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Published 11 Sept 2026, 12:18 BST

Official UK Procurement Procedure

Framework for Traffic Management for NGED and NGET

Name: Procurement Process ocds-h6vhtk-06f7f2
Creator: NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED
Published: 2026-09-11T11:18:02.000Z
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED

services

Framework

Above threshold

Accelerated (Negotiated tendering period - utilities/not central government)

Competitive flexible procedure

Special Regime: {"utilities"}

Traffic control services

Traffic monitoring services

Published value

£8,400,000

≈ £1,680,000 / year

Submission deadline

6 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

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Lots published

Lots published in procedure

Contract duration

5 yrs (with extension options)

Starts 2 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT

Electronic Sourcing Gateway:

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Official notice

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What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification

Tenderline summary generated from the published notice

Executive Summary: NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED: "Framework for Traffic Management for NGED and NGET". Published status: active. Published value: £8,400,000. 5 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 6 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST. Published submission portal: www.ariba.com.

Official Requirement Description:

To provide full Traffic Management, Traffic Control, and the hire of Traffic Light systems. The Contractor must adhere to and fully comply with the following: • New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 • Traffic Management Act 2004 • Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8 • Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice (COP) as amended • Permit schemes (especially conditions relating to traffic management) Highway Authority and Utilities Committee (HAUC) Advice Notes as applicable • ARTSM (Association for Road Traffic Safety and Management) Edition 1.1 The Contractor must be able to support all specified geographical areas of National Grid UK with sufficient resources to provide Plant, Product and Design & Services to enable safe working for all road traffic scenarios. The Contractor must provide a 24-hour 365-day service, with the ability to respond and be on-site within 2 hours of receipt of notification from NGED / NGET.

Lots and requirements (5)

Procurement Structure

Published by the contracting authority

Lot 1 · #1
Lot 1 / Area 1 Wales and North West of England
active
Renewal
Published value£1,900,000
Wales and North West of England - Traffic Management Services as described in the Specification. To provide full Traffic Management, Traffic Control, and the hire of Traffic Light systems. The Contractor must adhere to and fully comply with the following: • New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 • Traffic Management Act 2004 • Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8 Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice (COP) as amended • Permit schemes (especially conditions relating to traffic management) • Highway Authority and Utilities Committee (HAUC) Advice Notes as applicable • ARTSM (Association for Road Traffic Safety and Management) Edition 1.1 The Contractor must be able to support all specified geographical areas of National Grid UK with sufficient resources to provide Plant, Product and Design & Services to enable safe working for all road traffic scenarios. The Contractor must provide a 24-hour 365-day service, with the ability to respond and be on-site within 2 hours of receipt of notification from NGED / NGET. All Staff should be legally qualified to support Street Works legislation. The rates are to include complying with the 'Traffic Management Act 2004' and all associated secondary legislation and codes of practice, and are deemed to include for supply, delivery, installation, and collection of all apparatus.
Contract period:
2 Jan 2027 — 31 Dec 2031 (5 yrs)
Eligibility:
Not published
Options / extension:
Contract term advertised is 5 plus 3 years (Optional 3 year extension at the sole discretion of National Grid).
Pre-Qualification & Selection Criteria (PQQ)
Technical Capacity
Suppliers will be required to demonstrate the technical ability, relevant experience, competent resources, systems and organisational capability necessary to perform the contract. This includes meeting National Grid's applicable standard supplier requirements and all project-specific technical requirements. Detailed conditions of participation, minimum standards and evidence requirements will be provided in the associated tender documentation issued through National Grid's e-tendering platform. References to particular qualifications, accreditations or standards include permitted equivalents.
PQQ
60% Technical 40% Commercial (40% Price / Terms and Conditions PASS / FAIL)
Award criteria (2)
Lot 2 · #2
Lot 2 / Area 2 North East of England
active
Renewal
Published value£400,000
North East of England as described in the Specification. To provide full Traffic Management, Traffic Control, and the hire of Traffic Light systems. The Contractor must adhere to and fully comply with the following: • New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 • Traffic Management Act 2004 • Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8 Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice (COP) as amended • Permit schemes (especially conditions relating to traffic management) • Highway Authority and Utilities Committee (HAUC) Advice Notes as applicable • ARTSM (Association for Road Traffic Safety and Management) Edition 1.1 The Contractor must be able to support all specified geographical areas of National Grid UK with sufficient resources to provide Plant, Product and Design & Services to enable safe working for all road traffic scenarios. The Contractor must provide a 24-hour 365-day service, with the ability to respond and be on-site within 2 hours of receipt of notification from NGED / NGET. All Staff should be legally qualified to support Street Works legislation. The rates are to include complying with the 'Traffic Management Act 2004' and all associated secondary legislation and codes of practice, and are deemed to include for supply, delivery, installation, and collection of all apparatus.
Contract period:
2 Jan 2027 — 31 Dec 2031 (5 yrs)
Eligibility:
Not published
Options / extension:
Contract term advertised is 5 plus 3 years (Optional 3 year extension at the sole discretion of National Grid).
Pre-Qualification & Selection Criteria (PQQ)
Technical Capacity
Suppliers will be required to demonstrate the technical ability, relevant experience, competent resources, systems and organisational capability necessary to perform the contract. This includes meeting National Grid's applicable standard supplier requirements and all project-specific technical requirements. Detailed conditions of participation, minimum standards and evidence requirements will be provided in the associated tender documentation issued through National Grid's e-tendering platform. References to particular qualifications, accreditations or standards include permitted equivalents.
PQQ
60% Technical 40% Commercial (40% Price / Terms and Conditions)
Award criteria (2)
Lot 3 · #3
Lot 3 / Area 3 South West of England
active
Renewal
Published value£1,900,000
South West of England as described in the Specification. To provide full Traffic Management, Traffic Control, and the hire of Traffic Light systems. The Contractor must adhere to and fully comply with the following: • New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 • Traffic Management Act 2004 • Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8 • Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice (COP) as amended • Permit schemes (especially conditions relating to traffic management) Highway Authority and Utilities Committee (HAUC) Advice Notes as applicable • ARTSM (Association for Road Traffic Safety and Management) Edition 1.1 The Contractor must be able to support all specified geographical areas of National Grid UK with sufficient resources to provide Plant, Product and Design & Services to enable safe working for all road traffic scenarios. The Contractor must provide a 24-hour 365-day service, with the ability to respond and be on-site within 2 hours of receipt of notification from NGED / NGET. All Staff should be legally qualified to support Street Works legislation. The rates are to include complying with the 'Traffic Management Act 2004' and all associated secondary legislation and codes of practice, and are deemed to include for supply, delivery, installation, and collection of all apparatus.
Contract period:
2 Jan 2027 — 31 Dec 2031 (5 yrs)
Eligibility:
Not published
Options / extension:
Contract term advertised is 5 plus 3 years (Optional 3 year extension at the sole discretion of National Grid).
Pre-Qualification & Selection Criteria (PQQ)
Technical Capacity
Suppliers will be required to demonstrate the technical ability, relevant experience, competent resources, systems and organisational capability necessary to perform the contract. This includes meeting National Grid's applicable standard supplier requirements and all project-specific technical requirements. Detailed conditions of participation, minimum standards and evidence requirements will be provided in the associated tender documentation issued through National Grid's e-tendering platform. References to particular qualifications, accreditations or standards include permitted equivalents.
PQQ
Technical 60% Commercial 40% (Price 40% / Terms and Conditions PASS/FAIL)
Award criteria (2)
Lot 4 · #4
Lot 4 / Area 4 South East of England
active
Renewal
Published value£800,000
South East of England as per Specification. To provide full Traffic Management, Traffic Control, and the hire of Traffic Light systems. The Contractor must adhere to and fully comply with the following: • New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 • Traffic Management Act 2004 • Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8 • Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice (COP) as amended • Permit schemes (especially conditions relating to traffic management) • Highway Authority and Utilities Committee (HAUC) Advice Notes as applicable • ARTSM (Association for Road Traffic Safety and Management) Edition 1.1 The Contractor must be able to support all specified geographical areas of National Grid UK with sufficient resources to provide Plant, Product and Design & Services to enable safe working for all road traffic scenarios. The Contractor must provide a 24-hour 365-day service, with the ability to respond and be on-site within 2 hours of receipt of notification from NGED / NGET. All Staff should be legally qualified to support Street Works legislation. The rates are to include complying with the 'Traffic Management Act 2004' and all associated secondary legislation and codes of practice, and are deemed to include for supply, delivery, installation, and collection of all apparatus.
Contract period:
2 Jan 2027 — 31 Dec 2031 (5 yrs)
Eligibility:
Not published
Options / extension:
Contract term advertised is 5 plus 3 years (Optional 3 year extension at the sole discretion of National Grid).
Pre-Qualification & Selection Criteria (PQQ)
Technical Capacity
Suppliers will be required to demonstrate the technical ability, relevant experience, competent resources, systems and organisational capability necessary to perform the contract. This includes meeting National Grid's applicable standard supplier requirements and all project-specific technical requirements. Detailed conditions of participation, minimum standards and evidence requirements will be provided in the associated tender documentation issued through National Grid's e-tendering platform. References to particular qualifications, accreditations or standards include permitted equivalents.
PQQ
60% Technical 40% Commercial (Price 40% / Terms and Conditions PASS/FAIL)
Award criteria (2)
Lot 5 · #5
Lot 5 / Area 5 West and East Midlands of England
active
Renewal
Published value£3,400,000
West and East Midlands of England as described in the Specification. To provide full Traffic Management, Traffic Control, and the hire of Traffic Light systems. The Contractor must adhere to and fully comply with the following: • New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 • Traffic Management Act 2004 • Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8 • Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice (COP) as amended • Permit schemes (especially conditions relating to traffic management) • Highway Authority and Utilities Committee (HAUC) Advice Notes as applicable • ARTSM (Association for Road Traffic Safety and Management) Edition 1.1 The Contractor must be able to support all specified geographical areas of National Grid UK with sufficient resources to provide Plant, Product and Design & Services to enable safe working for all road traffic scenarios. The Contractor must provide a 24-hour 365-day service, with the ability to respond and be on-site within 2 hours of receipt of notification from NGED / NGET. All Staff should be legally qualified to support Street Works legislation. The rates are to include complying with the 'Traffic Management Act 2004' and all associated secondary legislation and codes of practice, and are deemed to include for supply, delivery, installation, and collection of all apparatus.
Contract period:
2 Jan 2027 — 31 Dec 2031 (5 yrs)
Eligibility:
Not published
Options / extension:
Contract term advertised is 5 plus 3 years (Optional 3 year extension at the sole discretion of National Grid).
Pre-Qualification & Selection Criteria (PQQ)
Technical Capacity
Suppliers will be required to demonstrate the technical ability, relevant experience, competent resources, systems and organisational capability necessary to perform the contract. This includes meeting National Grid's applicable standard supplier requirements and all project-specific technical requirements. Detailed conditions of participation, minimum standards and evidence requirements will be provided in the associated tender documentation issued through National Grid's e-tendering platform. References to particular qualifications, accreditations or standards include permitted equivalents.
PQQ
60% Technical 40% Commercial (40% Price / Terms and Conditions PASS/FAIL)
Award criteria (2)

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box

Criteria & entry requirements

Evaluation weighting

Technical: 60%

Commercial: 40%

Uniform evaluation weighting applied across all 5 lots.

Incumbent & Market Position

Open Competition LandscapeNo single vendor holds a majority of retained authority awards.

Entry requirements & qualification

Turnover Benchmark

Guideline requirement: ~£3,360,000 annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.

Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)

Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid

Accreditations & Security Vetting

Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.

Contract Duration & Term OptionsExpected duration: 5 yrs (with extension options)

Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

Buyer track record & authority intelligence: NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED

Rolling 24 months

Derived from OCDS data

Published track record for NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.

Avg price drop

Not availableEarly / insufficient sample

Needs a published budget AND award for the same procedure

Competition Density

Not availableNo published reports

Single-bidder rate: Not published

Supplier Concentration

No estimate

Insufficient attributable awardsNo attributable single-supplier awards retained

Published spend

Check noticePublished terms

Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract.

Typical award value

Not available

Too few awards for a meaningful range

Awarded spend by half-year

2024-H2

2025-H1

2025-H2

2026-H1

2026-H2

Methodology & coverage notes (0 active published awards)

Coverage: 0 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot); 0 valued awards. 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. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.

Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

CPV 63 · UK Sector Analysis

Observed CPV-sector evidence

Prepared 11 Sept 2026, 13:56 BST

Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.

Median Winning Discount

CPV sector evidence · 38 comparable price observations

Typical Bids Received

3reported bids

CPV sector evidence · 647 published bid reports

Decision Velocity

~61 days

CPV sector evidence · median from 72 completed procedures

Notice Stability

Stable notice

Published terms remained unchanged

Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 63)

Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field

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Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents

Ranked by multi-factor similarity score

Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.

Published procedure	Published value	Matching evidence
Framework for Traffic Management for NGED and NGETNATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED · 4 Sept 2026, 10:48 BST	£8,400,000	same CPV family same authority same region similar value band matching published text
Provision of Traffic ManagementVIA EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED · 12 Aug 2026, 14:09 BST	£8,000,000	same CPV family same region similar value band
Traffic management servicesHAFREN DYFRDWY CYFYNGEDIG · 31 Jul 2026, 15:08 BST	£3,333,333	same CPV family same region similar value band
Control and Management of traffic and related services 2026Cardiff Council · 8 Sept 2026, 12:44 BST	£4,999,999	same CPV family same region similar value band
Cardiff International Sports Village (ISV) Car Park and Development OpportunityCardiff Council · 28 Jul 2026, 14:18 BST	£4,500,000	same CPV family same region similar value band

Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

Procedure terms & legal framework

Procedure method	Competitive flexible procedure	Legal basis	UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023	Procurement category	services
Notice status	active	Procurement threshold	Above threshold (FTS publication)	Regulatory regime	{"utilities"}
Commercial structure	Framework agreement	Competition type	Competitive procedure	GPA WTO covered	Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement	No (One-off requirement)	First published	11 Sept 2026, 12:18 BST	Last source update	11 Sept 2026, 12:18 BST
Award evaluation window	Submission end — 10 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT	Accelerated procedure	Yes · Negotiated tendering period - utilities/not central government	Classification (CPV)	Traffic control services, Traffic monitoring services
Delivery area	North East (UKC) North West (UKD) East Midlands (UKF) West Midlands (UKG)
Official Registry OCID	`ocds-h6vhtk-06f7f2`

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Expression of interest (EOI)	6 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST	Tender submission deadline	6 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST	Clarification deadline	None published in notice
Submission channel	Official e-sourcing portal	Electronic submission	Allowed	Accepted languages	en
Participation fee	Free of charge (Open access)

Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts

From official release

www.ariba.com/

Timeline

Procedure published
11 Sept 2026, 12:18 BST
Submission deadline
6 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Awards (0)No award published

Contracts (0)No contract published

Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

From official release and amendment events

Official notice release published
11 Sept 2026, 12:18 BST

Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED

Contracting authority

GB-COH-04508773

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Official Documents & Specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender notice on Find a Tender
tender
Tender notice
11 Sept 2026, 12:18 BST
Conflict of interest declaration
tender
Conflict of interest declaration
Notice declares: Not published
Bidding documents & specifications
tender
Bidding documents & specifications

Framework for Traffic Management for NGED and NGET

What is being bought & procurement scope

Official Requirement Description:

Lots and requirements (5)

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Buyer track record & authority intelligence: NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED

Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

Procedure terms & legal framework

How to participate & submission route

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Buyer and organisations in this procedure

NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED

Official Documents & Specifications (3)

Tender notice on Find a Tender

Conflict of interest declaration

Bidding documents & specifications