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Efficiency Programme Delivery Partner (EPDP)

National Highways

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

29 Apr 2025 at 14:26

Award Notice
Tender

02 Jan 2024 at 15:23

Tender Notice
Planning

09 Nov 2023 at 10:23

Planning Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The recent contract awarded by National Highways, a national agency based in the United Kingdom, pertains to the delivery of management consultancy services. The Efficiency Programme Delivery Partner (EPDP) contract, valued at up to £75 million, spans from April 2025 to April 2028, with an extension option available until September 2030. This procurement, completed through a selective 'restricted procedure', was most recently updated on 29th April 2025, and the contract was signed with McKinsey & Company, Inc. United Kingdom. The procurement falls under the general management consultancy services category and targets improvements in National Highways' performance across several domains including digital enablement and environmental sustainability, to be implemented throughout England.

This tender opens significant opportunities for businesses specialising in management consultancy, particularly those capable of fostering organisational change and improving efficiency in public infrastructure projects. Companies with expertise in integrated capital delivery, supply chain management, or digital enablement in the public sector will find this contract aligns well with their capabilities. The focus on building long-term, sustainable change and embedding performance improvements makes it suitable for enterprises ready to deliver measurable outcomes over time. Additionally, due to the emphasis on social value and diverse supply chains, businesses dedicated to corporate social responsibility could greatly benefit from engaging with such a project.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Efficiency Programme Delivery Partner (EPDP)

Notice Description

The efficiency programme delivery partner contract (originally advertised as the transformation delivery partnership) is a service to help National Highways deliver its efficiency programme in roads period 3. The service will operate from April 2025 to April 2028, with an option to extend until September 2030. The contract value to April 2028 will be PS43m with the potential to increase to PS75m if the full extension period is utilised.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The efficiency delivery partner contract will help support a centralised programme for delivering change to realise the required efficiency outcomes in National Highways. The contract will challenge, advise, and support National Highways as it develops, implements, embeds and realises the benefits of the programme, whilst leaving a sustainable legacy of change and improved capability throughout the company. The key objective of the programme is the tangible improvement in National Highways' performance in relation to Six Themes: 1: Integrated and flexible capital delivery 2: Supply chain aligned to new delivery model and NH ambitions 3: Mature asset lifecycle ownership 4: Digitally enabled organisation that delivers on business requirements and customer expectations 5: Proactive control of our network 6: Environmental sustainability deeply embedded in what we do The programme will be centrally led with the following design principles: -Led by National Highways employees from across the company, with the efficiency programme delivery partner supporting the activity -Overseen by one Programme Office coordinating and maintaining the single source of the truth through a single way of working across all themes with a clear governance structure. -Focussed on truly cross-cutting initiatives that impact across multiple directorates and functional areas of our business -Building capabilities and ensuring change is fully embedded and sustained becoming business as usual -A focus on long-term transformation and measurable outcomes rather than short-term cost savings This efficiency programme is a self-financing model, with a focus on delivering efficiency targets in both capital and operational expenditure within the RIS3 settlement. The investment made will be recovered from the value of efficiencies made through delivering the programme within the 5-year period. Work under the contract will be issued as tasks with defined deliverables and performance measures. Allocation of future tasks will be predicated on continued good performance. Further details are available in the procurement documents.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0416fe
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017637-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79411000 - General management consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£75,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£75,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£75,000,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Apr 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
5 Feb 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
14 Dec 2023Expired
Award Date
2 Apr 20251 years ago
Contract Period
31 Oct 2024 - 31 Mar 2030 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
National Highways
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
GU1 4LZ
Postcode Area
Guildford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ25 West Surrey
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Guildford
Electoral Ward
Stoke
Westminster Constituency
Guildford

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

McKinsey & Company, Inc. United Kingdom

Further Information

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