AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
National Highways Limited has published an award notice for regulatory monitoring and compliance technical-partner services. The active award names OVE ARUP LIMITED and has an award value of £2,150,498.52.
Published outcomeAward notice published; award status is active. The source gives a contract period from 20 October 2026 to 31 March 2029, but does not explicitly state that a contract has been signed.
Market significanceThis is a selective framework call-off for specialist regulatory advice, benchmarking, assurance reporting and capability support for National Highways.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
OVE ARUP LIMITED
98% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-a22d421a-4ba6-4175-840b-fc2ce45ecd6b-1 · 2150498.52 GBP · active
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The award lists supplier source name "Ove Arup". Supplier verification supplies verified company name "OVE ARUP LIMITED" (company number 09938540); the award value is £2,150,498.52 and status is active.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice stage
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice
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Process display status is "awarded"; document type is "awardNotice" and is titled "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder".
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-a22d421a-4ba6-4175-840b-fc2ce45ecd6b-1 has status "active".
Award date
99% confidence19 October 2026
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Award date is 2026-10-19T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract signature status
98% confidenceNot explicitly stated
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The supplied award notice provides an active award and contract-period dates but no signature or contract-conclusion confirmation.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value
99% confidence£2,150,498.52
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Award value is 2150498.52 GBP for the sole published award.
Published tender value
99% confidence£3,430,000
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Tender value is stated as 3430000 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Tender submission deadline
99% confidence18 September 2026, 19:00 BST
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Tender period end date is 2026-09-18T19:00:00+01:00.
Award notice published
99% confidence19 October 2026, 10:52 BST
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Award-notice document datePublished and process published_at are 2026-10-19T10:52:00+01:00.
Contract period start
99% confidence20 October 2026
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The tender and award contract period start date is 2026-10-20T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract period end
99% confidence31 March 2029
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The tender and award contract period end date is 2029-03-31T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service requirement
99% confidenceRegulatory monitoring and compliance technical-partner support
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The title is "S30150 Regulatory Monitoring and Compliance Technical Partner"; the description requests specialist regulatory support, advice, insight, benchmarking, independent assurance reporting and capability development.
Primary classification
99% confidenceCPV 73220000 — Development consultancy services
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Primary classification is CPV 73220000 with description "Development consultancy services".
Operational context
97% confidenceSupport for National Highways' compliance with its licence, delivery plan, strategic business plan and Road Investment Strategy commitments.
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The description identifies these compliance obligations and the Regulatory Monitoring Division's role.
Delivery coverage
94% confidenceUnited Kingdom and other published delivery geographies
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Published delivery addresses include United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Europe, British Oversea Territories and Rest of the World.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective
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The process and tender procurementMethod are "selective".
Procurement route
99% confidenceCall-off from a framework agreement
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procurementMethodDetails is "Call-off from a framework agreement".
SME and VCSE suitability flags
96% confidenceMarked suitable for SME and VCSE suppliers
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Tender suitability records sme: true and vcse: true.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bidder count, tenderer list, evaluation scores or ranking is included in the supplied data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published contract period
99% confidence20 October 2026 to 31 March 2029
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Tender and award contractPeriod give these start and end dates.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No extension, option or renewal provision is included in the supplied data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award versus published tender value
98% confidenceThe £2,150,498.52 award value is £1,279,501.48 below the published £3,430,000 tender value.
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Tender value is £3,430,000 and the sole award value is £2,150,498.52.
Value interpretation
98% confidenceThe notice does not explain the basis of either published value or whether either figure includes options, contingencies or other components.
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No value basis or pricing breakdown is supplied.
Organisation change noted in scope
96% confidenceThe description says the Regulatory Monitoring Division is planned to merge with the Future RIS and Government function in September 2026, while stating this does not affect the service requirement.
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This statement appears in the published description.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award and contract status distinction
98% confidenceThe record supports an active award and published contract-period dates, not an explicit signed-contract confirmation.
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Award status is active; no signature field or signed-contract statement is supplied.
No lot allocation published
99% confidenceNo lots or lot-to-supplier allocation are supplied.
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The lots dataset is empty and award lot_ids_json is null.
Value basis unavailable
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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process value_basis is null and no pricing or value-basis explanation is provided.
Evaluation and competition detail unavailable
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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The supplied data contains no bid count, evaluation methodology, scoring or award rationale.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The published record does not explicitly confirm that a contract has been signed or concluded.
- No lots, individual lot values or lot allocations are published.
- The notice does not provide bidder numbers, unsuccessful suppliers, scoring, evaluation detail or a rationale for the award.
- No extension, renewal, option or pricing-breakdown information is supplied.
- The basis of the published £3,430,000 tender value and £2,150,498.52 award value is not explained.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
National HighwaysOVE ARUP LIMITEDregulatory monitoringcompliance technical partnerframework call-offdevelopment consultancy services
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who received the National Highways regulatory monitoring and compliance award?
The published award names Ove Arup; supplier verification identifies the legal supplier as OVE ARUP LIMITED (company number 09938540).
What is the value of the award?
The sole published award value is £2,150,498.52.
When is the published contract period?
The published period runs from 20 October 2026 to 31 March 2029.
What procurement route was used?
The notice identifies a selective call-off from a framework agreement.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.