Subcontracting Framework for Works and Associated Services
- Buyer
- Tayside Contracts
- Value
- £17,200,000
- Closes
- 26 November 2026
- Where
- Dundee, Scotland
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Tayside Contracts, a public body that runs roads and grounds services for councils in Tayside, is setting up a framework of approved subcontractors for road, grounds and site works. It is split into eight lots covering fencing, road markings, traffic management, crash barriers, landscaping and tree work, road surfacing, and civil engineering, with a total estimated value of £17.2 million over the life of the framework. A framework is a pre-approved list of suppliers that Tayside can then call on for individual jobs without running a new tender each time.
What the buyer wants
• Complete the Single Procurement Document (SPD), a standard government questionnaire that proves your company's financial standing, experience, insurance, health and safety record and technical capability. • Meet the minimum selection criteria for each lot you apply for, including relevant past contracts and accreditations. • If shortlisted, submit a detailed tender covering pricing, your method for carrying out the work, and quality and safety proposals.
Lots
- Lot 6: Fencing
- Lot 2: Road Markings, Studs and High Friction Surfacing
- Lot 3: Traffic Management
- Lot 5: Vehicle Restraint Systems (VRS) / Barrier Works
- Lot 4: Landscaping and Tree Surgery
- Lot 1: Surfacing and Patching
- Lot 8: Civils (Tier 2: GBP75k - GBP250k)
- Lot 9: Civils (Tier 3: < GBP75k)
- Lot 7: Civils (Tier 1: > GBP250k)
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
Most small businesses would be ruled out by the financial thresholds, the lack of recent comparable public roads or highways contracts, or the absence of the required accreditations such as SSIP, CHAS or Constructionline, which are checked at the SPD stage.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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