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LTC-Acumen Fuse Support & Maintenance

National Highways

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28 Sep 2026 at 14:47

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

National Highways Limited procured support and maintenance for Acumen Fuse, a software tool used within its Lower Thames Crossing programme. The tool assesses the quality of delivery partners’ Primavera P6 project schedules and supports project risk analysis. It helps the programme management office and project teams identify schedule issues, including gaps in task logic, excessive constraints, negative float, weaknesses in the critical path and wider schedule integrity concerns. This is software support and maintenance, rather than project scheduling services or road construction. The stated requirement relates to National Highways’ use of Acumen Fuse for independent review of partner-produced schedules.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to DELTEK GB LTD. National Highways used a direct award below the procurement threshold, without competition. The contract was signed on 28 September 2026 and runs from 12 October 2026 to 31 July 2029. Its value is £21,891.16 excluding VAT (£26,269.39 including VAT). The award covered one lot, for the software package and associated support and maintenance. The published information describes the tool’s schedule-quality and project-risk functions, but gives no separate evaluation criteria; the recorded route was a non-competitive direct award. The selected supplier is Deltek GB Ltd.

For suppliers hoping to compete if National Highways buys this requirement again, the relevant capability is supplying and supporting Acumen Fuse, with a clear understanding of how it is used to assess Primavera P6 schedules. Credible providers would need to help the buyer and its project teams identify logic gaps, excessive constraints, negative float, critical-path weaknesses and other schedule-integrity problems in delivery partners’ plans. The requirement is software support and maintenance for a specific programme tool, so relevant product expertise and the capacity to sustain the software over a multi-year contract are central. The award to Deltek GB Ltd shows that the buyer selected the software provider for this direct, below-threshold purchase; it does not establish a competitive evaluation or particular qualification requirements.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

LTC-Acumen Fuse Support & Maintenance

Notice Description

Acumen Fuse is used within LTC as a schedule quality and project risk analysis tool. It provides independent assessment of Primavera P6 schedules produced by our delivery partners, helping PMO & project teams identify issues such as logic gaps, excessive constraints, negative float, critical path weaknesses, and schedule integrity concerns.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077ba6
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091494-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48511000 - Desktop communications software package

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£21,891 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
12 Oct 2026 - 31 Jul 2029 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
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
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

DELTEK GB LIMITED

Further Information

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