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National Highways

National Highways is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£9.7bn

Total spend

1,921

Contract awards

574

Unique suppliers

£5.1M

Avg contract

According to ENKII, National Highways has awarded 1,921 contracts worth £9.7bn to 574 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £5.1M, with the top five suppliers holding 74% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to National Highways

Top-five suppliers hold 74% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
Bouygues Travaux Publics2£2.7bn
TELENT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED8£2.0bn
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd1£1.1bn
SKANSKA CONSTRUCTION UK LIMITED1£434.7M
McKinsey & Company, Inc. United Kingdom2£118.0M
Version 1 Solutions Ltd2£98.9M
Ove Arup & Partners Limited29£90.6M
WSP UK Limited12£89.2M
Arcadis Consulting (UK) Limited9£86.3M
Amey OW Limited10£84.2M
Costain Limited6£82.8M
DELOITTE LLP16£73.1M
FMG SUPPORT LTD1£69.7M
Ford1£52.6M
SWARCO UK & IRELAND LTD7£41.7M
ATKINSRÉALIS UK LIMITED3£41.3M
Jacobs U.K. Limited.1£41.3M
Oracle Corporation UK Limitied2£38.9M
REDFLEX TRAFFIC SYSTEMS LIMITED2£32.8M
MOTT MACDONALD GROUP LTD2£31.2M

Procurement categories

What National Highways buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34
644 awards£309.6M

Construction work

45
378 awards£4.6bn

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
264 awards£600.7M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
125 awards£76.9M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
125 awards£422.1M

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
119 awards£244.2M

Software package and information systems

48
78 awards£93.2M

Repair and maintenance services

50
46 awards£42.4M

Education and training services

80
43 awards£11.9M

Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

32
10 awards£28.1M

Other community, social and personal services

98
10 awards£10.1M

Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

35
9 awards£31.5M

Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

39
7 awards£3.4M

Administration, defence and social security services

75
6 awards£468K

Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

44
5 awards£8.5M

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
5 awards£31.2M

Financial and insurance services

66
5 awards£29.9M

Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services

77
5 awards£976K

Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

09
4 awards£1.9M

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
4 awards£9.9M

Real estate services

70
4 awards£670K

Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products

03
3 awards£114K

Installation services (except software)

51
3 awards£3.9M

Postal and telecommunications services

64
3 awards£2.0bn

Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories

18
2 awards£11.3M

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30
2 awards£13.6M

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
2 awards£2.4M

Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

60
2 awards£30K

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
2 awards£180K

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

92
2 awards£12.2M

Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

55
1 award£13K

Recent contracts

Latest National Highways contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Legacy Concrete Roads Reconstruction Framework

John Graham Construction Ltd · 2026-02-09

Legacy Concrete Roads Reconstruction Framework

Kier Transportation Limited · 2026-02-09

Legacy Concrete Roads Reconstruction Framework

John Sisk and Son Ltd · 2026-02-09

UKPN – FP03 Tilney All Saints / KINGS LYNN PE34 3LR

UK Power Networks Services (Commercial) Limited · 2025-11-27

£72K

National Enforcement Company in relation to Possession Orders

Triton Risk Management Limited · 2025-11-27

£20K

GI - BAM A38 signing

BAM · 2025-11-26

£44K

South West - Potassium Acetate Order - 10

Safecote Ltd · 2025-11-24

£31K

S30039 Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty

AtkinsRéalis Jacobs Joint Venture AJJV · 2025-11-24

£50K

S30036 Safety Congestion Benefits

AtkinsRéalis Jacobs Joint Venture AJJV · 2025-11-24

£55K

HRE - Teign Valley Branch (Heathfield - Christow) - Trusham Road Bridge AKA Crowcombe Bridge

Dyer & Butler · 2025-11-20

£24K

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Most of it is in R&D, architecture & engineering and transport equipment.

2

tenders open now

Inviting bids today

96

contracts ending in 12 months

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1

planned procurement

Work this buyer has said it intends to tender

11

frameworks running

Routes to sell here without a full tender

9

tender packs read

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Market analysis

Bidding into National Highways — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

12%

Awards to SMEs

74%

Top-5 supplier share

73%

Framework call-offs

25

Awards to social enterprises

Around 12% of National Highways’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 25 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 73%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to National Highways

How much does National Highways spend on procurement?

National Highways awarded 1,921 contracts totalling £9.7bn between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 574 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £5.1M.

Who are National Highways's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to National Highways by total award value are Bouygues Travaux Publics, TELENT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED, Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 74% of contract value.

What does National Highways buy from suppliers?

National Highways's procurement is concentrated in transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation, construction work, research and development services and related consultancy services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

How can my business bid for National Highways contracts?

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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