Official UK procurement notice
LTC Zero Emissions Advisory Services
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAs part of Lower Thames Crossing’s ambitions to be a carbon pathfinder project, LTC have a target to be a zero emissions free site from 2027. This means no diesel and no Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) allowed in all construction activities by the Delivery Partners and relying only on Electric and Hydrogen powered plant.
This is something that has never been done at scale before in the UK and there is very limited understanding within our supply chain for how this can be executed. Although our Delivery Partners are working on how they can deliver this, they have limited experience in the UK and external specialist consultancy is required to advise LTC.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Sept 2026, 14:19 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 09:51 BST
- Authority reference
pro_24800- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092166- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f4a5Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of PA2023 is applicable as the following conditions are met in relation to the public contract:
(a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.
As referenced above there is no experience of delivering LTC’s carbon ambitions in the UK but this has been delivered elsewhere in Europe e.g. Norway and Netherlands. Both the Norwegian and Dutch roads authorities have delivered some projects using only zero emissions plant and machinery. This specialist resource has been identified as a result of engagement with European Partners and through their involvement with these European projects are able to advise on the operation of the plant, efficiency, energy infrastructure, maintenance and construction methodology to assist LTC deliver its zero carbon emission objectives.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Sept 2026- Transparency notice published8 Sept 2026, 14:19 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published10 Sept 2026, 16:29 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected22 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published30 Sept 2026, 09:51 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zen In Transition22 Sept 2026 – 31 Jul 2028 | €300,000 | 10 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Zen In Transition
- Signed
- 22 Sept 2026
- Value
- €300,000
- Period
- 22 Sept 2026 – 31 Jul 2028
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Contract less than £5m
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Zen In TransitionAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender