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Archaeology Framework
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
- Published
- 20 Apr 2021
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
Highways England (HE) has a legal obligation to ensure that archaeological remains are preserved, and
recorded where new roads, motorway widening projects and trunk road improvements are built by providing
appropriate archaeological expertise, advice on design and contract documentation, supervising, monitoring,
search and recovery and reporting progress on all stages of work.
HE has highlighted the need for an archaeology framework with technically competent, capacity enabled
suppliers, to provide a consistent route across programmes/directorates, drive savings and build direct
relationships with suppliers. The framework will be enabled for use by Highways England other Contractors.
The framework will be composed of six lots. Work orders will be undertaken through lots 1a, 2a and 3a with
values based on individual Schemes within each lot:
Lot 1a: up to GBP 2 million,
Lot 2a: GBP 2 million — <GBP 5 million,
Lot 3a: GBP 5 million or more.
Time charge orders will be undertaken through lots 1b 2b and 3b.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 71510000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 20 Apr 2021Award notice
Award notice published 20 April 2021.
Release 008404-2021
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
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07/ Tender hubs
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-02a845
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- award · Awarded
- Framework
- Yes, as recorded by the source
- Last verified
- Sun 5 Apr 2026, 13:02 BST
- Read at
- Thu 22 Oct 2026, 20:04 BST
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