LTC – KCC – Unilateral Undertaking Payment Agreement

Official notice

Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)

Direct award

Sectors: Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Awarded value£5,597,796published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 7 Oct 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Kent County Council

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To provide for payment of contributions towards officer time servicing the needs of Lower Thames Crossing, together with measures such as severance mitigation, updating historic environment records and implementing the Kent Downs National Landscape Compensatory Enhancement Fund, as set out in the Unilateral Undertaking during DCO examination.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

98133100 Civic betterment and community facility support services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Direct award
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
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: 7 Oct 2026, 16:40 BST
Last source update: 7 Oct 2026, 18:13 BST
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-094966
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078326 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: This could only be excuted by Kent County Council

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2026

Transparency notice published
7 Oct 2026, 16:40 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
7 Oct 2026, 17:07 BST
UK6
Contract details notice published
7 Oct 2026, 18:13 BST
UK7
Contract signature expected
19 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £5,597,7961 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 7 Oct 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Kent County Council19 Oct 2026 – 31 Dec 2035	£5,597,796	7 Oct 2026	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · Kent County Council
Signed
7 Oct 2026
Value
£5,597,796
Period
19 Oct 2026 – 31 Dec 2035
Status
active
1 agreed KPI: National Highways terms
- National Highways terms

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

National Highways Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PGMJ-3793-VBBN Three Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6GAContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Kent County CouncilAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PLDL-8938-YGYW County Hall, Maidstone, South East, ME14 1XQContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender7 Oct 2026, 18:13 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender7 Oct 2026, 17:07 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender7 Oct 2026, 16:40 BST