Published date: 26 June 2025

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


Closing: 19 June 2025, 7pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Development consultancy services - 73220000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£250,000

Procurement reference

tender_493349/1494959

Published date

26 June 2025

Closing date

19 June 2025

Closing time

7pm

Contract start date

26 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

The appointed contractor will be required to lead on the progression of the below work packages.
W001 - Project Inception
Schedule an inception meeting with key members of proposed project team and develop Project Initiation Documentation (PID) including development and maintenance of a suitable project plan, stakeholder engagement plan and risk register. All PID documentation will need to be reviewed and approved by the client before the project commences to the next work package stage.
W002 - Supporting the Delivery of the lorry parking scheme
Key elements include:
- Programme board pre and post planning
- Send Evidence template to sites starting works, collate pre-works photos, collate/chase evidence
- Reconcile all invoices from contractors to site and agree on amount to be invoiced from applicant to NH
- Detailed engagement with lorry parking operators and support
- Management of funding agreements
- Site visits - Governance and post-build checks
- Being the point of contact between the sites and the commercial team for commercial queries, gap filling incomplete information, and handling queries from the site and from the NH / AECOM team in relation to applications
- Developing and managing agreements, supplier, subsidiary control, and due diligence trackers
- Producing detailed payment forecasting information for each month until the end of the scheme
- High-level data gathering on facilities prior and post works
- Develop a RIS3 programme
- Case studies
W003 - Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
Provide a methodology, a baseline of data and locations to undertake M&E across the sites that have been delivered through the Lorry Parking Facilities Improvements Programme to date.

W003 - Monitoring and Evaluation
Implement the monitoring and evaluation plan from WP 002 to ensure effective assessment of the project's:

- Process evaluation
- Impact evaluation (Outputs & Outcomes)
- Economic evaluation

W004 - Project close out
Produce a final task report which incorporates lessons learnt with next steps and recommendations.

Award information

Awarded date

26 June 2025

Contract start date

26 June 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Total value of contract

£249,825

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Ove Arup

Address

Newcastle

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

National Highways

Address

199 Wharfside Street
Birmingham
B1 1RN
England

Email

SPaTS2@nationalhighways.co.uk