Midlands Highway Alliance Plus

What Midlands Highway Alliance Plus does

Midlands Highway Alliance Plus (MHA+) is a self-funding partnership of local highway authorities in the Midlands region of England, formed in 2020/21 through the merger of the Midlands Highway Alliance (MHA, founded 2006/07), the Midlands Service Improvement Group (MSIG), and the West Midlands Highway Alliance (WMHA). The organization is hosted and administratively supported by Leicestershire County Council, with a small core team of 8 employees led by MHA+ Manager Karen Notman (appointed 2022). MHA+ serves over 20 member councils including Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Buckinghamshire, Herefordshire, Nottinghamshire, West Northamptonshire, and Lancashire, providing collaborative procurement frameworks, best practice sharing, and policy influence in the highways sector.

The organization's core offerings are procurement frameworks and supporting digital platforms rather than a unified software product. The Medium Schemes Frameworks (MSF 1-4) provide construction procurement routes for medium-scale highway projects with no upper financial limit, while the Professional Services Partnerships (PSP 1-4) deliver multidisciplinary design services — including the £30 million PSP2 contract awarded to AECOM and Waterman Group, continuing through subsequent iterations. Supporting infrastructure includes the Information Sharing Platform (ISP) for member collaboration, a Learning Management System (LMS) for workforce development, and a Social Value Framework with digital platform. MHA+ also coordinates Thematic Groups (Carbon Steering, Digital, Social Value), Service Improvement Groups, an annual CPD-certified event (Annual Event 2026 scheduled for September 2026), and the annual Best Use of Technology Awards launched in 2024.

MHA+ generates revenue through annual membership subscriptions from local authority members and framework participation fees from construction and professional services suppliers. The organization engages strategically with the Department for Transport, the Highways Sector Council, Midlands Connect, England's Economic Heartland, CIHT, ICE, and CECA to influence national highways policy. As a non-profit public-sector collaborative, MHA+ has no parent company, no external shareholders, and reports no disclosed revenue or funding rounds, with framework contract values (such as £261m for the original MSF, £30m for PSP2, and up to £70m for PSP3) representing procurement spend facilitated rather than direct revenue.

Name

Midlands Highway Alliance Plus

Legal name

Midlands Highway Alliance Plus

Website

https://mhaplus.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Midlands Highway Alliance Plus (MHA+) is a self-funding partnership of over 20 Midlands local highway authorities, providing collaborative procurement frameworks (MSF, PSP), digital platforms, workforce training, and policy advocacy for UK council highway services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Highway Services Collaboration

NAICS

Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (23731), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Road & Highway Authorities (Planning, Construction, Maintenance) (BPAIALAA)

Keywords

• Highway procurement frameworks
• Local authority collaboration
• Public sector partnership
• Construction framework agreements
• Highway services consultancy

Headquarters

HQ city

Leicestershire

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: MHA+ is a self-funding partnership supported by membership subscriptions from local authority members. Annual fees are determined based on the fees and subscriptions documents published yearly.
2. Framework Fees: Revenue generated through framework agreements for construction and professional services procurement. Framework suppliers pay fees to participate in the procurement frameworks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Midlands Highway Alliance Plus is a self-funding partnership that delivers collaborative highway services to local authorities in the Midlands. Its core offering comprises mature procurement frameworks (Medium Schemes Frameworks MSF 1–4 and Professional Services Partnerships PSP 1–4) that provide member councils with pre-approved routes to market for medium-scale construction and multidisciplinary design services, complemented by member-facing digital platforms, training, best-practice sharing, and themed working groups.

Product overview

Midlands Highway Alliance Plus (MHA+) is a self-funding partnership promoting excellence in highway services delivery across the Midlands region. The organization operates a portfolio of procurement frameworks and digital platforms rather than a unified software product. Core offerings include the Medium Schemes Frameworks (MSF 1-4) for construction project procurement, and Professional Services Partnerships (PSP 1-4) for design services. Supporting infrastructure includes the Information Sharing Platform (ISP) for member collaboration, a Learning Management System (LMS) for workforce development, and a Social Value Framework with digital platform for measuring community benefits. The MHA+ also delivers annual events, technology awards, and coordinates Service Improvement Groups and Thematic Groups focused on carbon, digital, and social value. The organization facilitates collaborative working among local authority highway departments rather than offering a standalone software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medium Schemes Framework 4 (MSF 4) Procurement framework providing a route to market for medium-scale highway construction projects with no upper financial limit, enabling member local authorities to commission works through a pre-approved supplier panel. Successor to earlier MSF iterations dating back to the original £261m framework.
• Professional Services Partnership 4 (PSP 4) Professional services framework delivering multidisciplinary design services including civil engineering design to support member authorities in highway project delivery across the Midlands region. Successor to PSP 1, PSP 2 and PSP 3.
• MHA+ Information Sharing Platform (ISP) Secure collaborative platform that replaced the previous MHA SharePoint system, providing MHA+ members with access to documents, frameworks and shared resources for highway services collaboration.
• MHA+ Learning Management System (LMS) Online learning platform providing workforce development and training resources for MHA+ members, including accreditation programmes such as Service Manager Accreditation and NEC4 training.
• MHA+ Social Value Framework and Digital Platform Framework and associated digital platform for measuring, tracking and reporting social value outcomes on highway projects, enabling members to quantify community benefit delivery across the partnership.
• MHA+ Service Improvement Groups (SIG) Collaborative working groups focused on service improvement across highway authorities, formerly MSIG task groups, covering areas such as resilience, efficiency, carbon reduction and operational best practice.

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• AECOM and Waterman GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2015AECOM with supply partner Waterman Group awarded £30 million Professional Services Partnership (PSP2) contract to deliver multidisciplinary professional design services supporting MHA member councils on highway projects across the Midlands. This partnership has continued through PSP3 and PSP4 iterations.
• Medium Schemes Framework SupplierscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFramework suppliers including Balfour Beatty, Galliford Try, Eurovia, Morgan Sindall, and others engaged through MSF frameworks for construction delivery. Suppliers participate in annual awards and contribute to case studies.
• Highways Sector CouncilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMHA+ participates in national agenda through direct involvement with the Highways Sector Council, influencing policy and standards development.
• Department for TransportmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMHA+ engages with DfT on national highways policy and initiatives, with Catherine De Marco presenting at MHA events on DfT matters.
• Midlands ConnectmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with Midlands Connect regional transport body. Simon Statham and Andrew Pritchard from Midlands Connect have presented at MHA events.
• England's Economic Heartland (EEH)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional transport body partnership. Martin Tugwell from EEH has presented at MHA events on regional infrastructure planning.
• Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerICE provides professional recognition and accreditation support. MHA won ICE East Midlands Merit Awards Team Achievement Award in 2016, and ICE President Matthew Lugg has presented at MHA events.
• Considerate Constructors SchememinorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmanda Long from CCS presented at MHA+ Annual Event 2021 on sustainability and responsible construction practices.
• CECA (Civil Engineering Contractors Association)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlasdair Reisner from CECA has presented at MHA+ events on industry perspectives and policy matters.
• HTMA (Highways Term Maintenance Association)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on term maintenance initiatives. George Lee, Chief Executive HTMA, has presented at MHA Executive Board meetings and contributed to road space utilisation tools.
• CIHT (Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional institution partnership. Matthew Lugg (President CIHT) has presented at MHA events, and MHA supports CIHT professional development and accreditation.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Crown Commercial Service: UK government's central procurement body operating national framework agreements that local authorities can use for highway and infrastructure works. Represents the national-scale alternative to MHA+'s regional framework model.
• LHC Procurement: Public sector framework provider offering construction and infrastructure procurement routes used by local authorities. Comparable as a competing framework operator with overlapping category coverage in highways and public works.
• SCAPE: UK-wide public sector procurement organisation operating construction and consultancy frameworks used by local authorities including highways clients. Comparable as a competing framework provider at greater scale and broader geography than MHA+.

Regional players

• Transport for the North: Statutory sub-national transport body for the North of England providing strategic transport planning and policy input. Comparable as a regional transport governance body that interfaces with the same types of highways policy and funding issues MHA+ engages with.
• Midlands Connect: Sub-national transport body for the Midlands that develops strategic transport priorities and infrastructure programmes rather than procurement frameworks. Comparable through shared Midlands geography and overlapping policy influence on the same council members as MHA+.
• England's Economic Heartland: Sub-national transport body covering the Oxford-Cambridge arc and surrounding regions, partnering with MHA+ on infrastructure planning. Adjacent peer operating at strategic policy level with overlapping local authority stakeholders.

Direct peers

• Yorkshire Highways Alliance: Collaboration of Yorkshire-based local authorities working together on highway services efficiency and procurement. Operates a comparable membership-based model targeting the same type of county council customers as MHA+.
• North West Highways Alliance: Regional alliance of North West England local authorities providing collaborative procurement and best-practice sharing on highway services. Closely comparable in membership, scope, and frameworks offered to MHA+.
• Eastern Highways Alliance: A regional partnership of local highway authorities in the East of England that operates medium-scheme construction and professional services frameworks on a comparable collaborative model to MHA+. Directly comparable in structure, target customer (county councils), and procurement focus on highway services.
• South West Highways Alliance: Regional alliance of local highway authorities in the South West of England that pools procurement and shares best practice on highways maintenance and construction. Directly comparable peer delivering the same type of framework-based services for local authority members.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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