Peterborough City Council has announced Atkins as its preferred bidder to deliver highways services in a deal worth £7.6 million a year.
Atkins will carry out road maintenance, street lighting and gulley cleansing under a new 10-year contract which could save in the region of £750,000 a year.
Council leader Marco Cereste has been asked to sign off the decision to appoint Atkins to provide highways services for the city council from 1 October 2013.
The announcement of Atkins as the preferred bidder follows a year-long tender process. The new contract worth £7.6 million annually will run for 10 years, with the ability to extend it for two further five-year periods.
Councillor Marco Cereste, leader of the council and cabinet member for growth, strategic planning, housing, economic development and business engagement, said: “This new contract has the potential to save the council and therefore its taxpayers in the region of £7.5 million in the next 10 years, which at a time when we are receiving less money from Government, can be re-invested into providing other services for residents.