Highways Materials Framework 2025

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  "date": "2025-09-29T16:38:25+01:00",
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    "description": "The Materials to be delivered under this Framework are to facilitate highway maintenance works to repair potholes and worn out carriageway carried out by Council\u0027s in-house operations teams.",
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        "description": "The products are described as per BS EN 206:2013 + A1:2016 (BS 8500 Parts 1 \u0026 2 - Complementary British Standards to BS EN 206)\nAll constituent materials [e.g. Cement \u0026 Aggregates] are manufactured to a harmonised standard and under the Construction Products Regulations are required to be CE marked and have been tested at source in accordance to relevant standards, namely: -\n\u2022\tCement - BS EN 197-1: Cement - Part 1: Composition, specification and conformity criteria for common cements\n\u2022\tAggregates - BS EN 12620 - Aggregates for Concrete\n\u2022\tWith guidance from BS8500 Part 2",
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        "description": "1. Unbound aggregate: \nPipe bedding\nDrainage\n2. Unbound aggregate: \nGranular fill\nGeneral fill\nCapping\nGabion filling\n3. Unbound aggregate: Unbound mixtures [sub base]\n4. Aggregate for concrete\n5. Chippings\n6. Topsoil\n7. Fine aggregate",
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        "title": "Lot 3 - Dry Aggregates",
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          "startDate": "2025-12-08T00:00:00Z"
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        "description": "Data Sheets shall be provided for each of the products in the price list. The Data Sheets shall include the requirements for temperatures for storage and installation of the product. Recommended rates of spread shall also be provided.\nFor HAPAS and Non-HAPAS Certified Instant Road Repair Materials, full details of technical performance is required including current aggregate properties, initial type test certificates, cohesion information for bond coats, etc.\nThe use of Tack Coat has been superseded by the use of Bond Coat for all Cumberland Council works and supplies of Tack Coat are no longer required.\nRates to include all transport and handling charges associated with delivery, as well as all charges for collection of empty drums from various Depots located within the county of Cumberland",
        "id": "4",
        "status": "active",
        "suitability": {
          "sme": true
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        "title": "Lot 4 - Miscellaneous Road Repair Products",
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          "currency": "GBP"
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    "mainProcurementCategory": "goods",
    "procurementMethod": "open",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure",
    "status": "active",
    "submissionMethodDetails": "Suppliers wishing to express an interest and obtain access to the tender documents should go to www.the-chest.org.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on the left of the screen. On the next screen enter the contract Reference DN776266 in the box labelled \u0027contains\u0027 then click search. Click on the Blue link for the contract title to view the opportunity.\nTo express an interest you will need to login. If you are not already registered on the www.the-chest.org.uk you will need to return to the home page and click on Register. Register free link in the navigation area on the left of the screen. Registration is free of charge and your username and password will be emailed to you.\nCumberland Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumberland Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the authority\u0027s supplier audits on all aspects of diversity.\nThe contracting authority expressly reserves the right:\n(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and\n(ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers.\nThe contracting authority reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement.",
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    "techniques": {
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        "description": "If the Council decides to source the Materials through the framework, then it may order those Materials set out in Schedule 4 in accordance with the terms laid down in the Framework Agreement without reopening competition, as more particularly described below: \nOrders without reopening competition for delivery of Materials\n8.2\tAuthorised Officers shall:-\n\t8.2.1\tidentify the relevant Lot(s) in which the Council\u0027s requirements fall into along with the relevant prices within the Pricing Schedule;\n\t8.2.2\tapply the Delivery Cost Calculation to the prices within the Pricing Schedule to determine the cost to the Council of using each Supplier within the Lot(s).\n\t8.2.3\tissue the Order to the Supplier, identified by the process outlined at 8.2.2 as providing the Materials at the lowest cost to the Council in accordance with clauses 8.4 to 8.10.\nOrders without reopening competition for collection of Materials\n8.3\tAuthorised Officers shall:-\n8.3.1\tidentify the relevant Lot(s) in which the Council\u0027s requirements fall into along with the relevant prices within the Pricing Schedule;\n8.3.2\tapply the Collection Cost Calculation to the prices within the Pricing Schedule to determine the cost to the Council of using each Supplier within the Lot(s).\n8.3.3\tissue the Order to the Supplier, identified by the process outlined at 8.3.2 as providing the Materials at the lowest cost to the Council, in accordance with clauses 8.4 to 8.10",
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      "endDate": "2025-10-27T12:00:00Z"
    },
    "title": "Highways Materials Framework 2025",
    "value": {
      "amount": 4800000,
      "amountGross": 5760000,
      "currency": "GBP"
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