S30042 MP Simister Island Travel Choice Support

National Highways Limited

Published: Dec 17, 2025

Updated: Jun 18, 2026

Source: uk_contracts_finder

This tender has been awarded

Awarded to Ove Arup — £58,378

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About This Opportunity

Award notice from National Highways Limited (United Kingdom) — S30042 MP Simister Island. transport & logistics. Awarded to Ove Arup (GBP 58K, Dec 2025).

This is a services contract in the transport and logistics and architecture and engineering sectors, with a focus on Road Transport and Urban Planning. Located in United Kingdom, Europe, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums, with an estimated budget of GBP 100,000.

Published through UK Contracts Finder, a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for services in the transport and logistics sector. Service contracts are typically evaluated on both technical quality and price, and may require bidders to demonstrate relevant experience and qualified personnel. This contract has already been awarded. The information is published for transparency and market intelligence purposes.

Description

Design and develop bespoke communication activities to support a reduction in actual delay during construction phases of the M60 Simister Island and A57 Link Road schemes, relative to the forecasted disruption.
Within Greater Manchester, the A57 Link Road scheme around Mottram, and the M60 J18 Simister Island free-flow junction scheme are due for construction during Roads Period 3 (2026-2031). During their respective construction phases, there are forecasted delays both individually and potentially concurrently which may result in cumulative impacts for customers and communities. From a customer perspective, the number of journeys through these two junctions are significant and are a blend of commuter, leisure and business travel plus significant freight movements, especially for Simister Island. This task will be about developing relevant and bespoke communications activities for different key customer audiences, to minimise predicted congestion and maintain customer satisfaction as best as possible during the roadworks phases.
The two schemes will have stakeholder engagement plans and communication activities planned as 'business as usual', and this task will be about additional, innovative and targeted activities.
This project is listed in our Customer Experience Division Portfolio business case for 25/26. This project aims to meet the needs of all users and providing fast and reliable journey times and reduce delay during roadworks (PI). Our Customer Service Strategy also sets out how we will cater for all our customers and support an improvement in customer journey experience. Travel choice activities will play a key role in enhancing the travel experience throughout the delivery phase of these major works.. CPV: Development consultancy services (73220000). Procedure: Call-off from a framework agreement. Suitable for SMEs

Data provenance

This notice is sourced from UK Contracts Finder and was originally published on December 17, 2025. Last refreshed 8 days ago. Reference: tender_509207/1540091. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.

About National Highways Limited

National Highways Limited has issued 486 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 35 currently open and 439 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in Transport & Logistics, Construction & Civil Works, and Governance & Public Administration. All notices are published for United Kingdom. Notices are distributed via UK Contracts Finder and UK FTS - Find a Tender Service. Most recent publication: June 18, 2026.

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