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title: "Specialist Professional and Technical Service 3 (SPaTS3)"
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# Specialist Professional and Technical Service 3 (SPaTS3)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-professional-and-technical-service-3-spats3-ocds-h6vhtk-04967c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Highways Limited: "Specialist Professional and Technical Service 3 (SPaTS3)". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £495,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 11 Oct 2024, 12:00 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)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £495,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 October 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Development consultancy services, Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-professional-and-technical-service-3-spats3-ocds-h6vhtk-04967c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04967c`

## 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:** 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/specialist-professional-and-technical-service-3-spats3-ocds-h6vhtk-04967c#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/specialist-professional-and-technical-service-3-spats3-ocds-h6vhtk-04967c#participate

## Description
National Highways is the government company responsible for maintaining and operating the major road network in England. An opportunity has been published to potential suppliers and the scope of works that could be delivered through the SPaTS3 Framework is shown below.
The Suppliers will be expected to provide road transport-related technical consultancy, engineering advice, research and innovation services. The services required come under the following headings:
a) asset operation, maintenance, assurance and performance
b) business support (in key areas of specialist / technical support)
c) communications and data transfer
d) customer insight research, market research and publicity
e) design standards manuals and departures
f) economics, statistics and transport modelling
g) enforcement policy
h) environmental
i) geotechnical engineering
j) Health, Safety & Well being, security, road safety and vehicle restraint
k) highway structures
l) identity & image
m) incident management and traffic officer service
n) intelligent transport
o) management information systems
p) network resilience
q) pavement engineering
r) pilots and trials
s) post implementation evaluation
t) quality management
u) risk and value management
v) road user behaviour
w) strategic transport planning and policy
x) sustainability
y) traffic signals and road lighting
z) transport engineering
There will be a maximum of 6 suppliers appointed. It is expected that the successful suppliers will utilise a diverse supply chain to provide specialist support in the required areas.
Work under the framework may be awarded following mini-competition, following a single response to a request for expressions of interest or through a direct award to a single supplier.
The main site of performance of the activities is England. However, successful suppliers may be requested to work outside of England in support of the organisations enabled to use this framework, as noted in the additional information.
Further details of the requirements of the topic areas and the processes to award work are included in the tender documents.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £495,000,000
- **Description:** Framework to deliver specialist professional and technical support.

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (7)
- **Award:** 035080-2025-con_30166-7 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Amey OW Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-12553`
  - Value: £82,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 035080-2025-con_30167-6 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Ove Arup & Partners Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-186781`
  - Value: £82,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 035080-2025-con_30168-5 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Arcadis Consulting (UK) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-124582`
  - Value: £82,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 035080-2025-con_30169-4 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **WSP UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-01383511`
  - Value: £82,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 035080-2025-con_30170-3 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **AtkinsRéalis UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON-PLLV-1772-YDYN`
  - Value: £41,250,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 035080-2025-con_30171-2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Costain Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-22596`
  - Value: £82,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 035080-2025-con_30172-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Jacobs U.K. Limited.**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-12560`
  - Value: £41,250,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (7)
- **Contract:** 035080-2025-con_30166-7 (active)
  - Signed Value: £82,500,000
  - Signed Date: 15/06/2025

- **Contract:** 035080-2025-con_30167-6 (active)
  - Signed Value: £82,500,000
  - Signed Date: 15/06/2025

- **Contract:** 035080-2025-con_30168-5 (active)
  - Signed Value: £82,500,000
  - Signed Date: 15/06/2025

- **Contract:** 035080-2025-con_30169-4 (active)
  - Signed Value: £82,500,000
  - Signed Date: 15/06/2025

- **Contract:** 035080-2025-con_30170-3 (active)
  - Signed Value: £41,250,000
  - Signed Date: 15/06/2025

- **Contract:** 035080-2025-con_30171-2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £82,500,000
  - Signed Date: 15/06/2025

- **Contract:** 035080-2025-con_30172-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £41,250,000
  - Signed Date: 15/06/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036276-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-01T07:52:20.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T02:28:18.917Z
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