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title: "Free-Flow Charging Package A: Road User Charging Services"
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# Free-Flow Charging Package A: Road User Charging Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/free-flow-charging-package-a-road-user-charging-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02b187). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Transport: "Free-Flow Charging Package A: Road User Charging Services". 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:** [Department for Transport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-transport-gov-d9)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Bridge toll services, Closed-circuit television cameras, Collection agency services, Customer services, Data management services (+12 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £150,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02b187`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/free-flow-charging-package-a-road-user-charging-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02b187#tl-md)

## Description
Highways England is the government company charged with operating, maintaining and improving motorways and major (trunk) roads in England. 

        
Highways England has procured (as a procurement agent on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport, as described in the Highways England framework document annex C paragraph 2) a second generation free-flow charging service solution for the existing Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing road user charging scheme. A road user charge has been collected at this crossing since 2003 to manage the high demand for its use. Any solution is expected to offer proportionate scalability where systems and operations can deal with alternative charging schemes. 

        
This contract award notice is for Road User Charging Services (Package A) as part of the overall free-flow charging service solution, and comprises of vehicle identification, account management, payment processing, and customer services.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 32234000, 32500000, 34927000, 34970000, 34980000, 45316210
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Highways England is the government company charged with operating, maintaining and improving motorways and major (trunk) roads in England. Highways England’s road network totals around 4,300 miles and is commonly known as the strategic road network. ...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Free-Flow Charging Package A: Road User Charging Services (active)
  - Award id: `010774-2021-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Conduent Parking Enforcement Solutions Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-91068`
  - Value: £150,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Free-Flow Charging Package A: Road User Charging Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £150,000,000
  - Signed Date: 25/04/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010774-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-05-14T21:55:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T23:18:56.531Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02b187