Published date: 28 October 2025

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


Closing: 19 September 2025, 7pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons - 34621000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£374,404.54

Procurement reference

tender_502561/1527747

Published date

28 October 2025

Closing date

19 September 2025

Closing time

7pm

Contract start date

29 October 2025

Contract end date

31 December 2027

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

Structural safety is a National Highways priority which is mitigated and managed through various processes including a programme of inspections. National Highways has approximately 23,000 recorded structural assets which are subject to routine Principal and General Inspections (PI's and GI's) resulting in approximately 11,500 inspections being conducted annually, including those undertaken by DBFO (Design Build Finance and Operate) Companies.
Inspections data is used by National Highways for a range of purposes; most notably the condition and inventory data are used to make investment decisions and to produce performance reports on the condition of the assets. It is therefore important for National Highways to ensure that inspections data is accurate, complete and of a reliable quality, and those inspections are undertaken in accordance with DMRB document CS 450 or, in the case of some DBFO's, BD 63.
The objectives of this project are to improve the quality of inspections and provide some assurance of the quality of those inspections and the relevant associated structures data within IAMIS (Integrated Asset Management Information System), by examining structures data and inspection reports for a sample of structures each year and providing constructive feedback to the inspections community. It also provides a structured approach for examining structures data and inspection reports. Lessons learnt from previous tasks have helped inform the scope for this project. Since 2017 a review process has been established within National Highways, whereby specialists within Structures SES (Safety Engineering and Standards) also review a sample of inspection reports per annum.The findings of the previous audits have been reported to National Highways Operations Area teams, in a bid to create engagement with inspector teams.

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Award information

Awarded date

28 October 2025

Contract start date

29 October 2025

Contract end date

31 December 2027

Total value of contract

£374,404.54

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Ove Arup & Partners Limited

Address

Ove Arup & Partners Limited

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Three Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6GA
England

Email

spats3@nationalhighways.co.uk