Official UK procurement notice
Stockton Indemnity Agreement · UK public procurement notice
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo provide technical advice and services in preparation for the Land Sale and Development agreement
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Jun 2025, 11:45 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Jul 2025, 16:33 BST
- Authority reference
pro_21626- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043612- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054fcbFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
National Highways is enacting this direct award under the Procurement Act 23 Section 41(6) Schedule 5 Section 5.
National highway requires a maintenance depot to cover the road maintenance of the A19 to prepare for the end of the Design Build Finance Operate (DBFO) contract ending February 2027. National highways carried out an extensive search for land in the area over the past 2 years to develop a new depot & office to meet this requirement. Land is very limited in the area, however a site became available towards the end of the search work around Jan 25, available only as a land sale and development option, ie. the developer will only sell National Highways this land if they carry out the development. This was the only site that meets the full requirements for the A19 maintenance, alternative solutions would not meet the requirements and pose reputational risk to both NH and DfT.
The planning and technical services are advance activities ahead of full Land Sale & Development agreement (subject to planning), that could not be carried out by any other supplier because the developer has control of that site.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
3 Jul 2025 → 28 Jul 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends3 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published28 Jul 2025, 16:33 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jun 2025- Transparency notice published19 Jun 2025, 11:45 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published24 Jun 2025, 11:16 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected4 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published28 Jul 2025, 16:33 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilton Developments Limited7 Jul 2025 – 8 Jan 2026 | £325,000 | 23 Jun 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Wilton Developments Limited
- Signed
- 9 Jul 2025
- Value
- £325,000
- Period
- 10 Jul 2025 – 9 Jan 2026
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Key performance indicators were not set for this contract, as performance could not be assessed appropriately for this type of contract using KPI's.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Wilton Developments LimitedAwarded supplier
- Wilton Developments LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices 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