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Development and Trial of Sustainable Weed Control Solutions for the Strategic Road Network

Research laboratory services
UK
Published value
£100,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: National Highways Limited: "Development and Trial of Sustainable Weed Control Solutions for the Strategic Road Network". Published status: planning. Published value: £100,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNational Highways LimitedScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£100,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: National Highways Limited
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Published history for National Highways Limited. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
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Competition Density
Not availableNo published reports
Bid counts are not published for this buyer
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Ernst & Young LLPTop vendor: 45.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 169 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Ernst & Young LLP1 win£1,445,000
United Utilities Water Limited1 win£822,198
Socotec UK Limited1 win£300,000
Fingleton Limited1 win£260,000
Cardiff University1 win£240,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNational Highways Limited
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published5 Aug 2026, 12:24 BST
Last source update5 Aug 2026, 12:24 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationResearch laboratory services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06dc47
What is being bought
National Highways is a government-owned company and the appointed strategic highways authority and licence holder responsible for operating, maintaining and improving England’s SRN; 4,300 miles of motorways and major A roads at the core of the national transport network. Use of glyphosate; known to be a probable carcinogen to humans, is a widely used chemical to control weeds in highway maintenance. Although approved for use in the UK, concerns regarding glyphosate’s impact on biodiversity, and management of this health hazard to the general public and highway operatives are considerable. National Highways is seeking to engage the market to explore and trial credible, scalable alternatives to glyphosate for weed control on the Strategic Road Network (SRN), alongside existing local trials, with the aim of reducing exposure risks and improving environmental outcomes. This notice is issued as part of a Preliminary Market Engagement under the Procurement Act 2023. Participation does not constitute a commitment to procure or award any contract, nor does it provide any guarantee of involvement in future commercial opportunities. Information gathered will be used to support technical decision-making, standards development, and potential future procurement strategies.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £100,000
    5 Aug 2026, 12:24 BST
  2. Status changed to planning
    5 Aug 2026, 12:24 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    5 Aug 2026, 12:24 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    5 Aug 2026, 12:24 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    5 Aug 2026, 12:24 BST
  2. Procedure published
    5 Aug 2026, 12:24 BST
  3. engagement
    31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Organisations with relevant capability and experience are invited to contribute information to support this market engagement. Interested parties are invited to provide experience in one or more of the following areas: • Development or deployment of non-glyphosate weed control solutions (chemical, mechanical, thermal, biological, or integrated approaches) • Evidence-based trials or pilots in operational environments • Environmental impact assessment, including biodiversity considerations • Working in safety-critical or public-facing environments • Any other relevant information Supplier questionnaire and optional technical discussions, focused on solution maturity, evidence of effectiveness, environmental impacts, and operational considerations. Initially, organisations are invited to complete the questionnaire found at the link below: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/gkwYSEJvHY
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

National Highways Limited

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PGMJ-3793-VBBN
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Documents (1)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published