National Highways Vehicle Recovery Service Contract (4th Generation)

National Highways is pleased to invite interested suppliers to a contract opportunity of up to 10 years for a sole supplier (or entity) to deliver and manage a statutory vehicle removal service on behalf of National Highways. This contract will assist National Highways Traffic Officers who have the powers sanctioned within The Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (Traffic Officers) (England) Regulations 2008, to effect statutory removals for the safe removal of accident damaged, broken down and abandoned vehicles from England’s motorways and all-purpose-trunk-roads (also known as the Strategic Road Network – SRN)

The SRN, which encompasses over 7,200km of motorways and major ‘A’ roads is the backbone of England’s national transport system and this network plays a critical role in connecting cities, facilitating commerce, and supporting economic growth, making its maintenance, enhancement, and management a national priority. A statutory removal service is required by National Highways on a 24 hour, 7 days a week (including bank holidays) basis and is focussed on those sections of the SRN that are patrolled by National Highways Traffic Officers. This service will require a supplier to establish, maintain and manage (or self-deliver) a fleet of national vehicle recovery operatives (VRO) that can be mobilised to respond to requests for recovery assistance. For this contract, the statutory charges that are set by the Home Office will apply under The Removal, Storage and Disposal of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations 2023 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/331/contents/made

The services that the appointed supplier is expected to deliver and manage in collaboration with National Highways includes

1. A National Statutory Vehicle Removal Service - This service will require the supply, provision, and management of a national network of VRO’s that can be mobilised to recover and remove vehicles of any type, dimension, and weight from the SRN when requested and inst