T0376 Network Planning - Technical Partner 2022-25

National Highways ("the Employer") is intending to set up a contract for provision of Technical services to support the delivery of the Network Development 2022-2025 Network Study Programme ("the study programme").

Network Development within Strategy and Planning directorate, are seeking to appoint a Network Studies Technical Partner ("the Consultant") with the ability to work in partnership with us, to provide specialist technical services to assist us in the delivery of a range of network studies

The study programme delivery will take place within the financial years of 2022/2023, 2023/2024 & 2024/2025 and the commission will cover technical services related to scheme development. 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.