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title: "ESDAL 4 — Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Indivisible Loads"
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# ESDAL 4 — Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Indivisible Loads

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/esdal-4-electronic-service-delivery-for-abnormal-indivisible-loads-ocds-h6vhtk-02975b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Highways England Company Limited: "ESDAL 4 — Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Indivisible Loads". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Highways England Company Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/highways-england-company-limited-GB-FTS-22157)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Database software development services, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Industry specific software development services, Internet and intranet software development services, Mapping software development services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,627,645 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02975b`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/esdal-4-electronic-service-delivery-for-abnormal-indivisible-loads-ocds-h6vhtk-02975b#tl-md)

## Description
Highways England is the government company charged with operating, maintaining and improving England’s motorways and major A roads. Formerly the Highways Agency, Highways England became a government company in April 2015.
ESDAL (Electronic Service Delivery for Abnormal Loads) is the national service for managing Abnormal Indivisible Loads (AIL) in the UK. The process of managing abnormal loads is delegated by the Secretary of State for Transport to Highways England.
ESDAL provides an online platform for hauliers to provide legally required abnormal indivisible load notifications to the correct authorities and apply for special orders for the heaviest and largest loads. An AIL is one which cannot, without undue expense or risk of damage, be divided or carried by a normal vehicle.
The basic design of ESDAL is unchanged since the first development by Serco in the early 2000’s. The system is in need of major overhaul to retain the confidence of users and to meet changing user needs

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 60112000, 72212100, 72212220, 72212326, 72212610
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** What we currently have:
ESDAL is currently provided as a digital application with portals for hauliers, structure/road owners, the police, special order routing tool (SORT — for permits) and the help desk. There is a secure registration process requi...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 004085-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **IBI Group (UK) Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-88128`
  - Value: £3,627,645 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 004085-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,627,645
  - Signed Date: 01/03/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004085-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-01T22:56:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T22:35:30.560Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02975b