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
- Closed tenderPublished 15 January 2024
Provision of Core Surfacing 2024- 2027
£50,000,000
- Awarded contractPublished 15 January 2024
Groundworks, Sea Viewing Structure - RSPB Sumburgh Head, Shetland
£32,000
- Closed tenderPublished 15 January 2024
Provision of Core Surfacing 2024- 2027
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 15 January 2024
MCC 4 Unit Apartment Development at Lower Charles Street, Castlebar, County Mayo – A632
€780,000
- Closed tenderPublished 14 January 2024
Pendeen Community Cemetery Project
£117,500
- Closed tenderPublished 14 January 2024
A417 Missing Link - Series 600 Earthworks
£35,000,000
- Closed tenderPublished 12 January 2024
Beacon Hill Groundworks Phase 3 Re-Tender 22-058
Value not stated
- Awarded contractPublished 12 January 2024
Planned external works and reactive external disabled facility works at properties owned and/ or managed by GUHG
12,600,000
- Expired contractPublished 12 January 2024
Mids - EMD AP North CCTV Culvert Inspections - FOF Lot 1
£118,499.32
- Closed tenderPublished 12 January 2024
Waterfront IV - Groundworks & Substructure
£3,000,000
- Closed tenderPublished 12 January 2024
CA13417 - Teneder 75/2023 - Newcastle centre Civil works meanwhile use scheme
£180,000
- Expired contractPublished 11 January 2024
Civil Engineering Services Sheepfolds Sunderland
£29,234
- Closed tenderPublished 11 January 2024
Skipton Road Flood Alleviation Scheme
Value not stated
- Expired contractPublished 11 January 2024
Knutsford Business Improvement District Feasibility Study
£7,440
- Awarded contractPublished 11 January 2024
Network Rail North West & Central Region CP7 Frameworks: Framework Category D
358,000,000
- Closed tenderPublished 11 January 2024
Dog Wood Cycle Path Design
Value not stated
- Closed tenderPublished 11 January 2024
Bantry Destination Towns - Wayfinding
€425,000
- Awarded contractPublished 11 January 2024
Bantry Destination Towns - Wayfinding
425,000
- Closed tenderPublished 11 January 2024
Skipton Road Flood Alleviation Scheme
Value not stated
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 10 January 2024
Project and Asset Care Execution (PACE)
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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