Maintenance and Response 2 Framework
This tender closed on 26 October 2026.
- Buyer
- National Highways
- Value
- £7,960,713,652
- Closed
- 26 October 2026
- Where
- Birmingham
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
National Highways is looking for contractors to maintain and repair England's motorways and major A-roads across seven regional areas. The contract covers routine maintenance, emergency repairs, winter gritting, roadside equipment upkeep, and asset renewal work like road markings and lighting. This is a massive framework split into seven location-based contracts, each worth roughly £1.1 billion over the contract term.
What the buyer wants
• Cyclical (planned) maintenance work on the strategic road network • Reactive maintenance and incident response for urgent breakdowns and accidents • Winter maintenance, severe weather operations, and gritting • Maintenance of roadside technology and equipment • Asset renewal including road markings, lighting, signs, fencing, and road restraint systems
Lots
- Lot 1 – South West
- Lot 2 – South East
- Lot 3 – East
- Lot 4 – Midlands - West
- Lot 5 – Midlands - East
- Lot 6 – North West
- Lot 7 – Yorkshire & North East
Requirements
What could rule a small business out: This contract is designed for large, multi-disciplinary contractors with national reach, significant financial turnover (likely £50 million+), established highways experience, and capacity to deliver across an entire region. Most small trades cannot bid alone: you would need to join a bidding consortium with established highways contractors, and even then the financial and resource barriers are prohibitive.
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