Transparency data
DfT's exceptions to spending controls April to June 2025
Updated 25 September 2025
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| Owning Dept | Case Name | Value (£) (excluding VAT) | Approval date | Control |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department for Transport | Department for Transport - THINK! and National Highways | £2,355,000 | 04/05/2025 | Advertising, Marketing and Communications |
| Department for Transport | Network Rail - Supply of Steel Rail | £811,100,000 | 07/04/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | Network Rail - Frontline Labour Framework Extension | £811,000,000 | 28/04/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Specialist Professional and Technical Service 3 (SPaTS3) | £495,000,000 | 01/05/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | Network Rail - TRU Digital - ETCS Trackside ES4-8 | £270,000,000 | 10/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | Network Rail - Data Centre Operations and Project Services | £180,000,000 | 20/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - M5 Bridgwater (Project Apollo) | £150,000,000 | 12/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | Network Rail - Operation & Maintenance of Switches and Crossings Grinding Trains, Mobile Maintenance Trains, Kirow Crane and Hand Grinding Services | £143,649,875 | 06/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Asset Delivery (AD) Area 10 Maintenance & Response (M&R) Contract | £142,320,000 | 03/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Asset Delivery (AD) Southwest - Maintenance & Response Contract (MRC) | £135,899,518 | 03/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Area 7 Maintenance & Response | £134,670,000 | 03/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Asset Delivery Maintenance & Response East Region Programme Partner Framework | £117,670,000 | 03/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Vehicle Recovery Contract (4th Generation | £107,006,000 | 10/04/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | Network Rail - Portable Plant Rail and Non-rail Specific Plant | £104,500,000 | 19/05/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Asset Delivery (AD) Area 13 Maintenance & Response (M&R) Contract | £100,346,108 | 03/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | HS2 Limited - Engineering Delivery Partner (EDP) Framework Contract Variation | £90,000,000 | 13/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Area 3 Maintenance & Response (M&R) Contract 2021 | £85,140,440 | 03/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | Network Rail - Civil Examination Framework Agreements (CEFA) | £84,000,000 | 20/05/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Asset Delivery Area 4 Maintenance & Response Contract | £79,500,000 | 03/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Area 9 Maintenance & Response Contract | £79,260,000 | 03/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Asset Delivery (AD12) Maintenance & Response Contract | £78,250,000 | 03/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | Network Rail -Traffic Management | £69,700,000 | 30/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Chief Data Office (CDO) - Package 5: CDO cross-capability | £35,000,000 | 02/05/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Chief Data Office (CDO) - Package 4: Digital Lab | £35,000,000 | 02/05/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Asset Delivery (AD) Area 14 Maintenance & Response (M&R) Contract | £34,630,000 | 03/06/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - National Emergency Area Retrofit (NEAR) SCHEME (Balfour) | £31,612,137 | 24/04/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways -RIS3 Chief Data Office (CDO) - Package 3: Data Governance & Assurance | £25,000,000 | 02/05/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways- RIS3 Chief Data Office (CDO) - Package 1: Data as a Service (DaaS) | £21,000,000 | 02/05/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Specialist Security Services - National Contract | £20,000,000 | 23/05/2025 | Commercial |
| Department for Transport | National Highways - Contract Renewal | £7,776,319 | 27/05/2025 | Digital and Technology |
| Department for Transport | Network Rail- LNER OLE Infrastructure Monitoring | £2,141,394 | 27/05/2025 | Digital and Technology |
| Department for Transport | Department for Transport - Part 1 st and 2 nd Floor, 2 City Walk, Leeds LS11 9AR | £356,873 | 10/06/2025 | National Property Control |