Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Devon County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Milestone Infrastructure Limited
- Value
- £656,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Vehicles & transport equipment · Road equipment (CPV 34920000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
- 084231-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date10 Dec 2025
- Published18 Dec 2025Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
This is not a new contract opportunity, but rather a VEAT notice to inform the market that the contracting authority is seeking to extend their existing contract for the provision of highway maintenance services with M Group Highways. The contract was originally awarded on the 21st November 2016 and is due to expire on 31 March 2027. The extension period will be for 2 year (terminating on 31 March 2029). The extension will ensure continuity of highway maintenance services in Devon during the period in which the plans for English Devolution (Government Proposals announced on the 16th December 2024) to abolish all two-tier councils will be enacted. A full procurement exercise can be undertaken for contract(s) to start in April 2029. The total value of the extension is estimated at £100,000,000
About the supplier
Milestone Infrastructure Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13007933).