How to win: Highways and Street Lighting Contract

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Highways and Street lighting Contract 2026.Works ordered by Council officers through Task / Works Orders - no obligation until an order is issued. Borough-wide, including housing and parks land where it offers value, plus named boundary roads under inter-borough agreements. Anticipated programme of £12m-£16m per year, subject to annual funding decisions. A term contract extending over a maximum of 8 years (4 + 2 +2) comprising of - • Planned and reactive highway and street lighting maintenance works • Traffic management schemes • Cycling, bus priority, drainage and parking schemes • Traffic signal works • Public realm improvements As part of our broader engagement strategy, we are inviting all interested organisations to participate in a virtual a pre-procurement market engagement event. The aim of this event is to engage the market at an early stage to help shape a well-informed, effective, and competitive procurement process. It will also provide an opportunity to gather feedback from current and prospective providers on the proposed model, helping to refine and develop it further. The event will include a presentation outlining the Council's commissioning intentions, an overvie

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — London Borough of Haringey scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £130,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins works work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar works contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 15 September 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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