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National Highways will be looking to re-procure a replacement National Vehicle Recovery Service Contract to remove broken down, abandoned or damaged vehicles from the Strategic Road Network (SRN) within England, where instructed by a National Highways Traffic Officer. This will be a statutory vehicle recovery service that will include a debt recovery service to recover outstanding sums from customers. For this contract, statutory charges will apply under The Removal, Storage and Disposal of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations 2023 - link: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/331/contents/made (copy and paste link into browser) A replacement contract is required by 1/07/2026 (Go Live). The current service includes: 1) A statutory vehicle removal/recovery service (including vehicle shed loads) that can also include the storage and disposal of vehicles and includes the recovery of the associated statutory charges that apply 2) Pre-positioning – this is where recovery vehicles are essentially placed on ‘standby’ to react to events such as severe weather and/or large trafficked social events 3) Scheme Maintenance – similar to statutory recovery, but where recovery services are used during maintenance schemes 4) Recovery of the statutory fees (from customers) Statutory removals are focussed on those parts of the SRN within England that are patrolled by Traffic Officers, who have the power sanctioned within The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (Traffic Officers) (England) Regulations 2008 link: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2367/contents/made (copy and paste link to browser to view) to remove vehicles. It is expected that this service will be funded almost entirely by income received from removals, storage and disposal of vehicles. Anticipated volumes of statutory removals are expected to be between [...]

This project is intended to replace the Scheme Delivery Framework (SDF) and the Pavement Delivery Framework (PDF). SDF and PDF are currently made up of different suppliers from specialist disciplines who work collaboratively to deliver network improvement and maintenance schemes in all regions of England. These frameworks and contracts enable National Highways to deliver renewals and small improvements across a range of activities, including substantial civil and structural works, pavement, barriers and drainage, traffic management activities and design services for a range of projects. Scheme Delivery Framework 2 (SDF2) will cover the Strategic Road Network (SRN), which is one of the biggest and most important pieces of infrastructure in the country. It comprises more than 4500 miles of motorways and major A roads which are at the core of our national transport system. National Highways is committed to delivering high-quality construction projects that meet the evolving needs of our stakeholders and customers. SDF has successfully facilitated numerous projects, and we are now preparing to develop the replacement to further improve the SRN. [...]

The current Asset Management Systems landscape of Contracts is due to come to an end from 2025 to 2029. We are currently in the very early stages of discovery. We expect to conduct some preliminary market engagement in the coming months to assist our decision making. The scope of the contracts is to define a new enterprise approach to asset management systems for our strategic road network. [...]

Replacement contract for the existing Historical Railways Estate Works Framework which expires in 2027. [...]

National Highways expect to need to purchase Biodiversity units to meet Biodiversity Net Gain regulations and achieve 10% net gains in biodiversity levels though our work to maintain and develop England's Strategic Road Network. We also expect to need to purchase Carbon Credits this procurement will focus on biodiversity, but explore the benefits of linking in to our Carbon Credit requirements. We will engage with the market to explore current capacity, planned enhancements to capacity and timescales for such. A short term solution using our existing Dynamic Purchasing System is being investigated separately. We expect to enable our resultant framework, so that it can be used by the wider public sector, as such the values quoted at this stage are indicative only. [...]

Delivery of National Spatial planning contracts from February 2026. Replacing the current NEC 4 Professional Service Contracts tendered in 2020, awarded in 2021 and expiring in February 2026. The replacement contracts will also be NEC 4 Professional Service Contracts starting in 2026, initially for five years but with the option to extend for a further three years. The key aim is to deliver contracts to purchase the technical services of consultants to help Spatial Planning Teams review planning applications, local plan documents and supplementary planning documents. This is to help fulfil National Highways obligation as a Statutory Consultee in the planning process. The consultants will provide technical advice across a large number of areas, including but not limited to reviewing transport assessments, reviewing traffic and transport models, undertaking traffic and transport modelling for National Highways, reviewing technical notes from applicants, attending examinations in public on behalf of NH and as an expert witness. [...]

National Highways are at the early stages of understanding market capability in respect of Employee Assistance Programme providers. This is in advance of the current contractual agreement for these services expiring in 2026. The types of services envisaged under this contract include (but are not limited to), • Psychological Treatment including counselling, other talking therapies provided via telephone, web chat and face to face, online self-directed and supported counselling and EMDR • Psychological assessments • Trauma and Critical Incident Support • Support and guidance for Mental Health First Aiders including ongoing support, development and guidance • National coverage 24/7, 365 days a year – EAP helpline and APP availability • Education and Awareness Programmes • Publicity and Promotion • Functionality of organisational engagement for team challenges with the ability to access data • Chat functions (on app) with non-AI solutions • Common occurrence and conditions toolkits for managers and individuals for self-management and signposting • Bespoke specialist support materials • On-site training as required • Financial Wellbeing • Legal services support • Addiction support • People manager and senior leader specialist communications • Robust complaints / feedback process National Highways now wish to understand the current market offering for these types of services, including capacity and mobilisation timescales. Please note the values are estimates only at this stage and it is likely that the actual values will be somewhere between £450,000 and £540,000 (including VAT) for the whole life of the contract, including any extensions. Alongside this Notice, National Highways have published a survey for interested suppliers to take part in. Details of which can be found below. Once the closing date for responses have passed, we will analyse the results and [...]

Provision of a Solution to provide availability, capacity and performance management for Structures Asset Registers. [...]

To procure and implement the Enterprise Portfolio Management (EPM) system, a SaaS solution that will enable effective planning and delivery of Highways England’s capital investment portfolio [...]

National Highways intends to procure new contracts for the provision of spatial planning consultancy services, commencing in February 2026. These contracts will replace the current NEC4 Professional Services Contracts awarded in 2021, which are due to expire in February 2026. The replacement contracts will also follow the NEC4 Professional Services Contract form and are expected to run for an initial term of five years, with the option to extend by up to three additional years (5+1+1+1 structure). The services will support National Highways in its role as a Statutory Consultee in the planning system. The appointed consultants will provide a range of technical services to assist our Spatial Planning Teams in responding to planning applications, local plan consultations, and other statutory planning documents. Scope of work may include, but is not limited to: Reviewing transport assessments and technical reports submitted by applicants Assessing and developing traffic and transport models Providing expert technical advice on planning matters Supporting National Highways at examinations in public and, where required, acting as an expert witness National Highways is considering a three-lot regional structure (North, Midlands, and South) to deliver these services. [...]