Westmorland and Furness Council has started its search for a contractor to deliver capital highway maintenance works with a focus on surface treatments.

The services to be delivered under this contract are capital highway maintenance works to repair worn out carriageway. Primary works will include surface dressing, micro asphalt, asphalt preservation, high friction surfacing work and footway slurry sealing, together with all associated road marking replacements and temporary traffic management.

The contractor may also carry out pre-surface treatment patching work if required to support the in-house teams. Full details on the scope requirements are available within the tender documents.#

The contract is for six years and worth up to £40 million.

The deadline for tenders is 15th December at 12pm.

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