McKinsey & Company has been appointed efficiency programme delivery partner of National Highways in a deal worth up to £75 million.
Consultancy.uk reports the contract involves supporting the delivery of National Highways’ efficiency programme, during roads investment strategy 3 (RIS3). The programme was supposed to start in April 2025, but was delayed as it is part of the government’s ongoing Spending Review.
The tender details published by National Highways stated: “The efficiency programme delivery partner contract (originally advertised as the transformation delivery partnership) is a service to help National Highways deliver its efficiency programme in roads period 3. The service will operate from April 2025 to April 2028, with an option to extend until September 2030. The contract value to April 2028 will be £43m with the potential to increase to £75m if the full extension period is utilised.”
The efficiency delivery partner contract will help support a centralised programme for delivering change to realise the required efficiency outcomes in National Highways. The contract will challenge, advise, and support National Highways as it develops, implements, embeds and realises the benefits of the programme, whilst leaving a sustainable legacy of change and improved capability throughout the company.
The key objective of the programme is the tangible improvement in National Highways’ performance in relation to Six Themes around integrated and flexible capital delivery, supply chain aligned to new delivery model and NH ambitions, mature asset lifecycle ownership, digitally enabled organisation that delivers on business requirements and customer expectations, proactive control of the network and environmental sustainability.
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