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TVCA-PROC-0735 - Pre-Tender Market Engagement - Accident Blackspot and Incident Detection System
Tees Valley Combined Authority · Local authority
In brief
Tees Valley Combined Authority 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 notice does not state a value.
The contract runs for 1 year, starting 1 April 2026.
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Competition
Usually low: a median of 2 bids per contract for this buyer (from 61 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the potential procurement of an Accident Blackspot and Incident Detection System to support Tees Valley Combined Authority’s CRSTS-funded digital transport programme. This PTME aims to: •Understand the market’s capabilities and readiness to deliver a system that identifies and analyses high-risk locations (“blackspots”) based on live traffic data, accident history, and environmental factors. •Explore technical approaches for integrating blackspot detection outputs into the Tees Valley Traffic Digital…Read the full description
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the potential procurement of an Accident Blackspot and Incident Detection System to support Tees Valley Combined Authority’s CRSTS-funded digital transport programme.
This PTME aims to:
•Understand the market’s capabilities and readiness to deliver a system that identifies and analyses high-risk locations (“blackspots”) based on live traffic data, accident history, and environmental factors.
•Explore technical approaches for integrating blackspot detection outputs into the Tees Valley Traffic Digital Twin, enabling dynamic network analysis, scenario testing, and strategic intervention modelling.
•Assess suppliers’ experience delivering road safety analytics, AI-driven detection, and data fusion systems to local authorities or highway agencies.
•Examine opportunities to use predictive analytics for early-warning risk detection and incident prevention, supporting proactive road safety management.
•Explore indicative commercial models, data licensing structures, and timelines for regional deployment
The final commission is expected to provide a scalable, real-time data solution that supports accident prevention, road safety improvements, and evidence-led investment planning and is in alignment with TVCA’s ambition to become the UK’s first “Smart Region.”
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Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 078356-2025
About the buyer
Tees Valley Combined AuthorityLast 12 months
Procurements
222Awards
125Suppliers it has used most
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From notice 078356-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 1 December 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.