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title: "National Roads Telecommunications Service 3 (NRTS3) Independent Assurance Review"
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# National Roads Telecommunications Service 3 (NRTS3) Independent Assurance Review

Buyer: National Highways  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4a336c05-e4fd-4530-86b6-b037c17f1acd

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## Summary

National Highways Limited procured independent assurance reviews of models for the National Roads Telecommunications Service 3 (NRTS3) project. The requirement is a professional management consultancy service, focused on independently testing and assuring the models used for this national roads telecommunications project. The work is delivered across England, covering the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East and South West. National Highways Limited is the buying organisation. The requirement was positioned as a call-off from Lot 8 of the Government Commercial Agency’s Management Consultancy Framework 4, so relevant suppliers would need to operate within, or have access to, the applicable framework route.

This procurement is complete and was awarded through a selective call-off from a framework agreement. The contract was awarded to Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Limited on 7 August 2026 for £65,000. The contract period runs from 10 August 2026 to 18 September 2026. The original tender submission deadline was 6 August 2026 at 23:59. The procurement category is services, and the evaluation concerned the supplier’s ability to provide independent assurance of the NRTS3 project models. The award is active. The buyer recorded the requirement as unsuitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprise organisations.

This requirement demonstrates demand from National Highways for specialist, independent review of models supporting a major roads telecommunications project. A credible competitor for similar work would need strong management consultancy capability, experience of independently assuring complex models, and the technical judgement to test assumptions, methodology, outputs and the reliability of evidence presented to decision-makers. It would also need to understand infrastructure or telecommunications programmes and work across a geographically extensive national roads estate. The selected supplier was a large infrastructure consultancy, indicating that scale, established assurance processes and the capacity to provide authoritative advice were relevant to the buyer. Experience of framework call-offs and public-sector governance would strengthen a supplier’s position when pursuing comparable requirements from this buyer.

## Notice

Independent assurance of models for the National Roads Telecommunications Service 3 (NRTS3) project. Call off contract from Lot 8 of the Government Commercial Agency's Management Consultancy Framework 4.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/883ce98b-3552-4303-bd02-5a00c8d66519 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 10 Aug 2026 - 18 Sep 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £65,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £65,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | National Highways |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Postcode area | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B4 6GA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Ladywood |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Turner & Townsend |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79411000 - General management consultancy services

## Release History

- 5 Sep 2026 at 22:20 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/883ce98b-3552-4303-bd02-5a00c8d66519

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/883ce98b-3552-4303-bd02-5a00c8d66519
  5th September 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://nationalhighways.co.uk/

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