AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
National Highways Limited has published a direct-award transparency notice naming Kent Downs National Landscape for strategic advice related to LTC Stage 2. The award remains pending; the notice does not evidence a signed or active contract.
Published outcomeOne pending award to Kent Downs National Landscape for lot 1, valued at £172,500 excluding VAT (£207,000 including VAT).
Market significanceThis is an above-threshold direct award for specialist project advice, justified by the buyer on the basis that it could only be executed by Kent Downs National Landscape.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Kent Downs National Landscape
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £172,500 excluding VAT (£207,000 including VAT) GBP · Pending award
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Award 1 names Kent Downs National Landscape as supplier, relates to lot 1, and states £172,500 amount and £207,000 gross amount.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceTransparency notice on Find a Tender (UK5)
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Award document 097059-2026 is described as a Transparency notice on Find a Tender.
Award status
99% confidencePending
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Award 1 has status 'pending'.
Contract conclusion
98% confidenceNot evidenced
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The record contains a scheduled future signature date, not a signed-contract status or signed-contract evidence.
Scheduled signature date
98% confidence14 October 2026
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Award milestone type futureSignatureDate is scheduled for 2026-10-14T23:59:59+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value excluding VAT
99% confidence£172,500
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Award 1 value.amount is 172500 GBP.
Award value including VAT
99% confidence£207,000
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Award 1 value.amountGross is 207000 GBP.
Value allocation
94% confidenceAward-level value for the single named supplier and lot 1
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Award 1 names one supplier and relates to lot 1; no separate lot value is published.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Notice published
99% confidence14 October 2026
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The UK5 award notice was published at 2026-10-14T14:22:48+01:00.
Scheduled contract start
99% confidence26 October 2026
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Award 1 contractPeriod.startDate is 2026-10-26.
Scheduled contract end
99% confidence31 December 2033
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Award 1 contractPeriod.endDate is 2033-12-31.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceStrategic advice for LTC Stage 2
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The tender and award title is 'LTC – KDNL - Strategic advice for Stage 2'.
Services described
99% confidenceAttendance at technical working groups; review and comment on meeting notes; review of project documents and plans; and cooperation on other project matters, including outstanding Statement of Common Ground issues when requested.
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Tender description.
Category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is services.
CPV classification
99% confidence98133100 — Civic betterment and community facility support services
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Award item 1 additional classification.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect award
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Tender procurementMethodDetails is 'Direct award'.
Direct-award rationale
99% confidenceThe buyer states that the work could only be executed by Kent Downs National Landscape.
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Tender procurementMethodRationale.
Rationale classification
99% confidenceSingle supplier — technical reasons
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procurementMethodRationaleClassifications includes singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot published
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Planned term
99% confidence26 October 2026 to 31 December 2033
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Award 1 contractPeriod provides these dates.
Lot
99% confidenceLot 1
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Award 1 relatedLots and item relatedLot are both 1.
Extension options
99% confidenceNot published
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Market route
99% confidenceThe buyer used a single-supplier direct award rather than a competed procedure.
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Published procedure is direct award, with a rationale that only the named supplier could execute the work.
Commercial status
99% confidenceThe published value and dates are associated with a pending award, so they should not be treated as evidence of an executed contract.
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Award status is pending and signature is shown only as a scheduled future-signature milestone.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award lifecycle caveat
99% confidencePending award; execution is not evidenced
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Award 1 status is pending and futureSignatureDate is scheduled.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or individual lot value
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Lot 1 title, description and value fields are null.
Supplier legal-entity verification
97% confidenceNo verified company name or company number was supplied; the named supplier is reported as published.
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verified_company_name and verified_company_number are null; supplier identity status is not_applicable.
Competition and evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, tender submissions, evaluation scores or award-comparison information is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The award is pending; the supplied data does not evidence contract signature, conclusion or commencement.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
- No verified company name or company number was supplied for the named supplier; supplier identity is reported as published.
- Information on competition, bid numbers, evaluation, pricing breakdown, extensions and renewal terms was not supplied in the published notice.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
National HighwaysKent Downs National LandscapeLTC Stage 2strategic advicedirect awardFind a Tendertransparency notice
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is named for the National Highways LTC Stage 2 award?
Kent Downs National Landscape is the supplier named in the pending award.
What is the value of the award?
The award is valued at £172,500 excluding VAT and £207,000 including VAT.
Has the contract been signed?
The published record does not evidence a signed contract. The award is pending and shows only a scheduled signature date.
Why was a direct award used?
National Highways states that the work could only be executed by Kent Downs National Landscape.
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