Official UK procurement notice
Estates Construction Projects (Professional Services & Construction Contracts)
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe National Highways Estates and Facilities Division are responsible for the delivery of a significant and consistent construction works programme focused on Maintenance Depots, Traffic Officer Outstations, Office Fitout and Refurbishment.
The future estates project pipeline includes a long-term consistent stream of construction projects ranging in value from approximately £1m to £15m. From April 2027 21no projects are currently planned to commence over the following 4 years with a further 31no. projects identified for future years.
This market enagement relates to states project pipeline referred to above and associated strategy for future procurements of
-Multidisciplinary construction professional services
-Construction Contractors (Main Contract only)
Please read the National Highway Estates Market Information Document for further information on:
-Project Pipeline
-Outline Scope of Services
-Proposed Routes to Market
-Proposed Forms of Contract
CPV: Architectural and related services · Architectural, engineering and planning services · Building construction work · Building services consultancy services · Building surveying services · Civil engineering consultancy services · Construction consultancy services · Construction project management services · Construction work · Construction-related services · Engineering design services for mechanical and electrical installations for buildings · Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis · +10 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How National Highways Limited buys Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131), and who usually turns up
National Highways Limited’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Consultative engineering and construction services (CPV 7131) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 87 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid8%
2–346%
4–633%
7+13%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate27%
Within ±2%64%
Above estimate9%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7131Published estimate£166m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 449 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid14%
2–323%
4–630%
7+33%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Apr 2026, 14:54 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Apr 2026, 14:54 BST
- Authority reference
pro_23762- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-038687- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068d07Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
28 Apr 2026 → 5 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published177 days ago28 Apr 2026, 14:54 BST
- Market engagement139 days ago5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
The Market Engagement will consist of three optional activities to allow National Highways to seek feedback on the overall strategy for upcoming for the Estates Construction projects, as follows.
- Market Engagement Presentation
A presentation will be held on 8th May 2026 10:00am via Microsoft Teams.
The presentation will include
-Pipeline Information
-Current Issues
-Proposed Delivery Model
-National Highways Improvements
-Construction Professional Services
-Future Construction Contracts
-Anticipated Timeline
-National Highways Questions for Suppliers
To attend Market Enagement Presentation, suppliers can sign up by accessing the registration link here:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ac817777-128b-… ↗
- Market Engagement Questionnaire
After the Market Engagement Presentation a short questionnaire will be shared with the supplier that have registered an interest, asking questions on particular areas of particular interest to National Highways, to help inform the Estates Construction Projects Strategy.
A link to the Market Enagement Questionnaire will be provided on the SharePoint are on 8th May 2026.
- 1 to 1 Meeting Opportunity
After the Enagement Presentation, where suppliers would like a further opportunity to discuss their responses to the National Highways questions, and provide any other feedback in relation to the proposed Estates Construction Projects Strategy, 1 to 1 meetings will be available between 19th May and 5th June 2026
To register for a 1 to 1 Meeting a link will be added to the SharePoint area on 8th May 2026. Registration for these meetings will be open between 8th May and 17:00 13th May 2026
Express an Interest (and access the SharePoint area)
To express Interest in this Market Engagement Exercise and gain access to the SharePoint area, please complete the MS form linked below.
forms.office.com/e/qJkm18vy8c ↗
The SharePoint area will include
-Market Information Document
-Market Enagement Questionnaire (8th May Onwards)
-Market Engagement Presentation Slides (8th May Onwards)
-Link to Register for 1 to 1 Meetings (Registration available between 8th May and 17:00 13th May 2026)
*Note to attend the Market Enagement Presentation - please register directly to the MS Teams webinar via the separate link provided earlier in this notice.
This notice is issued solely for the purpose of commencing a market consultation exercise and does not constitute any commitment by National Highways to undertake any public procurement exercise. Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this notice. Nor shall a response to this notice guarantee an invitation to participate in this market consultation exercise or any future procurement process that National Highways may conduct. This notice does not constitute a call for competition to procure any works or services and is not published to reduce time limited for the receipt of tenders. National Highways is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party responding to this notice or any party who may participate in the market consultation exercise.
- Tender notice expected45 days ago7 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 164 days5 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published28 Apr 2026, 14:54 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender