Published date: 16 December 2025

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


Closing: 13 November 2025, 7pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Development consultancy services - 73220000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

tender_509318/1539748

Published date

16 December 2025

Closing date

13 November 2025

Closing time

7pm

Contract start date

16 December 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 supplier is required to undertake a comprehensive research project to
investigate the actual role of road connectivity in UK housing delivery. The
service will provide an evidence base to answer the following key research
questions and objectives:
- To investigate whether road connectivity is holding housing delivery
back and what other factors are impeding housing delivery.
- To quantify the frequency and scale at which a lack of road
connectivity on the Strategic Road Network (SRN) is the primary of
limiting factor for housing projects not being delivered.
- To systematically identify and rank the most significant non-road
factors currently impeding housing delivery in the UK, eg planning
system delays, land acquisition costs and availability, developer finances
and market viability, labour and material shortages, and water and energy
infrastructure constraints.
- To characterise and investigate the specific circumstances or
conditions under which the SRN becomes a critical limiting factor for housing delivery. This includes examining different types of developments
(eg large-scale new towns vs. small-scale infill projects), geographical
locations (eg urban vs. rural), and the nature of the road issue itself (eg
traffic congestion, safety concerns, or a complete lack of access).
- To analyse how road-related challenges interact with other identified
barriers (eg planning system delays, utility infrastructure capacity,
economic viability, land availability) to collectively impact the speed and
scale of housing delivery.
- To develop a predictive model or framework that can help NH predict
the likelihood of the SRN being a limiting factor for future housing
developments based on a set of identifiable conditions.
- To identify the most effective interventions NH can implement or
advocate for, both directly and indirectly, to mitigate road-related barriers
and support broader housing delivery goals.

Award information

Awarded date

16 December 2025

Contract start date

16 December 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Total value of contract

£52,823

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

AJJV

Address

London

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

SPaTS3

Address

three snowhill
Birmingham
B4 6GA
England

Email

spats3@nationalhighways.co.uk