# Designated Funds communications support

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Highways England
- Contract winner: [Arup](/contract-winners/arup/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £47,000
- Tender value: £47,000
- Award date: 3 April 2018
- Published: 4 April 2018
- Contract start: 3 April 2018
- Contract end: 29 May 2018
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: bb3fc209-9038-4ffe-af80-422241870e3a-209112
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9f7d5bfa-ea8d-40ce-9859-8f70026a508f

## Description

Highways England \(HE\) has been reviewing the management of the Designated Funds programme, and the delivery of outputs against targets\. This has involved an internal audit report and two external reviews of the issues needing to be resolved\. This has generated an As Is report and a high level implementation plan for the mitigation activities, which categorises the key requirements in to 6 themes: Communication & engagement, Interpretation & understanding, Reporting, Governance & process, Resource & Strategy As a result HE have further identified the need for consultancy services to support the development and improvement of the Communication & Engagement theme\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bb3fc209-9038-4ffe-af80-422241870e3a-209112)