S30106 Strategic Development - Scheme Development Targeted Studies Technical Partner 2026-2028

National Highways ("the Employer") is intending to set up a contract for provision of

technical services to support the Strategic Planning Division's scheme development

targeted study programme in 2026/27 and 2027/28 ("the study programme").

Strategic Planning Division within the Customer, Strategy and Communication

directorate, are seeking to appoint a Technical Partner ("the Consultant") to work in close

partnership with us to deliver a defined and prioritised programme of strategic and

feasibility studies. The programme focuses on supporting growth, developing investment

plans, and progressing early-stage scheme development across key corridors, combined

authority areas and nationally significant locations. The Consultant will provide specialist

technical services to develop robust, evidence led outputs that inform our enhancement

strategy, including clear strategic, economic, performance and cost cases to support

RIS4 and future investment planning.

The study programme delivery will take place within the financial years of 2026/2027 and

2027/2028, and the commission will cover technical services related to supporting the

delivery of studies spanning growth and connectivity priorities, corridor and investment

plans, and scheme development activity. This will assist National Highways in developing

the evidence base needed to develop long term strategy and select the right interventions

for the network.

The Consultant will flexibly deliver their technical services, developing and drawing upon

robust evidence, to help us carry out studies in the most cost and time effective ways.

The Consultant will also assist us in improving the quality of our outcomes through greater

consistency of approach due to the programmatic nature of this commission. The

Consultant will have the technical capability to provide outputs that efficiently support our

decision making. They will deliver a range of studies and will be able to quickly react to

changes in priorities and needs, which are driven by those of our stakeholders.

Through our ongoing programme of strategic and early feasibility studies, Strategic

Development plays an integral and business critical role within National Highways,

delivering the evidence and early-stage feasibility needed to shape future investment in

the Strategic Road Network (SRN). We lead the development of long-term strategies,

investment plans and early scheme development, set strategic direction for future

interventions, and assess nationally significant third-party proposals to ensure impacts

on the network are understood and mitigated. Our remit includes progressing potential

schemes through their earliest stages of assessment (equivalent to PCF Stage 0), and

developing robust evidence bases that cover strategic need, value for money,

performance impacts and cost to help inform our enhancement strategy, future

investment pipeline and RIS4 planning.