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# National Highways Limited · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-highways-limited-gov-ot1346). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** National Highways Limited is a Central government based in West Midlands. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 703 published procedures, with 2 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** National Highways Limited
- **Classification:** Central government
- **Delivery Region:** West Midlands
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PGMJ-3793-VBBN` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 2
- **Total Published Procedures:** 703
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £5.3bn (median award: £55k) across 376 of 376 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** companies-house (NATIONAL HIGHWAYS LIMITED), govuk-organisations (National Highways)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-highways-limited-gov-ot1346

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4.5 bids (median of 14 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 15% below the published estimate (median of 4 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 438 (98%), Framework: 10 (2%), Dynamic purchasing system: 1 (0%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 315 (70%), Route not published: 65 (14%), Limited / restricted: 45 (10%), Selective: 15 (3%), Open: 9 (2%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 39 notices, last 24 months (9% of this period)
2. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 38 notices, last 24 months (8% of this period)
3. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 28 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
4. **[Repair and maintenance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/repair-maintenance-50000000) (CPV 50):** 15 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)
5. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 14 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Network Rail](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/network-rail-coh-04402220):** 15 procedures
2. **[VolkerLaser Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/volkerlaser-ltd-coh-03892871):** 11 procedures (12 awards)
3. **[Jacobs UK Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/jacobs-uk-ltd-coh-02594504):** 9 procedures (10 awards)
4. **[WSP UK Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/wsp-uk-limited-coh-01383511):** 9 procedures (16 awards)
5. **[Kier Highways Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/kier-transportation-limited-coh-05606089):** 8 procedures (9 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Telent Technology Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/telent-technology-services-limited-coh-00703317):** £659m · [National Roads Telecommunication Service (NRTS)2 - Extension](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-roads-telecommunication-service-nrts-2-extension-ocds-h6vhtk-04e9ea)
2. **[Telent Technology Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/telent-technology-services-limited-coh-00703317):** £644m · [National Roads Telecommunications Service (NRTS) 3](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-roads-telecommunications-service-nrts-3-ocds-h6vhtk-05e1b1)
3. **[Ringway Infrastructure Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ringway-infrastructure-services-limited-coh-02756434):** £608m · [Asset Delivery Maintenance & Response East Region](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/asset-delivery-maintenance-response-east-region-ocds-h6vhtk-0585b7)
4. **[Amey Highways Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/amey-highways-limited-coh-06600609):** £557m · [Area 7 Maintenance & Response Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/area-7-maintenance-response-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0585b9)
5. **[Amey OW Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/amey-ow-limited-coh-01922327):** £468m · [Asset Delivery (AD) Area 10 Maintenance & Response (M&R) Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/asset-delivery-ad-area-10-maintenance-response-m-r-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-0585b1)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 108
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 202
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full National Highways Limited intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-highways-limited-gov-ot1346#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-highways-limited-gov-ot1346
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt