Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- National Highways Limited · National or federal agency/office
- Supplier
- Ove Arup Limited
- Value
- £275,004.25
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Research & development · Development consultancy services (CPV 73220000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date2 Jun 2026
- Published3 Jun 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The need for the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and Standards for Highways (SHW) rewrite was established from a review carried out by National Highways, in collaboration with the Devolved Administrations as part of the RIS1 Protocol Agreement. The objectives are: - Enhance content, usability, and structure - Increase the applicability to modern forms of contracts and construction techniques - Promote decarbonisation and digital readiness of the DMRB Documents - Ensure the new DMRB documents are aligned with the associated Future SHW documents The Task is for the provision of specialist consultants on DMRB and Manual of Contract Documents for Highways Works (MCHW) who can: 1. undertake updates comprising prioritised changes; as Category A and B. 2. produce the required documentation to support the relevant category of change 3. deliver the updates through the Technical Standard Committee (TSC) process and Collaborative Authoring Review (CARs) platform The consultants shall …
About the supplier
Ove Arup Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 09938540).