Expired contract

F0033 Operations Defined Cost NEC4 PSC Cost Reimbursable Audits

Details

Buyer: National Highways Limited
Supplier(s): The Orange Partnership Limited
Value: £48,644.52
Duration: 2 months
Topic: Auditing services
Published: 12 February 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

National Highways has 11 number 30-year Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts, known as Design Build Finance and Operate (DBFO) concessions/contracts. Eight of these contracts come to an end in 2026/27. The DBFO contracts contain a requirement for the DBFO Company to join with the Employer (National Highways) to conduct a number of Joint Inspections of the asset. National Highways determined in 2018 that it required external support to help with the Joint Inspections together with conducting the necessary duties to achieve contract completion across the eight DBFO contracts. National Highways let a SPaTS Framework Task Order Contract for technical advice and support on the DBFO Handback / Contract Completion project. The audits should apply to the Task Order since the start of the commission in 2019/20 focussing more after re-let, together with a reconciliation, to ensure that a defined cost includes inflation and cost increase and utilisation of staff, to be able to determine how much a contractor is owed on a monthly basis under the contract.

Timeline

Completed: Award date12 December 2025
Completed: Award published12 February 2026
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date12 February 2026

About the buyer

National Highways is the government company that plans, designs, builds, operates and maintains England's motorways and major A roads, and buys as a central government body. Suppliers register on the National Highways eSourcing Portal to search live tenders and opportunities. Larger contracts are also advertised on Find a Tender, with Contracts Finder used for smaller opportunities. Most work reaches the market through framework contracts covering major schemes and routine maintenance. The Supply Chain Team handles queries on contracts, frameworks and procurement processes. A social enterprise dynamic purchasing system also opens smaller contracts to voluntary and community organisations.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of National Highways Limited's contract awards have been in construction work, transport equipment and research and development.

Relevant CPV codes

79212000 · Auditing services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@national-highways-limited.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@national-highways-limited.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@national-highways-limited.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@national-highways-limited.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@national-highways-limited.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@national-highways-limited.gov