Published date: 8 July 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 30 May 2025, 7pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Development consultancy services - 73220000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£218,802.49

Procurement reference

tender_490590/1497698

Published date

8 July 2025

Closing date

30 May 2025

Closing time

7pm

Contract start date

19 June 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

National Highways (the Client) is looking to set up a contract for the provision of a range of technical engineering consultancy services to support the Technical Standards Group (TSG) with the implementation of new technical standards, mainly the Manual Contract Highways Works (MCHW) and the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB), which are used for the assessment, design and construction of all works on the strategic road network and required to deliver the Road Investment Strategy (RIS) as per obligations under the technical regulation protocol.
The support enables TSG to manage and deliver improvements to the standards governance process and the drafting rules set out on the Manual for Development of Documents (MDD), it ensures the embedment, evaluation, realisation of benefits and ensure the valuation of the impact the new DMRB and MCHW on user groups. The new technical standard MCHW and DMRB will be published in late summer 2025.
The overall objective of the service commission is to provide to the Client specialist engineering consultancy and technical services covering the activities specified in work packages in S205.1. This commission will be managed and governed by the Technical Standards Group (TSG) based in the Safety, Engineering, Standards (SES) Directorate.

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Award information

Awarded date

3 July 2025

Contract start date

19 June 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Total value of contract

£218,802.49

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

WSP UK Ltd - SPaTS 1

Address

Basingstoke

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street
Birmingham
B1 1RN
England

Email

SPaTS2@nationalhighways.co.uk