Published date: 12 February 2026

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


Closing: 19 November 2025, 7pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Auditing services - 79212000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£48,644.52

Procurement reference

tender_511227/1552307

Published date

12 February 2026

Closing date

19 November 2025

Closing time

7pm

Contract start date

12 December 2025

Contract end date

12 February 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 has 11 number 30-year Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts, known as Design Build Finance and Operate (DBFO) concessions/contracts. Eight of these contracts come to an end in 2026/27. The DBFO contracts contain a requirement for the DBFO Company to join with the Employer (National Highways) to conduct a number of Joint Inspections of the asset.
National Highways determined in 2018 that it required external support to help with the Joint Inspections together with conducting the necessary duties to achieve contract completion across the eight DBFO contracts.
National Highways let a SPaTS Framework Task Order Contract for technical advice and support on the DBFO Handback / Contract Completion project.

The audits should apply to the Task Order since the start of the commission in 2019/20 focussing more after re-let, together with a reconciliation, to ensure that a defined cost includes inflation and cost increase and utilisation of staff, to be able to determine how much a contractor is owed on a monthly basis under the contract.

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Award information

Awarded date

12 December 2025

Contract start date

12 December 2025

Contract end date

12 February 2026

Total value of contract

£48,644.52

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

The Orange Partnership Limited

Address

Kenilworth

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

faf@nationalhighways.co.uk