Official UK procurement notice
Diversion Construction Works Agreement for Kent Roads
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Contract value (direct award)£26,100,000≈ £5.4m / year · £31,320,000 inc. VAT
Awarded 12 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to National Grid Electricity Transmission
Contract term 4 yrs 10 moends 31 Mar 2031 · starts 1 Jun 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo divert the National Grid Transmission System at the Routes. Diversion of National Grid’s 4YN route to enable National Highways to facilitate the Lower Thames Crossing road development.
CPV: Electricity supply installations
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 May 2026, 15:11 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Aug 2026, 14:15 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-076817- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a1c3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The supplier is a statutory undertaker
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 May 2026 → 12 Aug 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published152 days ago22 May 2026, 15:11 BST
- Next notice expected152 days ago22 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts143 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published70 days ago12 Aug 2026, 14:15 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2026- Pipeline notice published22 May 2026, 15:11 BSTUK1
- Transparency notice published18 Jun 2026, 13:57 BSTUK5
- Status changed to complete18 Jun 2026, 13:57 BST
- Contract award notice published12 Aug 2026, 13:44 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published12 Aug 2026, 14:15 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected21 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-05: 1 release · 22 May 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £39,563,0141 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Grid Electricity TransmissionLTC Construction Works Agreement for Kent Roads21 Aug 2026 – 31 Mar 2031 | £39,563,014 | 12 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · National Grid Electricity Transmission
- Signed
- 12 Aug 2026
- Value
- £39,563,014
- Period
- 21 Aug 2026 – 31 Mar 2031
- Status
- active
1 agreed KPI: Diversion of National Grid’s Transmission System at the Routes
- Diversion of National Grid’s Transmission System at the Routes
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NATIONAL GRID ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PLCAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender