenway - Design and Build Contract
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 26 January 2024
YORconsult3 Consultants Framework Agreement
£152,000,000
- Closed tenderPublished 26 January 2024
Sun Square Lancaster - Improvements Project
Value not stated
- Awarded contractPublished 26 January 2024
Generation 5 (Gen5) Civil Engineering, Highways and Transportation Collaborative Framework 2024 - 2028
£500,000,000
- Closed tenderPublished 26 January 2024
Commercial and Project Management Services for Stage 1 of the Llanfairpwll Flood Alleviation Scheme
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 26 January 2024
River Thames Scheme (RTS) Construction Partner
£500,000,000
- Awarded contractPublished 26 January 2024
G20978: Ainslie Park, Girvan - Public Toilet Refurbishment (JCP2567)
£253,318
- Expired contractPublished 26 January 2024
GB-Braintree: EPP0017 Witham Town Park Phase 2
£78,092.8
- Closed tenderPublished 26 January 2024
Camelford Leisure Centre Ltd New Exercise Studio and associated groundworks
£90,000
- Closed tenderPublished 26 January 2024
Construction of a single storey extension at Scoil Eoin Báiste, Nobber National School, Nobber, Co. Meath.
€1,000,000
- Awarded contractPublished 25 January 2024
22/006 - Regional Biosolids Storage Facility – Design Build Contract - PQQ
€27,145,513.41
- Closed tenderPublished 25 January 2024
Provision of Employability Services in Inverclyde
Value not stated
- Awarded contractPublished 25 January 2024
Culvert Inspections and Drainage Surveys Framework
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 25 January 2024
Provision of Employability Services in Inverclyde
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 25 January 2024
Refurbishment to 100 High Street, Eye, Peterborough PE6 7UY
£450,000
- Awarded contractPublished 25 January 2024
Local Distributor Road 4 (LDR4) Abbeylands Navan - Main Works Contract (Stage1)
Value not stated
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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