National Highways awards £11.355m RIS3 Analysis Technical Partner contract to Arcadis

Tender information last checkedLast checked 14 Oct 2026, 09:05.

Opportunity overview

The proposed Technical Partnership is essential to support National Highways' increasing demand for high-quality analytical evidence required to inform investment decisions, shape RIS3 and future Road Investment Strategies, support scheme delivery, assess customer impacts, and demonstrate value for money. The service will provide access to specialist expertise across road safety, transport planning, economics, academia, and data analytics, enabling a more integrated and collaborative approach to delivery across the Division. Critically, it will strengthen our ability to identify and assess safety risks, evaluate the effectiveness of safety interventions, and ensure that investment decisions are underpinned by robust evidence that improves outcomes for users of the Strategic Road Network. The partnership will also support compliance with Department for Transport, HM Treasury and ORR requirements, strengthen future funding cases, and ensure National Highways can continue to deliver safe, effective and efficient investment programmes that align with government priorities and long-term strategic objectives.

Awarded to

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Arcadis Consulting UK Limited

Matched by normalised name

Published award value: £11.4m
Awarded: 12 Oct 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-616e3644-6b32-4aab-b263-00a52dda94ae-1
Status: active

Classification

CPV73220000 — Development consultancy services

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: tender_534989/1619544
Status: complete
Procurement Method: selective
Procurement Method Details: Call-off from a framework agreement
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 73220000
Description: Development consultancy services

Tender Period

Ends: 14 Aug 2026, 19:00

Contract period

Starts: 13 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Mar 2031, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: Yes
Vcse: Yes

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-328360
Name: National Highways Limited

Identifier

Legal Name: National Highways Limited

Address

Street Address: Three 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-330331
Name: Arcadis Consulting UK Limited

Identifier

Legal Name: Arcadis Consulting UK Limited

Address

Street Address: Cardiff

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-616e3644-6b32-4aab-b263-00a52dda94ae-1
Status: active
Date: 13 Oct 2026, 00:00
Published: 14 Oct 2026, 07:57

Value

Amount: 11,355,000
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-CFS-330331
Name: Arcadis Consulting UK Limited

Contract period

Starts: 13 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Mar 2031, 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/225a38d8-4115-4963-b118-c1eb1bee1f55 ↗
Published: 14 Oct 2026, 07:57
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

225a38d8-4115-4963-b118-c1eb1bee1f55-917644Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 14 Oct 2026, 07:57

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

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ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

National Highways Limited awarded a Technical Partner service for RIS3 Analysis Division work to ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED. The published award value is £11.355 million, with a stated period from 13 October 2026 to 31 March 2031.

Published outcome signals

Notice statusAwarded; source status completeEvidence: The record is labelled "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder"; process stage is "award", display status is "awarded", and source status is "complete".
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award ocds-b5fd17-616e3644-6b32-4aab-b263-00a52dda94ae-1 has status "active".
Award date13 October 2026Evidence: The award record gives date 2026-10-13T00:00:00+01:00.

96% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed5 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: 225a38d8-4115-4963-b118-c1eb1bee1f55-917644
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-616e3644-6b32-4aab-b263-00a52dda94ae
First published: 14 Oct 2026
Last checked: 14 Oct 2026, 09:05
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: 14 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award is published under a selective call-off from a framework agreement.

Market significance

This is a substantial development-consultancy award supporting evidence, safety, planning, economics and data-analysis activity for National Highways' future investment strategy work.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED

99% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-616e3644-6b32-4aab-b263-00a52dda94ae-1 · £11,355,000 GBP · verified; award active

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Supplier verification identifies ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED (company number 02212959) as the verified legal supplier. The active award names Arcadis Consulting UK Limited and has value GBP 11,355,000.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice status

99% confidence

Awarded; source status complete

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The record is labelled "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder"; process stage is "award", display status is "awarded", and source status is "complete".

Award status

99% confidence

Active

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Award ocds-b5fd17-616e3644-6b32-4aab-b263-00a52dda94ae-1 has status "active".

Award date

99% confidence

13 October 2026

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The award record gives date 2026-10-13T00:00:00+01:00.

Contract start

99% confidence

13 October 2026

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The published contract period start date is 2026-10-13T00:00:00+01:00.

Contract end

99% confidence

31 March 2031

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The published contract period end date is 2031-03-31T23:59:59+01:00.

VALUES

Published values explained

Published award value

99% confidence

£11,355,000

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The award value is stated as amount 11,355,000, currency GBP.

Value allocation

97% confidence

The full published value is associated with the single published award and supplier.

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One award is listed, naming one supplier, with value GBP 11,355,000.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Submission deadline

99% confidence

14 August 2026, 19:00 BST

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Tender period end date is 2026-08-14T19:00:00+01:00.

Award date

99% confidence

13 October 2026

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The award date is 2026-10-13T00:00:00+01:00.

Award notice published

99% confidence

14 October 2026, 07:57 BST

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The award notice datePublished is 2026-10-14T07:57:00+01:00.

Stated delivery period

99% confidence

13 October 2026 to 31 March 2031

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The award and tender contractPeriod specify these start and end dates.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Primary classification

99% confidence

CPV 73220000 — Development consultancy services

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The primary CPV classification is 73220000, described as Development consultancy services.

Requirement

98% confidence

Technical partnership supporting analytical evidence for RIS3 and future Road Investment Strategies, scheme delivery, customer-impact assessment and value-for-money assessment.

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Published description states the partnership will support these National Highways activities.

Specialist areas

98% confidence

Road safety, transport planning, economics, academia and data analytics.

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These specialist expertise areas are explicitly listed in the published description.

Delivery geography

96% confidence

Published delivery locations include the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, British Overseas Territories, Europe and Rest of the World.

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The tender item lists these delivery countries/territories.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement method

99% confidence

Selective

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The tender procurementMethod is "selective".

Route to market

99% confidence

Call-off from a framework agreement

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procurementMethodDetails is stated as "Call-off from a framework agreement".

Competition information

99% confidence

Number of bids and evaluation results are unknown.

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Stated term

99% confidence

13 October 2026 to 31 March 2031

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Published contractPeriod start and end dates are 2026-10-13 and 2031-03-31.

SME and VCSE suitability flags

95% confidence

The tender was marked suitable for SMEs and VCSEs.

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Tender suitability fields show sme: true and vcse: true.

Extension options

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial structure

98% confidence

A single-supplier framework call-off valued at £11.355 million.

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One active award names one supplier and gives an award value of GBP 11,355,000; the route is stated as a framework call-off.

Demand focus

96% confidence

The requirement concentrates on analytical and advisory capacity for strategic road-network investment, safety evidence and evaluation.

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The description refers to analytical evidence, safety risks and interventions, investment decisions, customer impacts, value for money, and specialist expertise.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

96%overall confidence

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

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-616e3644-6b32-4aab-b263-00a52dda94ae
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

National Highways Limited

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The buyer party is identified as National Highways Limited.

Buyer location

99% confidence

Three Snowhill, Birmingham, B4 6GA, England

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The buyer party address gives this location.

Strategic context

98% confidence

The work is intended to inform investment decisions, RIS3 and future Road Investment Strategies, while supporting Department for Transport, HM Treasury and ORR requirements.

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These purposes are stated in the published requirement description.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Verified legal supplier

99% confidence

ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED (company number 02212959)

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Supplier-verification data records verified company name ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED, verified company number 02212959, and verified status.

Source supplier name

99% confidence

Arcadis Consulting UK Limited

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The Contracts Finder party and award supplier are named Arcadis Consulting UK Limited.

Published supplier scale

95% confidence

Large

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The supplier party details state scale: large.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated recompetition horizon

85% confidence

Around 31 March 2031, subject to any unpublished extension, replacement or procurement decision

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The explicit published contract end date is 31 March 2031. This is an estimate based only on that date, not a procurement forecast.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Award evidence quality

96% confidence

High for supplier, value, procedure, published dates and high-level scope.

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The published award notice contains one active award, a named supplier, value, contract period, CPV and procurement method.

Contract execution evidence

99% confidence

The award is active and a contract period is published, but the supplied data does not explicitly confirm signature or execution.

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The notice is an award notice and the award status is active; no explicit signed-contract field or document is supplied.

Unpublished commercial detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice includes bid count, scoring, pricing breakdown, detailed deliverables, lot allocation and extension terms.

View supporting evidence

These details do not appear in the supplied record; no lots are listed.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The source is an award notice; it does not explicitly evidence that a contract was signed or executed.
Information not supplied in the published notice includes the number of bids, bidder identities, evaluation methodology, scores, pricing structure, detailed work packages and reasons for award.
No lot records or individual lot titles, values or allocations are published.
Extension, variation and renewal provisions are not published.
The estimated recompetition horizon is based solely on the stated end date and is not a procurement forecast.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won the National Highways RIS3 Analysis Division Technical Partner award?

ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED, verified under company number 02212959.

What is the published value of the award?

£11,355,000.

What procurement route was used?

A selective call-off from a framework agreement.

When does the stated contract period end?

31 March 2031.

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S30123 RIS3 Analysis Division Technical Partner

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Arcadis Consulting UK Limited

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

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

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Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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