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Maintenance and Response 2 Framework

National Highways Limited

This public procurement record has 8 releases in its history.

Tender

24 Aug 2026 at 13:05

UK4 - Tender Notice
Planning

23 Jul 2026 at 15:07

UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
Planning

04 Dec 2025 at 15:00

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
PlanningUpdate

12 Aug 2025 at 10:43

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
PlanningUpdate

12 Aug 2025 at 10:27

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
PlanningUpdate

12 Aug 2025 at 10:22

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

12 Aug 2025 at 10:11

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

08 Aug 2025 at 14:23

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

National Highways Limited is procuring the Maintenance and Response 2 Framework for maintenance and reactive services across the strategic road network in England, covering more than 4,500 miles of motorways and major A roads. The works category includes cyclical and urgent reactive maintenance, incident response, severe-weather operations and winter maintenance. It also covers operational roadside technology maintenance and schemes, engineering and electrical work, road surfacing and repair, drainage and gully cleaning, sweeping, signage, lighting, traffic signals, safety barriers, fencing and selected asset renewal. The procurement is divided into seven location-based lots: South West, South East, East, Midlands West, Midlands East, North West, and Yorkshire and North East. The successful suppliers will support National Highways’ network operations in their awarded locations.

The procurement has reached tender: National Highways invited shortlisted applicants to submit offers through a selective competitive flexible procedure under the Procurement Act 2023. Expressions of interest are due by 26 October 2026 at 10:00, and enquiries close on 12 October 2026 at 23:59. The anticipated contract period is 6 January 2028 to 1 July 2037, with a maximum extent date of 28 February 2037 for Lot 1. The estimated total value is £7,960,713,652 excluding VAT and £9,552,856,382 including VAT. Lot values excluding VAT range from £671,032,885 to £1,094,387,452. There are seven lots, with one supplier appointed per location and up to two lots awardable to each supplier. Quality, including social value, carries 60%; commercial price carries 40%.

This opportunity suits established highway maintenance, roadworks, infrastructure and engineering businesses able to deliver planned maintenance alongside urgent response and incident operations. Relevant capability includes road surfacing, markings, barriers, fencing, lighting, signs, traffic-control technology, drainage, sweeping, snow and ice clearance, and asset renewal. Suppliers should be able to demonstrate both technical ability and economic and financial capacity through the procurement-specific questionnaire. The process is designed for organisations with the resources, equipment, people and operational resilience to support a large strategic road network over a long-term programme. It may also suit smaller and medium-sized enterprises, as the procurement identifies the lots as suitable for SMEs. A supplier can apply for multiple locations, subject to the award limit of two lots.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Maintenance and Response 2 Framework

Notice Description

This notice relates to the procurement of the Maintenance and Response 2 (M&R2) framework, which will deliver maintenance and reactive services for National Highways, across the strategic road network (SRN). The SRN is one of the biggest and most important pieces of infrastructure in the country, and is comprised of more than 4,500 miles of motorways and major A roads which are at the core of our national transport system. The M&R2 framework will consist of seven location based lots and, following the procurement exercise, a single supplier will be appointed to deliver the services in each location. Each successful supplier will also be appointed to an overarching framework agreement, to provide resilience across the network in the event of supplier failure. National Highways is looking for suitable suppliers to provide and undertake: - cyclical maintenance, - reactive maintenance to address urgent needs, - incident response, - severe weather operations and winter maintenance, - operational roadside technology maintenance and schemes, and - selected asset renewal works including but not limited to; road markings, soft estate, lighting, road signs, road restraint systems and fencing. Further details regarding previous market engagement events, as well as an updated presentation on our proposed strategy, can be found on the project's external sharepoint site - https://highways.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/NationalHighwaysProcurement-MaterialforExternalRelease/IgCmPhC4_IKvS4vnf17Vn_ERAW7qqqsR9UeGBtfZxLa6ZJQ?e=4lG9lc Further details regarding previous market engagement events, as well as an updated presentation on our proposed strategy, can be found on the project's external sharepoint site - https://highways.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/NationalHighwaysProcurement-MaterialforExternalRelease/IgCmPhC4_IKvS4vnf17Vn_ERAW7qqqsR9UeGBtfZxLa6ZJQ?e=4lG9lc Further contract and procurement details can be found in the conditions of participation documents published on the National Highways eSourcing Portal, specifically the Information Memorandum.

Lot Information

Lot 1 - South West

Provision of works and services listed in Scope section of this notice for the South West location.

Options: The options are as/will be described in the procurement documents.

Lot 2 - South East

Provision of works and services listed in Scope section of this notice for the South East location.

Options: The options are as/will be described in the procurement documents.

Lot 3 - East

Provision of works and services listed in Scope section of this notice for the East location.

Options: The options are as/will be described in the procurement documents.

Lot 4 - Midlands - West

Provision of works and services listed in Scope section of this notice for the West Midlands location.

Options: The options are as/will be described in the procurement documents.

Lot 5 - Midlands - East

Provision of works and services listed in Scope section of this notice for the East Midlands location.

Options: The options are as/will be described in the procurement documents.

Lot 6 - North West

Provision of works and services listed in Scope section of this notice for the North West location.

Options: The options are as/will be described in the procurement documents.

Lot 7 - Yorkshire & North East

Provision of works and services listed in Scope section of this notice for the Yorkshire & North East location.

Options: The options are as/will be described in the procurement documents.

Planning Information

This notice is issued by National Highways, inviting suppliers to participate in a market engagement event scheduled for 16/01/2026 and to be held in-person in Birmingham. To submit an expression of interest, please contact the mr2procurement@nationalhighways.co.uk inbox, stating that you wish to attend and providing the email addresses of up to 3 attendees. You will then be contacted in early January 2026 with an invite to the event. Please submit your expression of interest by 19/12/2025. Please note, the venue has limited capacity and therefore invites will be allocated in order of receipt. Furthermore, depending on the number of expressions of interest received, National Highways reserves the right to reduce the number of attendees per organisation.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-058440
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080335-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Works
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

45 - Construction work

50 - Repair and maintenance services

63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

34920000 - Road equipment

34921000 - Road-maintenance equipment

34921100 - Road sweepers

34922000 - Road-marking equipment

34922100 - Road markings

34923000 - Road traffic-control equipment

34924000 - Variable message signs

34927100 - Road salt

34928100 - Crash barriers

34928110 - Road barriers

34928120 - Barrier components

34928200 - Fences

34928230 - Noise fence

34928300 - Safety barriers

34928310 - Safety fencing

34928320 - Guardrails

34928420 - Road-danger lamps

34928470 - Signage

34928471 - Sign materials

34928472 - Sign posts

34928500 - Street-lighting equipment

34928510 - Street-lighting columns

34928520 - Lampposts

34928530 - Street lamps

34971000 - Speed camera equipment

34972000 - Traffic-flow measuring system

34990000 - Control, safety, signalling and light equipment

34992000 - Signs and illuminated signs

34992100 - Illuminated traffic signs

34992200 - Road signs

34993000 - Road lights

34993100 - Tunnel lighting

34996100 - Traffic lights

44113600 - Bitumen and asphalt

44113610 - Bitumen

44113620 - Asphalt

44113700 - Road-repair materials

44113800 - Road-surfacing materials

44113900 - Road-maintenance materials

44113910 - Winter-maintenance materials

45111213 - Site-clearance work

45221248 - Tunnel linings construction work

45233100 - Construction work for highways, roads

45233110 - Motorway construction works

45233120 - Road construction works

45233124 - Trunk road construction work

45233125 - Road junction construction work

45233126 - Grade-separated junction construction work

45233127 - T-junction construction work

45233128 - Roundabout construction work

45233130 - Construction work for highways

45233131 - Construction work for elevated highways

45233139 - Highway maintenance work

45233140 - Roadworks

45233141 - Road-maintenance works

45233142 - Road-repair works

45233210 - Surface work for highways

45233220 - Surface work for roads

45233221 - Road-surface painting work

45233222 - Paving and asphalting works

45233223 - Carriageway resurfacing works

45233224 - Dual carriageway construction work

45233225 - Single carriageway construction work

45233226 - Access road construction work

45233227 - Slip road construction work

45233228 - Surface coating construction work

45233229 - Verge maintenance work

45233251 - Resurfacing works

45233280 - Erection of road-barriers

45233290 - Installation of road signs

45233291 - Installation of bollards

45233292 - Installation of safety equipment

45233293 - Installation of street furniture

45233294 - Installation of road signals

45310000 - Electrical installation work

45316110 - Installation of road lighting equipment

45316200 - Installation of signalling equipment

45316210 - Installation of traffic monitoring equipment

45316211 - Installation of illuminated road signs

45316212 - Installation of traffic lights

45341000 - Erection of railings

45342000 - Erection of fencing

50230000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services related to roads and other equipment

50232000 - Maintenance services of public-lighting installations and traffic lights

50232100 - Street-lighting maintenance services

50232200 - Traffic-signal maintenance services

50312600 - Maintenance and repair of information technology equipment

50312610 - Maintenance of information technology equipment

50312620 - Repair of information technology equipment

50800000 - Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services

63712320 - Tunnel operation services

71300000 - Engineering services

90610000 - Street-cleaning and sweeping services

90611000 - Street-cleaning services

90612000 - Street-sweeping services

90620000 - Snow-clearing services

90630000 - Ice-clearing services

90640000 - Gully cleaning and emptying services

90641000 - Gully cleaning services

90642000 - Gully emptying services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£7,960,713,652 £1B-£10B
Lots Value
£6,123,625,887 £1B-£10B
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Aug 20262 days ago
Submission Deadline
12 Oct 20262 months to go
Future Notice Date
24 Aug 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
6 Jan 2028 - 1 Jul 2037 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
National Highways Limited
Additional Buyers

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
B4 6GA
Postcode Area
Birmingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Ladywood
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood

Further Information

Notice Documents

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