Highways England
Highways England has 5,421 recorded procurements on the official UK sources, awarding a recorded £21bn to 664 suppliers over the last five years, led by railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons (CPV 34621000). The median recorded contract is £130k and 76% of awards ran through a framework or DPS. 9 competitions are open for bids today and 328 recorded contracts end within the next 12 months.Recorded by BidSkim from published notices. Recorded means published, every figure is a floor. Updated 26 Aug 2026.
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open to join or applyWho wins this work, by value
top suppliers by recorded value · 5 yearsWho wins the most contracts
top suppliers by number of recorded wins · 5 yearsWhat they buy, by CPV code
recorded procurements per code · all years| CPV | Description | Contracts | Recorded value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34621000 | Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons | 842 | £62.7m |
| 71311210 | Highways consultancy services | 787 | £856m |
| 45233210 | Surface work for highways | 595 | £2.3bn |
| 73000000 | Research and development services and related consultancy services | 425 | £160m |
| 45000000 | Construction work | 403 | £11bn |
| 73220000 | Development consultancy services | 305 | £117m |
| 50230000 | Repair, maintenance and associated services related to roads and other equipment | 180 | £4.2bn |
| 45233141 | Road-maintenance works | 165 | £4.2bn |
| 45233100 | Construction work for highways, roads | 158 | £4.8bn |
| 50000000 | Repair and maintenance services | 152 | £1.9bn |
A contract carrying several codes counts under each. Values are floors.
Awarded contracts by year
recorded awards per year| Recorded value | £186m | £6.8bn | £9.3bn | £3.7bn | £2.4bn | £3.1bn | £3.0bn |
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Highways England procurement, answered
computed from this buyer's noticesWho supplies Highways England?
664 suppliers hold recorded awards from this buyer over five years. The largest by recorded value are Balfour Beatty, Colas, Telent; by number of contracts, AmcoGiffen and WSP lead. 74 suppliers won their first recorded contract here in the last 12 months.
What does Highways England buy?
Its recorded procurement concentrates in railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons, highways consultancy services, surface work for highways (CPV 34621000, 71311210, 45233210). The median recorded contract is £130k.
How many Highways England contracts are coming up for renewal?
328 of its recorded contracts carry an end date within the next 12 months, worth a combined £881m where a value was published. With a free account you can set an alert on this buyer; predicted re-tender windows are part of BidSkim Predict.
How do I win work from Highways England?
Start with the free 12-month report: every contract this buyer and others published in the last year that fits your business, with values and winners. Then get an alert the morning anything new that fits is published. 9 of its competitions are open right now.
Buyer snapshot
26 Aug 2026- Region
- West Midlands (Metropolitan)
- Recorded procurements
- 5,421
- Recorded value
- £21bn
- Median contract
- £130k
- Average contract
- £5.8m
- Via framework or DPS, 5y
- 76%
- Awarded, 90 days
- 214
- Ending within 12 months
- 328
- Publishes on
- CF · FTS
Competitive read
how open this buyer is664 distinct suppliers hold recorded awards over five years; the top five take 31% of recorded value. 74 suppliers won their first recorded contract here in the last 12 months, so the door is not closed to new entrants.
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About this data. Built from 5,421 recorded procurements on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, entity-resolved by BidSkim. Framework and DPS establishment notices are excluded from open-opportunity counts, and value totals exclude framework ceilings and implausible outliers. Unpublished call-offs are invisible to notice data, so every figure is a floor. Last updated 26 Aug 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.