← Back to opportunities

T0661 Technical Standards Implementation, Governance improvements and benefit realisation

National Highways

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: National Highways

Buyer Address: The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street, Birmingham, B1 1RN, England

Contact Email: SPaTS2@nationalhighways.co.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
selective
Value
218802.49 GBP
Published
08 Jul 2025, 09:50
Deadline
30 May 2025, 18:00
Contract Start
18 Jun 2025, 23:00
Contract End
31 Mar 2026, 22:59
Category
services
CPV
73220000 - Development consultancy services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
WSP UK Ltd - SPaTS 1
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

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.

Linked Documents

Select a document to preview.

Opportunity Context

Raw Notice JSON

Expand raw payload
{
  "awards": [
    {
      "contractPeriod": {
        "endDate": "2026-03-31T23:59:59+01:00",
        "startDate": "2025-06-19T00:00:00+01:00"
      },
      "date": "2025-07-03T00:00:00+01:00",
      "datePublished": "2025-07-08T10:50:33+01:00",
      "documents": [
        {
          "datePublished": "2025-07-08T10:50:33+01:00",
          "description": "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder",
          "documentType": "awardNotice",
          "format": "text/html",
          "id": "1",
          "language": "en",
          "url": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/11cd1c64-a1ac-47f3-b55a-8b2a785fc94e"
        },
        {
          "description": "n/a",
          "format": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
          "id": "2",
          "url": "https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/38915871-f5a9-4a92-920d-c04b336f0641"
        }
      ],
      "id": "ocds-b5fd17-371ac445-d98a-4b07-bc10-672e5f6ab1b6-1",
      "status": "active",
      "suppliers": [
        {
          "id": "GB-CFS-248263",
          "name": "WSP UK Ltd -  SPaTS 1"
        }
      ],
      "value": {
        "amount": 218802.49,
        "currency": "GBP"
      }
    }
  ],
  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-CFS-229658",
    "name": "National Highways"
  },
  "date": "2025-07-08T10:50:33+01:00",
  "id": "11cd1c64-a1ac-47f3-b55a-8b2a785fc94e-853333",
  "initiationType": "tender",
  "language": "en",
  "ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-371ac445-d98a-4b07-bc10-672e5f6ab1b6",
  "parties": [
    {
      "address": {
        "countryName": "England",
        "locality": "Birmingham",
        "postalCode": "B1 1RN",
        "streetAddress": "The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "SPaTS2@nationalhighways.co.uk"
      },
      "id": "GB-CFS-229658",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "National Highways"
      },
      "name": "National Highways",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "address": {
        "streetAddress": "Basingstoke"
      },
      "details": {
        "scale": "large",
        "vcse": false
      },
      "id": "GB-CFS-248263",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "WSP UK Ltd -  SPaTS 1"
      },
      "name": "WSP UK Ltd -  SPaTS 1",
      "roles": [
        "supplier"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tag": [
    "award"
  ],
  "tender": {
    "classification": {
      "description": "Development consultancy services",
      "id": "73220000",
      "scheme": "CPV"
    },
    "contractPeriod": {
      "endDate": "2026-03-31T23:59:59+01:00",
      "startDate": "2025-06-19T00:00:00+01:00"
    },
    "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.\r\nThe 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.\r\nThe 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.",
    "id": "tender_490590/1497698",
    "items": [
      {
        "deliveryAddresses": [
          {
            "countryName": "British Oversea Territories"
          },
          {
            "countryName": "Channel Islands"
          },
          {
            "countryName": "Europe"
          },
          {
            "countryName": "Isle of Man"
          },
          {
            "countryName": "Rest of the World"
          },
          {
            "countryName": "United Kingdom"
          }
        ],
        "id": "1"
      }
    ],
    "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
    "procurementMethod": "selective",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Call-off from a framework agreement",
    "status": "complete",
    "suitability": {
      "sme": true,
      "vcse": false
    },
    "tenderPeriod": {
      "endDate": "2025-05-30T19:00:00+01:00"
    },
    "title": "T0661 Technical Standards Implementation, Governance improvements and benefit realisation",
    "value": {
      "amount": 218802.49,
      "currency": "GBP"
    }
  }
}