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S30091 Pavement Technical Standard Committee DMRB and SHW cyclic reviews and delivery of updates
BuyerNational Highways Limited(ID: GB-CFS-328360)
AwardedCFSME Friendly
Value
£280,000
Region
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Deadline
17 Apr 2026
Status
complete
Published
3 Jun 2026
Contract Start
2 Jun 2026
Contract End
31 Mar 2028
CPV Classification
73220000Development consultancy services
Description
The need for the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and Standards for
Highways (SHW) rewrite was established from a review carried out by National
Highways, in collaboration with the Devolved Administrations as part of the RIS1
Protocol Agreement. The objectives are:
- Enhance content, usability, and structure
- Increase the applicability to modern forms of contracts and construction
techniques
- Promote decarbonisation and digital readiness of the DMRB Documents
- Ensure…The need for the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and Standards for
Highways (SHW) rewrite was established from a review carried out by National
Highways, in collaboration with the Devolved Administrations as part of the RIS1
Protocol Agreement. The objectives are:
- Enhance content, usability, and structure
- Increase the applicability to modern forms of contracts and construction
techniques
- Promote decarbonisation and digital readiness of the DMRB Documents
- Ensure the new DMRB documents are aligned with the associated Future SHW
documents
The Task is for the provision of specialist consultants on DMRB and Manual of
Contract Documents for Highways Works (MCHW) who can:
1. undertake updates comprising prioritised changes; as Category A and B.
2. produce the required documentation to support the relevant category of change
3. deliver the updates through the Technical Standard Committee (TSC) process
and Collaborative Authoring Review (CARs) platform
The consultants shall have extensive capability in the above and knowledge of
pavement engineering.
The Task involves:
- Online document drafting/authoring
- Provision of advice on aspects connected with this work
- Completion of assessments to support the TSC process
- Liaison with Client's specialists (including Technical Authors for the other parts
of the specification and interdependencies within documents owned by other
disciplines) and other Suppliers
- Planning for and supporting Technical Authors engagement at pavement TSC
meetings
- Supporting informing industry and the supply chain
- Advising on relevant legislation such as the Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations and Construction Products Regulations