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ORT 0210 - Long-Term Contract for the Through-Life End-To-End Support of the Stopped Vehicle Detection Service.

National Highways · Central government

In brief

National Highways has announced plans to buy this contract. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £37,800,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 9 years, starting 1 September 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 3 bids per contract for this buyer (from 11 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

National Highways is planning a future procurement for the provision of a long-term Through-Life Support Contract for its Stopped Vehicle Detection (SVD) Service across England’s Strategic Road Network (SRN). Covering over 4,500 miles of motorways and major A roads, the SRN is a vital component of the UK’s transport infrastructure, carrying a third of all traffic and two-thirds of freight. The requirement is expected to support approximately 27 operational SVD schemes across 6-Regions of the SRN. Where each SVD scheme is monitored by a nominated Regional Operations Centre (ROC). The service supports the safe operation of All Lane Running sections of motorway through the provision and maintenance of SVD technology and associated support services. The installed SVD estate comprises approximately 1,310 endpoint devices. The future contract requires support, maintenance, both reactive and cyclical, and improvement of the SVD application and associated operational systems. Telecommunications services provided through the National Roads Telecommunications Service (NRTS) are currently anticipated to remain outside the scope of the procurement. This Pipeline Notice is intended to provide advance visibility of a potential future procurement and to assist supplier market awareness and planning.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 086103-2026
  2. Pipeline notice · UK1, notice 086590-2026

About the buyer

From notice 086103-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 10 September 2026, last updated 11 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.