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Published 9 Nov 2023, 10:23 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Efficiency Programme Delivery Partner (EPDP)

Official notice

Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesRestricted procedure
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£75,000,000≈ £14m / year
Submissions closed 5 Feb 2024awarded 2 Apr 2025
Awarded to MCKINSEY and COMPANY INC UNITED KINGDOM
Contract term 5 yrs 5 moends 31 Mar 2030 · starts 31 Oct 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The efficiency programme delivery partner contract (originally advertised as the transformation delivery partnership) is a service to help National Highways deliver its efficiency programme in roads period 3. The service will operate from April 2025 to April 2028, with an option to extend until September 2030. The contract value to April 2028 will be £43m with the potential to increase to £75m if the full extension period is utilised.

CPV: General management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The efficiency delivery partner contract will help support a centralised programme for…Awarded 5 yrs 5 moPublished value£75,000,000

The efficiency delivery partner contract will help support a centralised programme for delivering change to realise the required efficiency outcomes in National Highways. The contract will challenge, advise, and support National Highways as it develops, implements, embeds and realises the benefits of the programme, whilst leaving a sustainable legacy of change and improved capability throughout the company.

The key objective of the programme is the tangible improvement in National Highways’ performance in relation to Six Themes:

1: Integrated and flexible capital delivery

2: Supply chain aligned to new delivery model and NH ambitions

3: Mature asset lifecycle ownership

4: Digitally enabled organisation that delivers on business requirements and customer expectations

5: Proactive control of our network

6: Environmental sustainability deeply embedded in what we do

The programme will be centrally led with the following design principles:

-Led by National Highways employees from across the company, with the efficiency programme delivery partner supporting the activity

-Overseen by one Programme Office coordinating and maintaining the single source of the truth through a single way of working across all themes with a clear governance structure.

-Focussed on truly cross-cutting initiatives that impact across multiple directorates and functional areas of our business

-Building capabilities and ensuring change is fully embedded and sustained becoming business as usual

-A focus on long-term transformation and measurable outcomes rather than short-term cost savings

This efficiency programme is a self-financing model, with a focus on delivering efficiency targets in both capital and operational expenditure within the RIS3 settlement. The investment made will be recovered from the value of efficiencies made through delivering the programme within the 5-year period.

Work under the contract will be issued as tasks with defined deliverables and performance measures. Allocation of future tasks will be predicated on continued good performance. Further details are available in the procurement documents.

Contract period: 31 Oct 2024 – 31 Mar 2030 (5 yrs 5 mo)
Delivery: UK · England
Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed
79411000 General management consultancy services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 56%Price: 20%Social value: 10%Environmental: 14%
Published sub-criteria (9)
  • Developing the programme of change: 10.5%
  • Driving delivery of outcomes through the programme: 14%
  • Building organisational change capability: 10.5%
  • Mobilising ready to deliver for RIS3: 7%
  • Personnel, team structure & CVs: 14%
  • price: 20%
  • Social Value, Diverse supply chains: 5%
  • Social Value, Modernising delivery and increasing productivity: 5%
  • Ensuring delivery and embedment and sustainable benefits: 14%
Published award criteria (9)
  • Social Value, Diverse supply chains: 5%
  • Social Value, Modernising delivery and increasing productivity: 5%
  • Developing the programme of change: 10.5%
  • Ensuring delivery and embedment and sustainable benefits: 14%
  • Driving delivery of outcomes through the programme: 14%
  • Building organisational change capability: 10.5%
  • Mobilising ready to deliver for RIS3: 7%
  • Personnel, team structure & CVs: 14%
  • Price: 20%
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
9 Nov 2023, 10:23 GMT
Last source update
29 Apr 2025, 14:26 BST
Authority reference
pro_15433
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017637
Classification (CPV)
General management consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0416fe Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

National Highways incorporated a 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on award of the contract was communicated to candidates. Appeals must be lodged in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations (SI 2015 No. 102) as amended.

Publisher note: How to Express Interest in this opportunity: Register for a free account at https://nationalhighways.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ The opportunity is now available to access on the system under reference PQQ 42. Suppliers can designate a super user for the account who will then authorise sub-accounts for any other of their staff members who require access. Note: we ask suppliers to register one account per organisation. If you have previously had a contract or bid for work with National Highways, your company is likely to have an account already on the system. If in doubt please contact the eSourcing helpdesk via the link above to check if your organisation is already registered.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
5 Feb 2024, 11:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
210 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

nationalhighways.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗

Timeline

14 Dec 2023 → 29 Apr 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    14 Dec 2023
  2. Submission deadline
    5 Feb 2024, 11:00 GMT
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    11 Mar 2024
  4. Contract starts
    31 Oct 2024
  5. Notice published
    29 Apr 2025, 14:26 BST

Notice history

6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jan 2024
  1. Status changed to active
    2 Jan 2024, 15:23 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    2 Jan 2024, 15:23 GMT
  3. Deadline published: 5 Feb 2024, 11:00 GMT
    2 Jan 2024, 15:23 GMT
  4. Buyer details updated
    2 Jan 2024, 15:23 GMT
  5. Status changed to complete
    29 Apr 2025, 14:26 BST
  6. Buyer details updated
    29 Apr 2025, 14:26 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £75,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MCKINSEY and COMPANY INC UNITED KINGDOMSubcontracting: declared£75,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

National Highways

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentNational or federal agency/officeGeneral public services 09346363 The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street,, Birmingham, UK, B1 1RNContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • See details at VI.4.3Review body See details at VI.4.3

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria