Lower Thames Crossing: Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply[E11]

From the notice

National Highways is the government company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England's strategic road networks. The Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) is a National Highways project that will build a new road connecting Kent, Thurrock and Essex through a tunnel beneath the River Thames. It will provide much-needed new road capacity across the river east of London, alleviating congestion on the Dartford Crossing. Three Delivery Partners have been appointed to deliver the three main components of the project - Kent Roads, Tunnels & Approaches and Roads North. National Highways has designated LTC a pathfinder project that will explore carbon neutral construction. Low Carbon Hydrogen is a key element in LTC's strategy to deliver its carbon reduction targets and a key objective of this procurement is to enable a significant reduction in the use of diesel on the programme by enabling the use of hydrogen powered plant, machinery and generators. The procurement covers the supply, delivery, storage on site and dispensing of Low Carbon Hydrogen (and any equipment necessary to enable the supply) over 5 years, for use by the LTC appointed Delivery Partners to fuel their construction plant and equipment. Making hydrogen easily available could displace a significant amount of the diesel forecast to be used during construction. The Low Carbon Hydrogen supply contract has an estimated contract commencement date in mid 2025 with supply of hydrogen commencing in 2028. This will be an 8 year contract (consisting of a period of preparation and readiness to supply hydro…[E5]

• ConditionDelivery location: South East, United Kingdom.[E6]
• The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

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1. First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:48 UTC

   The deadline (2025-01-10T12:00:00.000Z) has passed.

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1. E1

   The buyer is National Highways.

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2. E2

   The notice is classified under CPV 24111600 (Hydrogen).

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3. E3

   Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.

   “England”

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4. E4

   Tenders must be submitted by 10 Jan 2025, 12:00 UTC.

   “2025-01-10T12:00:00Z”

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5. E5

   The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.

   “National Highways is the government company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England's strategic road networks. The Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) is a National Highways project that will build a new road connecting Kent, Thurrock and Essex through a tunnel be…”

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6. E6

   Delivery location: South East, United Kingdom.

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7. E7

   This is a call for competition. Suppliers can respond.

   “tender”

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8. E8

   The procedure is: Competitive dialogue (above threshold).

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9. E9

   The notice was published on 2 Dec 2024.

   “2024-12-02T12:06:15Z”

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10. E10

    Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.

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11. E11

    The notice is titled "Lower Thames Crossing: Low Carbon Hydrogen Supply".

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12. E12

    The stated value is GBP 80,000,000.

    “80000000 GBP”

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