Official UK procurement notice
M25 Design Build Finance and Operate contract
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis notice is promulgating the intention of National Highways Limited to vary a 30 year contract dated 20th May 2009 made between it and Connect Plus (M25) Limited under which the contractor is responsible for work to Design, Build, Finance and Operate the M25 Motorway and the adjoining sections of motorway that connect to it (the “DBFO Contract”). The variation is to incorporate the provision of routine and cyclical maintenance of roadside technology into the DBFO Contract, this currently being the subject of a separate Regional Technology Maintenance Contract that expires on 31st March 2024. The variation to the DBFO Contract is not considered to be “substantial” within the meaning of regulation 72(1)(e) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
CPV: Technical support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The variation is to incorporate the provision of routine and cyclical maintenance of…
The variation is to incorporate the provision of routine and cyclical maintenance of roadside technology into the DBFO Contract. This incorporation is intended to continue until contract expiry on 12th September 2039. The variation value is £160,000,000, assuming RPI 4.1% 24/25 and 2.8% thereafter.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Nov 2023, 12:31 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Nov 2023, 12:31 GMT
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-033920- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Because of the incremental value of the additional technology works relative to the overall original value of the DBFO contract the variation to the DBFO Contract is not considered “substantial” within the meaning of regulation 72(1)(e) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connect Plus (M25) LtdSubcontracting: declared | £11,150,000,000 †very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 033920-2023-1 · Connect Plus (M25) Ltd
- Signed
- 20 May 2009
- Value
- £11,150,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Connect Plus (M25) LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.