National Highways awards £240,000 forensic audit call-off to DELOITTE LLP

Tender information last checkedLast checked 13 Oct 2026, 16:11.

Opportunity overview

National Highways is looking to set up a contract(s) for provision of a series of deep dive forensic audits to a selected number of Project within the RDP Programme being delivered by Kier Highways. The schemes to be audited are; 1) A66 TransPennine project - currently in the development phase undertaking advanced works 2) M6 Lune Gorge - currently in the development phase undertaking advanced works 3) A417 Missing Link - scheduled to Open for Traffic in spring 2027

Awarded to

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Deloitte

Matched by normalised name

Published award value: £240k
Awarded: 5 Oct 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-1edabd21-d858-454e-b4a8-46a0b2fb8fcf-1
Status: active

Classification

CPV79212000 — Auditing services

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: tender_546879/1619463
Status: complete
Procurement Method: selective
Procurement Method Details: Call-off from a framework agreement
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 79212000
Description: Auditing services

Tender Period

Ends: 16 Sept 2026, 19:00

Contract period

Starts: 6 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 11 Dec 2026, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: Yes
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Country Name: British Oversea Territories

Entry 2

Country Name: Channel Islands

Entry 3

Country Name: Europe

Entry 4

Country Name: Isle of Man

Entry 5

Country Name: Rest of the World

Entry 6

Country Name: United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-CFS-328496
Name: National Highways Limited

Identifier

Legal Name: National Highways Limited

Address

Street Address: 3 Snowhill
Locality: Birmingham
Postal Code: B4 6GA
Country Name: England

Contact

Name: National Highways
Email: SPaTS3@nationalhighways.co.uk

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-CFS-224337
Name: Deloitte

Identifier

Legal Name: Deloitte

Address

Street Address: Milton Keynes

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-1edabd21-d858-454e-b4a8-46a0b2fb8fcf-1
Status: active
Date: 6 Oct 2026, 00:00
Published: 13 Oct 2026, 15:01

Value

Amount: 240,000
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-CFS-224337
Name: Deloitte

Contract period

Starts: 6 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 11 Dec 2026, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 1
Document Type: awardNotice
Description: Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Url: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1632ab7d-2072-46a0-bbcc-5e6b850e2c3c ↗
Published: 13 Oct 2026, 15:01
Format: text/html
Language: en

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Birmingham · B4 6GA · England
Delivery location · British Oversea Territories
Delivery location · Channel Islands
Delivery location · Europe
Delivery location · Isle of Man
Delivery location · Rest of the World
Delivery location · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

1632ab7d-2072-46a0-bbcc-5e6b850e2c3c-917617Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 13 Oct 2026, 15:01

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

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ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

National Highways Limited awarded DELOITTE LLP a £240,000 call-off for deep-dive forensic audits of selected Regional Delivery Partnership projects: A66 TransPennine, M6 Lune Gorge and A417 Missing Link.

Published outcome signals

Notice statusAwarded contract notice; source record completeEvidence: Process display status is “awarded”; source status is “complete”; notice type is “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.
Award record statusActiveEvidence: Award ocds-b5fd17-1edabd21-d858-454e-b4a8-46a0b2fb8fcf-1 has status “active”.
Contract signatureNot explicitly statedEvidence: The supplied award notice and award data provide an active award and contract period, but no explicit signature confirmation.

97% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: 1632ab7d-2072-46a0-bbcc-5e6b850e2c3c-917617
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1edabd21-d858-454e-b4a8-46a0b2fb8fcf
First published: 13 Oct 2026
Last checked: 13 Oct 2026, 16:11
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

The award record is active, names DELOITTE LLP as the sole supplier, and gives a contract period from 6 October 2026 to 11 December 2026. The published material does not explicitly confirm contract signature.

Market significance

This is a short-duration, specialist auditing-services call-off supporting assurance activity across major National Highways schemes.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

DELOITTE LLP

99% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-1edabd21-d858-454e-b4a8-46a0b2fb8fcf-1 · 240000 GBP · Active award

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The award names source supplier “Deloitte”; supplier verification resolves the legal supplier name as DELOITTE LLP (company number OC303675). The single award value is £240,000.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice status

99% confidence

Awarded contract notice; source record complete

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Process display status is “awarded”; source status is “complete”; notice type is “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.

Award record status

99% confidence

Active

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Award ocds-b5fd17-1edabd21-d858-454e-b4a8-46a0b2fb8fcf-1 has status “active”.

Contract signature

96% confidence

Not explicitly stated

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The supplied award notice and award data provide an active award and contract period, but no explicit signature confirmation.

VALUES

Published values explained

Award value

99% confidence

£240,000 GBP

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Award value amount is 240000 GBP.

Value allocation

98% confidence

Allocated to the sole published award and supplier

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One award is supplied, with DELOITTE LLP as its sole supplier.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Tender deadline

99% confidence

16 September 2026, 19:00 BST

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Tender period end date is 2026-09-16T19:00:00+01:00.

Award date

99% confidence

6 October 2026

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Award date is 2026-10-06T00:00:00+01:00.

Contract period start

99% confidence

6 October 2026

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Contract period start date is 2026-10-06T00:00:00+01:00.

Contract period end

99% confidence

11 December 2026

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Contract period end date is 2026-12-11T23:59:59Z.

Award notice publication

99% confidence

13 October 2026

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Award notice date published is 2026-10-13T15:01:14+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service

99% confidence

Deep-dive forensic audits

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The description states that the contract(s) provide “a series of deep dive forensic audits”.

Projects in scope

99% confidence

A66 TransPennine; M6 Lune Gorge; A417 Missing Link

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All three schemes are listed in the published description.

Classification

99% confidence

CPV 79212000 — Auditing services

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Primary classification supplied as CPV 79212000, “Auditing services”.

Project context

97% confidence

Audits concern selected projects in the RDP Programme delivered by Kier Highways

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The description identifies selected RDP Programme projects being delivered by Kier Highways.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement route

99% confidence

Selective procedure; call-off from a framework agreement

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Procurement method is “selective” and procurement method details state “Call-off from a framework agreement”.

Competition information

98% confidence

Not supplied in the published notice

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No bidder count, bidder identities, evaluation scores or award rationale are supplied.

SME suitability flag

97% confidence

SME: yes; VCSE: no

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Tender suitability states SME true and VCSE false.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Published contract period

99% confidence

6 October 2026 to 11 December 2026

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Tender and award contract-period fields give these start and end dates.

Extensions or options

98% confidence

Not supplied in the published notice

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No extension, option or renewal terms are provided.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial structure

98% confidence

Short-term framework call-off for audit assurance services

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The published route is a framework call-off and the stated contract period runs from 6 October to 11 December 2026.

Published award rationale

99% confidence

Unknown

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The notice does not provide evaluation results, price breakdowns, scoring or reasons for selecting the supplier.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

97%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-1edabd21-d858-454e-b4a8-46a0b2fb8fcf
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

National Highways Limited

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Buyer party is identified as National Highways Limited.

Buyer location

98% confidence

Birmingham, England

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Buyer address is 3 Snowhill, Birmingham, B4 6GA, England.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Legal supplier identity

99% confidence

DELOITTE LLP (company number OC303675)

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Supplier verification status is verified, with verified company name DELOITTE LLP and verified company number OC303675.

Source trading/name form

99% confidence

Deloitte

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The source party and award supplier are named “Deloitte”; verification resolves this to DELOITTE LLP.

Supplier size

95% confidence

Large

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The source supplier party details classify the supplier scale as large.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

End-date outlook

98% confidence

Estimated contract end: 11 December 2026

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This is calculated directly from the explicit published contract end date; no extension or renewal mechanism is published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Supplier identity

99% confidence

Verified legal identity available

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Supplier verification resolved source name “Deloitte” to DELOITTE LLP, company number OC303675, via normalised-name matching.

Contract conclusion evidence

97% confidence

Signature evidence not supplied

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The record supports an active award and a contract period, but does not expressly state that a contract was signed.

Delivery geography

95% confidence

Published delivery locations are broad and not project-specific

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Delivery addresses include United Kingdom and several broad international/geographic categories, while the scheme description concerns named National Highways projects.

Lot and allocation detail

99% confidence

No lots or project-level value split supplied

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No lot records or lot IDs are provided, and the £240,000 award value is not split between the three named projects.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

Information not supplied in the published notice: contract signature confirmation, bidder count, evaluation methodology, scores, award rationale, pricing breakdown and savings.
Information not supplied in the published notice: lot titles, project-level audit allocation and individual project values.
No extension, option or renewal terms are published; the stated end date is not a procurement forecast.
Published delivery-location fields are unusually broad and do not identify a specific delivery geography for each project.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won the National Highways forensic audit contract?

DELOITTE LLP is the verified legal supplier named for the sole published award.

What is the value of the award?

The published award value is £240,000 GBP.

What projects are covered?

The notice names A66 TransPennine, M6 Lune Gorge and A417 Missing Link.

When does the published contract period end?

The published end date is 11 December 2026. No extension or renewal terms are supplied.

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.

A66 TransPennine, M6 Lune Gorge, A417 Missing Link

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Deloitte

Classification

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Classification

Tender Period

Contract period

Suitability

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Identifier

Address

Details

Roles

Award information

Value

Suppliers

Contract period

Documents

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Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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