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title: "S30143 Structures Support for Road Restraints 2025-28"
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# S30143 Structures Support for Road Restraints 2025-28

Buyer: National Highways  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fd10b7db-fe4c-4206-bfa2-e15d50c7c249

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## Summary

National Highways Limited commissioned independent technical assurance, specialist advice and research on road restraint systems for its Safety, Engineering and Standards vehicle restraint team. The scope covers safety barriers, including bridge parapets, terminals, transitions, crash cushions, vehicle arrester beds, cattle grids, antiglare screens, pedestrian restraints and suicide-prevention restraints. The work supports procurement, development and maintenance of standards, incident investigations, and the operation of these systems across the motorway and trunk road network. National Highways sets the operating standards used on its network and advises other highway authorities, local authorities, maintaining agents, contractors and manufacturers. The service is classified as development consultancy. Delivery is associated with the United Kingdom and other named territories, including Europe, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

The procurement is complete and was awarded to Amey OW Limited on 13 October 2026. The awarded value is £222,039.92. The contract runs from 13 October 2026 to 30 September 2028. It was procured through a selective call-off from a framework agreement. The original estimated procurement value was £300,000, and the tender submission deadline was 24 August 2026. The procurement was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. No lot breakdown or evaluation criteria are recorded in the process information.

This award demonstrates demand from National Highways for independent, technically credible expertise across the full range of road restraint systems, rather than advice limited to a single product type. A future competitor would need the specialist knowledge and resources to provide assurance, research and practical guidance that supports standards, procurement, network operation and investigations into incidents. Credibility would also depend on being able to address sensitive and varied requirements, including responses to customer and external enquiries and expert evidence for coroners’ inquests. Suppliers should be prepared to advise not only National Highways but also other highway authorities, local authorities, maintaining agents, contractors and manufacturers on restraint-system issues and policy. The service is delivered through a framework call-off route, and the stated SME suitability indicates smaller businesses may be relevant participants.

## Notice

The Safety, Engineering and Standards, Vehicle Restraint Systems (VRS) team at National Highways require unbiased, independent technical assurance and advice for all aspects of road restraint systems (RRS), such as safety barriers (including bridge parapets), terminals, transitions, crash cushions, vehicle arrester beds, cattle grids, antiglare screens, pedestrian restraint systems and suicide prevention restraints. Tasks completed as part of this Project will assist the National Highways functions of procurement, including the development and maintenance of road restraint standards, investigation of incidents involving road restraint systems, and the operation of road restraint systems on the motorway and trunk road network. The VRS team have the responsibility for setting the operating standards for road restraint systems acceptable for use on the National Highways motorway and trunk road network. In the absence of any others, these standards have become those adopted by other UK highway authorities. National Highways is the focal point for advising other Overseeing Organisations, Local Authorities, Maintaining Agents, Contractors and Manufacturers on road restraint issues and policy. In order to fulfil its responsibilities concerning the provision of road restraint systems on the motorway and trunk road network, National Highways requires unbiased expert specialist technical assurance, advice and research to investigate the many varied aspects of road restraint systems. Such advice, guidance and knowledge will assist National Highways to achieve its RIS 3 safety targets by responding accurately and timely to RRS related customer enquiries, Coroner's Inquests (through the provision of expert witnesses as required), and other external and internal enquiries, and hence providing a speedy level of Customer service. This Project will enable the VRS Team to call upon the provider of expert knowledge and resources in support of their work.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f1469106-830f-4491-b827-4b79a75f4b16 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 13 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £300,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £222,039 |
| 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 | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Amey OW Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73220000 - Development consultancy services

## Release History

- 13 Oct 2026 at 14:43 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f1469106-830f-4491-b827-4b79a75f4b16

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f1469106-830f-4491-b827-4b79a75f4b16
  13th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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