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National Highways: public contracts, suppliers and opportunities
National Highways has published 1,462 contract awards on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender since 23 Oct 2023, worth £4,803m in total as published. Most of its spending is on vehicles & transport equipment, construction works, r&d. Below: what it buys, who wins, what ends soon and what is coming up.
What National Highways buys
Contract awards by CPV category (Common Procurement Vocabulary division), from 23 Oct 2023 to 21 Oct 2026.
| Category | CPV | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles & transport equipment | 34000000 | 365 | £327m |
| Construction works | 45000000 | 365 | £2,636m |
| R&D | 73000000 | 219 | £116m |
| Architecture & engineering | 71000000 | 112 | £128m |
| Business services (HR, legal, marketing, admin) | 79000000 | 109 | £156m |
| IT services | 72000000 | 96 | £1,012m |
| Software | 48000000 | 71 | £170m |
| Repair & maintenance | 50000000 | 20 | £32.7m |
| Education & training | 80000000 | 14 | £6.6m |
| Telecoms equipment | 32000000 | 11 | £56.1m |
| Most used CPV codes | Notices |
|---|---|
45233210 Surface work for highways | 324 |
34621000 Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons | 255 |
73220000 Development consultancy services | 167 |
34927100 Road salt | 64 |
71351000 Geological, geophysical and other scientific prospecting services | 46 |
48517000 IT software package | 40 |
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services | 30 |
72224000 Project management consultancy services | 25 |
79980000 Subscription services | 21 |
79212000 Auditing services | 17 |
Recent contract awards
The latest awards with a company or organisation named as supplier. Values are as published and may be framework or multi-year totals.
Top suppliers to National Highways
Companies and organisations named most often in its award notices since 23 Oct 2023. 7% of awards went to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
| Supplier | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Hammond (ECS) Ltd | 140 | £17.6m |
| Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd | 93 | £12.8m |
| Holcim UK Limited | 73 | £66.3m |
| Wsp UK LTD | 54 | £64.7m |
| Tarmac Trading Limited | 52 | £67.6m |
| Associated Asphalt Contracting Limited | 48 | £18m |
| Ove Arup & Partners Limited | 42 | £22.1m |
| FM Conway Ltd | 40 | £32.3m |
| Ove Arup & Partners Ltd - SPaTS | 35 | £13.1m |
| Eurovia Infrastructure Limited | 34 | £16.3m |
Contracts ending in the next 12 months
243 contracts end by 23 Oct 2027. Buyers usually re-tender 6 to 12 months before the end date, so these are the next opportunities to prepare for. End dates are as published and exclude optional extensions.
Upcoming and open opportunities
Open tenders and planned procurements (pipeline and preliminary market engagement notices) published by National Highways. Always read the official notice for documents and how to bid.
| Type | Opportunity | Deadline or date | Est. value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned procurement | A46 Newark Bypass | 22 Sept 2026 | £700m |
| Planned procurement | Strategic Charging Infrastructure Scheme | 28 Sept 2026 | £158m |
| Planned procurement | UK1 - Pipeline Notice - A27 Arundel Railway Bridge Replacement | 1 Oct 2026 | |
| Planned procurement | Control Room Technology Support Services | 12 Oct 2026 |
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Source: Contracts Finder (Crown Commercial Service) notices published 23 Oct 2023 to 23 Oct 2026, and Find a Tender (Cabinet Office) notices published 16 Sept 2026 to 22 Oct 2026. Figures are our own summary of those notices. Award counts include notices with a named organisation as supplier; notices naming individuals are left out and no individual's name is shown.
Licence: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only; check the official notices before acting. Brightbench is not connected to National Highways.