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# National Highways - Cost Estimating Framework (2028-2032)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-highways-cost-estimating-framework-2028-2032-ocds-h6vhtk-07b951). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** National Highways wishes to implement a new framework to provide cost estimating support to increase capacity and capability of our internal cost estimating team. Cost estimates are used to inform key decisions on billions of pounds of expenditure for projects in the Road Investment Strategy. Time charge support — Flexible resource to bolster in-house Cost Estimating capacity.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [National Highways Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-highways-limited-gov-ot1346)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £22,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Calculation of costs, monitoring of costs (primary), Project and design preparation, estimation of costs
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-highways-cost-estimating-framework-2028-2032-ocds-h6vhtk-07b951#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07b951`

## Before you bid
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- **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:** not shown for these lots; the published data do not support one.

- **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/national-highways-cost-estimating-framework-2028-2032-ocds-h6vhtk-07b951#tl-md)

## Description
National Highways wishes to implement a new framework to provide cost estimating support to increase capacity and capability of our internal cost estimating team. Cost estimates are used to inform key decisions on billions of pounds of expenditure for projects in the Road Investment Strategy.
Our current framework, on which there are four suppliers, expires March 2028, and delivers this via:
Options estimating — Early-stage cost ranges to support scheme option selection
Development estimating — Estimates as schemes progress through design development
Budget setting — Estimates underpinning programme budgets and funding approval
Time charge support — Flexible resource to bolster in-house Cost Estimating capacity

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 71242000, 71244000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2028 to 31/03/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F107406-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-12T09:50:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-14T15:19:11.415Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07b951
- **Licence:** Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.