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# National Spatial Planning Contract 2026

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-spatial-planning-contract-2026-ocds-h6vhtk-051249). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Highways Limited: "National Spatial Planning Contract 2026". Published status: complete. Published Value: £81,000,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST. Published submission portal: nationalhighways.ukp.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [National Highways Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-highways-limited-gov-ot1346)
- **Published Value:** £81,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 September 2025 at 23:59 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** General management consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKC, UKD, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £80,000,000 (exc. VAT, 3 awards)
- **Official Documents:** 28 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-spatial-planning-contract-2026-ocds-h6vhtk-051249#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-051249`

## 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/national-spatial-planning-contract-2026-ocds-h6vhtk-051249#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [nationalhighways.ukp.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnationalhighways.ukp.app.jaggaer.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/national-spatial-planning-contract-2026-ocds-h6vhtk-051249#participate

## Description
Delivery of National Spatial planning contracts from February 2026. Replacing the current NEC 4 Professional Service Contracts tendered in 2020, awarded in 2021 and expiring in February 2026.
The replacement contracts will also be NEC 4 Professional Service Contracts starting in 2026, initially for five years but with the option to extend for a further three years.
The key aim is to deliver contracts to purchase the technical services of consultants to help Spatial Planning Teams review planning applications, local plan documents and supplementary planning documents. This is to help fulfil National Highways obligation as a Statutory Consultee in the planning process. The consultants will provide technical advice across a large number of areas, including but not limited to reviewing transport assessments, reviewing traffic and transport models, undertaking traffic and transport modelling for National Highways, reviewing technical notes from applicants, attending examinations in public on behalf of NH and as an expert witness.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Spatial Planning North
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79411000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £23,000,000
- **Description:** Regional Spatial Planning North
- **Contract Period:** 16/12/2025 to 31/01/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Spatial Planning Midlands and East
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79411000

- **Estimated Value:** £31,000,000
- **Description:** Regional Spatial Planning Midlands and East
- **Contract Period:** 16/12/2025 to 31/01/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Spatial Planning South
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79411000

- **Estimated Value:** £27,000,000
- **Description:** Regional Spatial Planning South
- **Contract Period:** 16/12/2025 to 31/01/2031
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** National Spatial Planning Contracts 2026 Lot 1 - North (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **WSP UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-01383511`
  - Value: £26,666,667 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 02/12/2025

- **Award:** National Spatial Planning Contracts 2026 Lot 2 - Midlands and East (active)
  - Award id: `2`
  - Supplier(s): **AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-164667`
  - Value: £26,666,667 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 02/12/2025

- **Award:** National Spatial Planning Contracts Lot 3 - South (active)
  - Award id: `3`
  - Supplier(s): **Jacobs UK Ltd, Systra Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-12560`, `GB-FTS-185782`
  - Value: £26,666,667 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 02/12/2025

## Contracts (3)
- **Contract:** National Spatial Planning Contract 2026 - Midlands & East (active)
  - Signed Value: £26,666,667
  - Signed Date: 21/01/2026

- **Contract:** National Spatial Planning Contract 2026 - North (active)
  - Signed Value: £26,666,667
  - Signed Date: 09/01/2026

- **Contract:** National Spatial Planning Contract 2026 - South (active)
  - Signed Value: £26,666,667
  - Signed Date: 09/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F042492-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-05T10:41:24.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T07:52:26.296Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-051249