Top suppliers
Top suppliers to National Highways
Top-five suppliers hold 69% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What National Highways buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest National Highways contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Legacy Concrete Roads Reconstruction Framework
Kier Transportation Limited · 2026-03-03
£968.0M
PDF Framework - A23 S Downs Way, Hickstead, Pyecombe Bundle - SDF Part 2 & 3
Holcim UK Limited · 2025-11-28
£3.9M
UKPN – FP03 Tilney All Saints / KINGS LYNN PE34 3LR
UK Power Networks Services (Commercial) Limited · 2025-11-28
£72K
PDF Framework - RM1016 Holyport interchange
Holcim UK Limited · 2025-11-28
£12K
PDF Framework - M5 J9-J14 SB DMI
Hanson Contracting · 2025-11-28
£1.1M
PDF Framework - A63 Brighton Street to Daltry Street Resurfacing
BreedonColas (JV) · 2025-11-28
£555K
PDF Framework - A27 Falmer Footbridge Headroom
Hailsham Roadways Construction Co Ltd · 2025-11-28
£2K
GI - BAM A38 signing
BAM · 2025-11-28
£44K
PDF Framework - M6 J9 SB & NB Bescot Viaduct Pavement Hybrid Group 43
Heidelberg Materials · 2025-11-28
£40K
National Enforcement Company in relation to Possession Orders
Triton Risk Management Limited · 2025-11-28
£20K
PDF - Framework - A120 Horsley Cross - Parkeston Rbt Harwich Safety Impt
FM Conway Ltd · 2025-11-28
£28K
PDF Framework - A5 EB WB M42 J10 - A5148 Wall SCRIM
Eurovia Infrastructure Limited · 2025-11-28
£302K
PDF Framework - M56 Hapsford Bowl EB
BreedonColas (JV) · 2025-11-28
£291K
PDF Framework - A63 Garrison Rd WB Approach
Galliford Try · 2025-11-27
£139K
PDF Framework - A50 Alhambra Resurfacing
Galliford Try · 2025-11-27
£300K
Upper Widhill Farm and associated land Disposal
Knight Frank LLP · 2025-11-26
£150K
Developing New Approaches to Delivery Nature Based Solutions
CIWEM · 2025-11-25
£50K
S30043 Planning and Support for Survey Standards
Arcadis · 2025-11-24
£120K
South West - Potassium Acetate Order - 10
Safecote Ltd · 2025-11-24
£31K
HRE - AGB/3 - Gullane to Longniddry - Luffness Mains
Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd · 2025-11-24
£250K
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Maintenance and Response Contract 2 (M&R2)
£8.0bn
Driving for better Business (DfBB)
£600K
Provision of e-learning material on Animal Behavior (AoN)
£40K
ETM Incursion Warning Radar System – Product Purchase including National Rollout
£4.2M
ETM Incursion Warning Radar System – Product Purchase including National Rollout
£4.2M
Maintenance and Response Contract (M&R) 2
£8.0bn
Specialist advice and testing on corrosive protection of steelwork
£300K
LTC - Gantry Wind Tunnel Testing
£500K
Maintenance and Response Contract (M&R) 2
£8.0bn
Specialist advice and testing on corrosive protection of steelwork
£300K
LTC - Gantry Wind Tunnel Testing
Renewable electricity procurement – seeking a corporate power purchase agreement (PPA)
£35.0M
Total Facilities Management
£112.0M
National Highways Vehicle Recovery Service Contract (4th Generation)
£197.1M
UK1 - Pipeline Notice - OCAMS095 Asset Management Information Systems and Tools
ITEP0932 - AutoCAD Licences
National Spatial Planning Contract 2026 - UK1
£81.0M
ITEP0932 - AutoCAD Licences
£305K
UK1 - Pipeline Notice - OCAMS097 Structures
£12.5M
UK1 - Pipeline Notice - OCAMS101 Enterprise Portfolio Management
£5.0M
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.
Media Strategy Agency
Expires: 2026-08-04
£300K
ORT0060A - Completion of Tunnel Technical Specifications A
Expires: 2026-08-10
£1.8M
ORT0060A Tunnel Specification Authoring Package A
Expires: 2026-08-10
£1.8M
ORT0060B Tunnel Specification Authoring Package B
Expires: 2026-08-13
£1.9M
Office Supplies
Expires: 2026-08-14
£318K
Provision of a Spares and Repairs Service
Expires: 2026-08-27
£13.5M
Provision of a Spares and Repairs Service
Expires: 2026-08-27
£1.4M
ORT0168 – Stopped Vehicle Detection
Expires: 2026-08-31
£1.6M
T0599 Drainage Technical Support Contract
Expires: 2026-08-31
£350K
Strategic SVD
Expires: 2026-08-31
£1.6M
Recruitment Services Contract
Expires: 2026-08-31
£19.3M
C0058 - Smart Motorways Alliance - Auditing Services
Expires: 2026-08-31
£183K
Website development and support
Expires: 2026-09-19
£186K
S30035 Technical assurance for M5 J10 improvements scheme
Expires: 2026-09-22
£450K
ITEP0702 - Prism Contract Renewal
Expires: 2026-09-27
£1.7M
TRACS6 Review and revision
Expires: 2026-09-30
£250K
Task Order from Management Consultancy Framework 3 for provision of Overseeing Organisation Agent function for A38 and A57 schemes
Expires: 2026-09-30
£191K
ITEP1026 SWIS Severe Weather Information Service
Expires: 2026-09-30
£937K
C0053 - SE and East Commercial Support 24/25 & 25/26
Expires: 2026-09-30
£81K
ORT0120 - Provision of Miscellaneous OT Parts and Goods LOT 1 Created Page Actions List Main Content
Expires: 2026-10-06
£4.4M
The Law Society SRA Practicing Certificates 2024
Expires: 2026-10-23
£30K
Traffic Officer First Aid Training
Expires: 2026-10-29
£250K
T0675 Network Development - Technical Partner 2021-24 Phase 2c
Expires: 2026-10-31
£500K
T0674 Network Development Technical Partner 2021-24 2b
Expires: 2026-10-31
£500K
HRE - Wye Valley Jn (Tidenham) - Monmouth Troy - Monmouth Troy Viaduct
Expires: 2026-10-31
£55K
S30044 Drone Operating Standards & Requirements
Expires: 2026-11-06
£180K
PSN Services for Control Works
Expires: 2026-11-24
£235K
Social Research & Behavior Change Insight 2024
Expires: 2026-12-23
£710K
GI-A27 Area 3 Sign Renewals Phase 2 Works
Expires: 2026-12-27
£90K
GI- M4 J10 Area 3 - 613116
Expires: 2026-12-27
£200K
Traffic Manager Radio Service (Airwave)
Expires: 2026-12-31
£12.2M
T0688 TRST3064 Update of the publication: Well Managed Highways Code of Practice
Expires: 2026-12-31
£529K
TRL-Pavemetrics LCMS2 Purchase and Commissioning
Expires: 2027-01-31
£594K
Inspection Dashcams
Expires: 2027-03-23
£175K
M0099 A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Risk Management
Expires: 2027-03-27
£276K
ORT0162 -Roadside Technology Spares LOT 1
Expires: 2027-03-31
£7.7M
Winter Fleet 2025
Expires: 2027-03-31
£10.8M
HRE - Dumfries - Stranraer - Victoria Place
Expires: 2027-03-31
£48K
HRE - CLOSED BRANCH LINES MINOR WORKS - Kelso Branch - Kinsquater - KLO/50
Expires: 2027-03-31
£56K
T0600 Transforming Road Works 2030
Expires: 2027-03-31
£375K
T0678 DMRB - WCH - Combining CD 143 and CD 195 and updating online training resource
Expires: 2027-03-31
£300K
Provision of Roadside Technology Spares
Expires: 2027-03-31
£1.7M
ITEP0871 SMPA Collaboration Environment
Expires: 2027-03-31
£1.4M
T0676 Road Layout Departures Technical Support Task 2
Expires: 2027-03-31
£314K
DAK/75/C1 - Dalry - Kilmarnock
Expires: 2027-03-31
£50K
T0640 LED Upgrade Programme - Technical Assurance Advisor
Expires: 2027-03-31
£490K
HRE - CLOSED BRANCH LINES MINOR WORKS - KCT/11 - REPAIRS IDENTIFIED IN THE DETAILED EXAMINATION DATED 27.11.23
Expires: 2027-03-31
£49K
T0679 Road Layout Departures Technical Support Task 1
Expires: 2027-03-31
£314K
S30021 Technical Partner for Strategy Unit Strategic Workstreams Programme
Expires: 2027-03-31
£714K
ORT0115 - Signs and Signals (AMI and VMS) Modernisation & Refresh - Extension
Expires: 2027-03-31
£2.4M
Market analysis
Bidding into National Highways — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
69%
Top-5 supplier share
180d
Avg response window
36d
Median response window
10mo
Avg contract duration
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to National Highways
How much does National Highways spend on procurement?
National Highways awarded 1,392 contracts totalling £24.5bn between 2023-08-01 and 2026-08-01, working with 519 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £17.6M.
Who are National Highways's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to National Highways by total award value are Connect Plus (M25) Ltd, Telent Technology Services Limited, Bouygues Travaux Publics. The top five suppliers together hold 69% of contract value.
What does National Highways buy from suppliers?
National Highways's procurement is concentrated in support services for land transport, construction work for pipelines, communication and power lines, for highways, roads, airfields and railways; flatwork, telecommunications cable and equipment, 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.
What's the typical response window for National Highways tenders?
National Highways typically gives suppliers a median of 36 days to respond (average 180 days). Standard contract duration is around 10 months.
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Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-08-01
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