C0064 M25 (Area 5) and A249 (Area 34) DBFO Contracts

National Highways · awarded 3 November 2025 · delivered in London

Who

Buyer	National Highways Birmingham
Supplier	WSP (UK) Limited
Category	services
Classification	Project and design preparation, estimation of costs CPV 71242000
Notice published	14 November 2025

What it is for

National Highways entered in to the M25 Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO) Project (The Project) in April 2009. The DBFO Co are 'Connect Plus', a consortium of Balfour Beatty, Egis, Edge Orbital Holdings and others. The main supplier to Connect Plus is 'Connect Plus Services' (a company that includes Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis Road Operation UK). The Project initially included an identified Programme of major motorway widening and other capital works and the routine, winter and major maintenance of Highways England Area 5 and the existing Dartford Crossings (together, the Project Road). In addition, the DBFO Co works with National Highways in managing the day-to-day operations on the Project Road. The A249 Stockbury to Sheerness project is a DBFO contract which the National Highways awarded under a PFI contract in 2004. The DBFO Co are SheppeyRoute Limited, a consortium of Infrared Capital and 3i Capital. The project is managed on SheppeyRoutes behalf by IML and their main supplier is F M Conway. The project involved the construction of the 5km long A249 Iwade Bypass to Queenborough Improvement including a new major crossing of the Swale. The project also includes the ongoing routine, winter and major maintenance of the A249 between the M2 and Sheerness. Both contracts run for a period of 30 years and the initial capital works are complete. As a consequence of developer led investment in the South East and capital works being undertaken the Government's Road Investment Strategy both contracts are facing a significant volume of change. National Highways is subject to increasing scrutiny of our performance and the quality of service we deliver to customers. The operational performance of our DBFO Contracts contributes to this and we need to ensure that the…

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