Top suppliers
Top suppliers to National Highways
Top-five suppliers hold 55% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What National Highways buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
344573717279485080323935757709446670516303383190603018989255Recent contracts
Latest National Highways contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
GI - BAM A38 signing
BAM · 2025-11-26
S30039 Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty
AtkinsRéalis Jacobs Joint Venture AJJV · 2025-11-24
S30036 Safety Congestion Benefits
AtkinsRéalis Jacobs Joint Venture AJJV · 2025-11-24
South West - Potassium Acetate Order - 10
Safecote Ltd · 2025-11-24
Upper Widhill Farm and associated land Disposal
Knight Frank LLP · 2025-11-20
HRE - Wye Valley Jn (Tidenham) - Monmouth Troy - Monmouth Troy Viaduct
Hammond (ECS) Ltd · 2025-11-20
£55K
Inspector vehicle 2025-2026
Ford · 2025-11-20
Inspector vehicle Purchase 2025-2026
KIA · 2025-11-20
S30019 Future development of the DMRB and MCHW including alignment with the second generation of Eurocodes
WSP UK Limited · 2025-11-20
HRE - Teign Valley Branch (Heathfield - Christow) - Trusham Road Bridge AKA Crowcombe Bridge
Dyer & Butler · 2025-11-20
£24K
WANT TO WIN WORK FROM NATIONAL HIGHWAYS?
Get alerted when National Highways posts a contract you can win
ENKII watches this buyer's tenders and emails you only the ones your business qualifies for — free, no card, 3-minute setup.
Open opportunities
Open National Highways tenders
Tenders currently inviting bids. SMEs can respond via the official tender portal.
Term Extension of the National Highways Social Enterprise Dynamic Purchasing System (SEDPS)
Deadline: 2028-08-14
£65.0M
Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, National Highways typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
Website development and support
Expires: 2026-09-19
Area 3 & 4 - Signals Timing Validation Notice
Expires: 2026-09-19
S30035 Technical assurance for M5 J10 improvements scheme
Expires: 2026-09-22
ITEP0702 - Prism Contract Renewal
Expires: 2026-09-27
£1.7M
Task Order from Management Consultancy Framework 3 for provision of Overseeing Organisation Agent function for A38 and A57 schemes
Expires: 2026-09-30
National Highways The D Group Membership
Expires: 2026-09-30
£48K
C0053 - SE and East Commercial Support 24/25 & 25/26
Expires: 2026-09-30
T0507 Performance and Regulatory Compliance Technical Partner
Expires: 2026-09-30
ITEP1026 SWIS Severe Weather Information Service
Expires: 2026-09-30
£937K
TRACS6 Review and revision
Expires: 2026-09-30
Market analysis
Bidding into National Highways — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
6%
Awards to SMEs
55%
Top-5 supplier share
85%
Framework call-offs
19
Awards to social enterprises
Around 6% of National Highways’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 19 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 85%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 1,818 contracts totalling £342.6M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 488 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.3M.
Who are National Highways's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to National Highways by total award value are FMG SUPPORT LTD, McKinsey & Company, Inc. United Kingdom, MOTT MACDONALD GROUP LTD. The top five suppliers together hold 55% 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?
National Highways publishes open tenders on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. ENKII matches your business against live tenders, identifies certifications you'll need, and surfaces frameworks worth applying to. Free Readiness Score in 3 minutes.
Continue reading
Related ENKII resources
GUIDE
PQQ & Selection Questionnaire — Procurement Act 2023
How UK central-government departments evaluate suppliers at the pre-qualification stage.
GUIDE
Cyber Essentials — for government contracts
Most central-government contracts handling personal data require this certification.
SECTOR
UK Government IT Services
G-Cloud, DOS, Crown Commercial frameworks. Software + consultancy is National Highways's largest spend area.
INDEX
All UK public-sector buyers
Browse procurement profiles for every UK government department and major buyer.
Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15
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
Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.