Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13b81-76d3-727e-bdb5-aa5796a8d648/dorset-highways-contractor-resource-labour-top-up-framework awarded GB open procedure # Dorset Highways Contractor Resource (Labour Top – Up) Framework [Dorset Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/dorset-council) Estimated value Not stated Published 19 Jan 2021 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Split into 9 lots You can usually bid for just the lots you can deliver. - Sets up a framework Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender Dorset Council (Dorset Highways Operations), in collaboration with Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, are looking to establish a framework of contractors whom can complement the Councils in-house Highways Operations Teams when they do not have capacity to deliver required works or services. The framework will be divided into the following lots: - Lot 1 Skilled and Semi-Skilled Highway Construction Operatives - Lot 2 Bricklayer/Stone Mason - Lot 3 Carpenter/Shuttering Carpenter - Lot 4 Welder/Blacksmith - Lot 5 Steel Fixer - Lot 6 Kerb Layer - Lot 7 Traffic Management Operatives - Lot 8 Excavator and Backhoe Loader Operatives (JCB or equivalent) - Lot 9 Slab Layer/Block Layer. ## CPV classification Joinery and carpentry installation work Construction work for highways, roads Road construction works Construction work for highways Road-maintenance works Masonry and bricklaying work Blacksmith services Structural steelworks Traffic control services Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-028b5a-2021-01-19T09:23:13Z [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-028b5a-2021-01-19T09:23:13Z) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Dorset Council: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/dorset-council) [Sector More Construction work tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/construction-work) ## More tenders like this [Bannister Sports Centre Athletic Track Soft Market Testing Exercise · Harrow Council · 38 days left · 26 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a1540d-d9e4-71cb-ad57-1603e9042fec/bannister-sports-centre-athletic-track-soft-market-testing-exercise) [Hdc-1714 wadkins pavilion refurbishment · Harborough District Council · 39 days left · 27 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a155bf-f664-72f9-9823-a85d6cddbdc6/hdc-1714-wadkins-pavilion-refurbishment) [Design, supply, and Installation of Newbiggin Skatepark Extension · Newbiggin Town Council · 35 days left · 23 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15552-19a2-7348-a5cc-3f5ae51ef934/design-supply-and-installation-of-newbiggin-skatepark-extension) [Tender for the design, supply, delivery and installation of a modular UNIT and associated works at ARC healthy living, irvinestown. peaceplus funded upgrade works · Fermanagh and Omagh District Council · 14 days left · 2 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15552-1b74-73ec-a6f6-a1af37959997/tender-for-the-design-supply-delivery-and-installation-of-a-modular-unit-and-a) [ESPH AB RDC Sidley Depot (ESPH753) · Rother District Council · 49 days left · 7 Dec 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15552-1d19-7155-8fe0-0d917105fca8/esph-ab-rdc-sidley-depot-esph753) [Demolition, Design and Construction of Howard's Lane Public Toilets, Howard's Lane, Wareham · Wareham Town Council · 88 days left · 15 Jan 2027](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15552-1d8a-7277-bc5b-edc9a127ee5b/demolition-design-and-construction-of-howards-lane-public-toilets-howards-la)