Estimated Value
Up to £26,666,667
Deadline
12 September 2025
Published
5 February 2026
Type
Not specified
Overview
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.
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Award Details
WSP UK Limited
£26,666,667
AECOM Limited
£26,666,667
Jacobs U.K. Limited
£26,666,667
SYSTRA Limited
£26,666,667
Likely incumbents
Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.
- 1
Network Rail
6 contracts wonlatest 31 Oct 2025£1m
total awarded
- 2
Kier Highways Limited
4 contracts wonlatest 8 Sept 2025£960m
total awarded
- 3
Telent Technology Services Limited
3 contracts wonlatest 14 Nov 2025ends 15 Mar 2035£1bn
total awarded
- 4
RSS International ltd
3 contracts wonlatest 6 Oct 2025£69,000
total awarded
- 5
SWARCO UK & IRELAND LTD
3 contracts wonlatest 8 Sept 2025£381m
total awarded
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National HighwaysKey Dates
Published
5 February 2026
Submission deadline
12 September 2025
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