Contract award · 2 Dec 2025

S30026 Impacts of AVs on National Highways Operations

National Highways awarded “Impacts of AVs on National Highways Operations” to WSP UK Ltd - SPaTS 1 for £227k on 2 Dec 2025.

Research & developmentWest Midlands

Value £227k

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Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
National Highways · Body governed by public law
Value
£226,851.29
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Research & development · Development consultancy services (CPV 73220000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date2 Dec 2025
  2. Published9 Dec 2025Published 7 days after the contract date

Description

Automated Vehicles will enable safer and more efficient journeys on the road network, however the introduction of AVs on to the SRN will also have impacts on National Highways Business as Usual Operations. The project will look at all aspects of how NH should interact with AVs on our network (for example: recovery procedures, AV fail safes impacts on SRN, ERA interaction, TOS interaction, traffic management requirements, other road user interaction, ROC interaction, Incident liability).

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