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I am writing to Wokingham Borough Council to submit a Freedom of Information request regarding your procurement of highway maintenance and road marking services. We are seeking to understand your current and future arrangements for these services, including any planned procurement activity. As part of this request, we would be grateful if you could provide information on the following:

1. Which company or organisation carries out your authority’s road marking work?
(Note: For example, this could be an in-house road maintenance workforce, a highway term maintenance contractor or a specialist sub-contractor employed by them)

2. What is your authority’s approximate annual spend on road marking including any related work such as high friction surfacing, crack and joint sealing etc.

3. When did the current contract or arrangement, which includes road marking and related work, start (MM/YYYY)? And what was the agreed contract length?

4. In order to be considered for future road marking or any other road work, how should we register our interest?

I am writing to Wokingham Borough Council to submit a Freedom of Information request regarding your procurement of highway maintenance and road marking services. We are seeking to understand your current and future arrangements for these services, including any planned procurement activity. As part of this request, we would be grateful if you could provide information on the following:

1. Which company or organisation carries out your authority’s road marking work?
(Note: For example, this could be an in-house road maintenance workforce, a highway term maintenance contractor or a specialist sub-contractor employed by them)
Roads markings works are included in of the Highways Term Maintenance and Construction Contract which is currently awarded to Volkerhighways.

2. What is your authority’s approximate annual spend on road marking including any related work such as high friction surfacing, crack and joint sealing etc.
In financial year 2025-26, Wokingham Borough Council spent an estimated £83,268.05 on the renewal of existing road markings. This does not include lining works undertaken as part of other activities, such as resurfacing works, for which information is not available.

3. When did the current contract or arrangement, which includes road marking and related work, start (MM/YYYY)? And what was the agreed contract length?
Contract will expire on the 30th March 2029.

4. In order to be considered for future road marking or any other road work, how should we register our interest?
Procurement and market engagement opportunities will be made available via the Central Digital Platform and our procurement portal ProContract.
We advertise our opportunities on:
ProContract portal
Central Digital Platform - Find A Tender Service, if the FTS financial thresholds apply
If you wish to tender for any of our opportunities, you must be registered on:
- ProContract - https://procontract.due-north.com/Register
- Central Digital Platform: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-act-2023-short-guides/suppliers-how-to-register-your-organisation-and-first-administrator-on-find-a-tender-in-three-easy-steps-htm