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# M25 Design Build Finance and Operate contract

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/m25-design-build-finance-and-operate-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-041a65). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Highways Limited: "M25 Design Build Finance and Operate contract". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [National Highways Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-highways-limited-gov-ot1346)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Technical support services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-041a65`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/m25-design-build-finance-and-operate-contract-ocds-h6vhtk-041a65#tl-md)

## Description
This notice is promulgating the intention of National Highways Limited to vary a 30 year contract dated 20th May 2009 made between it and Connect Plus (M25) Limited under which the contractor is responsible for work to Design, Build, Finance and Operate the M25 Motorway and the adjoining sections of motorway that connect to it (the “DBFO Contract”).  The variation is to incorporate the provision of routine and cyclical maintenance of roadside technology into the DBFO Contract, this currently being the subject of a separate Regional Technology Maintenance Contract that expires on 31st March 2024.  The variation to the DBFO Contract is not considered to be “substantial” within the meaning of regulation 72(1)(e) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** The variation is to incorporate the provision of routine and cyclical maintenance of roadside technology into the DBFO Contract. This incorporation is intended to continue until contract expiry on 12th September 2039. The variation value is £160,000,...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 033920-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Connect Plus (M25) Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-98476`
  - Value: £11,150,000,000 † (exc. VAT); very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 033920-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £11,150,000,000
  - Signed Date: 19/05/2009

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033920-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-11-16T12:31:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T11:18:01.146Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-041a65