Cost Planning Services Provider 2021
Framework Description
The Cost Planning Services Provider 2021 is a single-lot National Highways professional services framework for cost planning on its projects. It ends on 8 January 2028 with no extension. As applications are closed and it is not a Dynamic Purchasing System, it was let to its suppliers at the start and no new providers can join before it ends.
Context & Use Case
National Highways uses it to bring cost planning expertise into infrastructure and highway projects, helping to forecast and control spend so that schemes are delivered within budget. Typical outputs include budgets, cost analysis, forecasts and cost reports that feed into project decisions, along with assessments of financial risk that help the client set realistic contingencies.
Scope of Services
Project budgeting Cost forecasting Cost analysis Cost and financial reporting Financial risk assessment
Lots
Single lot
Who Can Apply
Suits cost management and cost consultancy firms with infrastructure or highways experience. It is closed to new applications and ends on 8 January 2028 with no extension, so other firms should plan for whatever replaces it.
Buyer Benefits
Large road schemes are scrutinised on cost, and early, accurate cost planning helps National Highways avoid overruns. A pre-procured provider means cost expertise can be added to a project quickly, with agreed terms and quality standards already in place and no separate tender to run.
Next Steps
Cost consultancies should watch Contracts Finder for National Highways notices on a successor, as this framework ends on 8 January 2028 with no extension. Build case studies showing cost planning accuracy on infrastructure projects, including forecasts against outturn, so you are ready when the replacement is advertised.
How Athena Can Help
When National Highways re-procures cost planning services, strong evidence and sharp pricing will decide it. Athena's evidence-led tender writing turns your cost planning record into scored answers, and our pricing models help you compete on rates.
Our framework search and registration work flags the replacement when it is advertised and manages the application, while our infrastructure bid consultants advise on other cost management tenders across the public sector, from bid/no-bid to award.
