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Asset Delivery (AD) Area 13 Maintenance & Response (M&R) Contract

National Highways · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 07:27.

Opportunity overview

This VEAT Notice relates to a Deed of Variation to a National Highways' Maintenance and Response Contract. This Contract currently provides and undertakes all cyclical and reactive maintenance, incident response, defect rectification and severe weather delivery on the trunk roads and motorways within Cumbria & Lancashire (National Highways Area 13) (the "Contract"). Duties also include maintenance of roadside technology, the provision of traffic management for the contractor, maintenance and incident response activities, and traffic management for others who may be working on the network. The variation will add a section of the A69 from the M6 Junction to the County boundary into the Contract which is currently maintained under a Design Build Finance & Operate ("DBFO") contract which is due to expire on 31 March 2026. Consequently the total value of the Contract will increase by approximately 59%. It will also shorten the Contract which will have a new end date of 6 June 2029 instead of 31 March 2032 in order to align with the procurement process for the next Maintenance & Response contracts.

Awarded to

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Kier Highways Limited

Match pending…
Contract value
£242.6m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
7 Jun 2017
Award ID
047883-2025-1
Status
active
Location
Bedfordshire, UK, SG19 2BD, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV45233130 — Construction work for highways
  • CPV45233139 — Highway maintenance work
  • CPV45233140 — Roadworks
  • CPV45233141 — Road-maintenance works
  • CPV45310000 — Electrical installation work
  • CPV71300000 — Engineering services

Lots

  • The Design Build Finance Operate (DBFO) contract covers Section of A69 to Cumbria/ Northumberland county boundary and is due to expire on 31 March 2026. National Highways therefore must appoint an alternative maintenance contractor and it considers that the scope of these works is already included within this existing Maintenance and Response Contract. Therefore these roads will be incorporated into the existing Maintenance and Response (M&R) Contract for Area 13 of the Strategic Road Network following the award of the Deed of Variation. This together with the need for national alignment of the M&R contracts, ready for their next iteration, means that the term of the Area 13 M&R Contract will be shortened and will have a new end date of 6th June 2029 instead of 31st March 2032. These changes will increase the awarded value from £ 153,000,000 to £ 242,590,000.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-0585b6
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
works
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
The modifications to the Contract fall within the permissible grounds set out under Regulation 72(1)(e) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in that the modifications are not substantial within the meaning of Regulation 72(8) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 because: The inclusion of Design Build Finance and Operate (DBFO) roads into the Contract and the extension of term does not render the Contract materially different compared to when it was originally procured. The type of work originally required of the Contract (i.e. maintenance and response) is the same as that which it will carry out on the previous DBFO stretches of the Strategic Road Network, it is just a case that the total lane coverage to be maintained under the Contract increases. The original procured value was also £412,040,970 so the increase in value is also within the expectations of the original procurement. The extension of term is to align all M&R Contracts to enable an efficient and consistent re-procurement of the programme. Adding the additional roads and the extension of terms would not have changed the outcome of the original procurement in any way. The Contract will be fully operated in accordance with their current terms and pricing so scores would not have differed and any successful operator would be offered the extension to ensure alignment with the wider M&R procurement programme. Again, the value remains within the original advertised value; As the current Contract will be operated for the new roads on the same terms and pricing, this does not alter the economic balance of the Contract in favour of the contractor. The additional works during the extended term will be on the same pricing; The change does not considerably alter the scope of the Contract as the works and services provided will remain unchanged, the new value is still below the originally advertised value and the roads have been included in this Contract because they are adjacent in terms of geographical scope also; This is not a change in contractor. The Deed of Variation ensures continuity of service on the Strategic Road Network and aligns with National Highways' wider asset delivery and procurement strategy, thereby safeguarding public value and network integrity. The Contract is being shortened to better align with the re-procurement strategy for all Maintenance & Response contracts. It would provide significant technical difficulties and duplication of procurement costs for National Highways to procure a contractor simply for this short stretch of network given the current re-procurement strategy.

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
45233139
Scheme
CPV
Description
Highway maintenance work

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Options
No
Description
The Design Build Finance Operate (DBFO) contract covers Section of A69 to Cumbria/ Northumberland county boundary and is due to expire on 31 March 2026. National Highways therefore must appoint an alternative maintenance contractor and it considers that the scope of these works is already included within this existing Maintenance and Response Contract. Therefore these roads will be incorporated into the existing Maintenance and Response (M&R) Contract for Area 13 of the Strategic Road Network following the award of the Deed of Variation. This together with the need for national alignment of the M&R contracts, ready for their next iteration, means that the term of the Area 13 M&R Contract will be shortened and will have a new end date of 6th June 2029 instead of 31st March 2032. These changes will increase the awarded value from £ 153,000,000 to £ 242,590,000.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Cumbria & Lancashire

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
45233130
Scheme
CPV
Description
Construction work for highways
Entry 2
Id
45233139
Scheme
CPV
Description
Highway maintenance work
Entry 3
Id
45233140
Scheme
CPV
Description
Roadworks
Entry 4
Id
45233141
Scheme
CPV
Description
Road-maintenance works
Entry 5
Id
45310000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Electrical installation work
Entry 6
Id
71300000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Engineering services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-139911
Name
National Highways

Roles

buyer
reviewBody

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Guildford
Postal Code
GU1 4LZ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Bridge House, Walnut Tree Close

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
NATIONAL_AGENCY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
National or federal agency/office
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
National Highways

Contact

Telephone
+44 03001235000
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-157663
Name
Kier Highways Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Bedfordshire
Postal Code
SG19 2BD
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Temsford Hall, Sandy

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
Kier Highways Limited

Award information

Award 1
Id
047883-2025-1
Status
active
Has Subcontracting
Yes

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-157663
Name
Kier Highways Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
047883-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
047883-2025-1
Date Signed
8 Jun 2017, 00:00

Value

Amount
242,590,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Guildford · UK · GU1 4LZ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0585b6-2025-08-12T10:05:52+01:00compiled ·