# Archaeology Framework

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Highways England
- Contract winner: Archaeological Management Solutions
- Award value: £250,000,000
- Award date: 23 February 2021
- Published: 26 April 2021
- Contract start: 7 April 2021
- Contract end: 6 April 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9aab4ab6-4e23-4fd0-aef3-379bde5defa3-431438
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-95869f97-7322-4adb-9acb-59f514e5948f

## Description

Highways England \(HE\) has a legal obligation to ensure that archaeological remains are preserved, and recorded where new roads, motorway widening projects and trunk road improvements are built by providing appropriate archaeological expertise, advice on design and contract documentation, supervising, monitoring, search and recovery and reporting progress on all stages of work\. HE has highlighted the need for an archaeology framework with technically competent, capacity enabled suppliers, to provide a consistent route across programmes/directorates, drive savings and build direct relationships with suppliers\. The framework will be enabled for use by Highways England other Contractors\. The framework will be composed of six lots\. Work orders will be undertaken through lots 1a, 2a and 3a with values based on individual Schemes within each lot: Lot 1a: up to GBP 2 million, Lot 2a: GBP 2 million -

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9aab4ab6-4e23-4fd0-aef3-379bde5defa3-431438)