Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 25 Sept 2026, 15:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Fully Managed Redeployable Average Speed Road Safety Intelligence Service - Expression of Interest

Authority: Milton Keynes City Council (Local council)

ServicesSME suitable
Published estimate£80,000£96,000 inc. VAT
Tender notice expected 2 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 6 mostarts 1 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Milton Keynes City Council (“the Council”) is seeking Expressions of Interest from suitably experienced organisations able to provide a fully managed, turnkey and redeployable Average Speed Road Safety Intelligence Service. The proposed solution shall be capable of monitoring vehicle movement between defined points and calculating across the monitored section of road. The supplier shall provide access to an experienced team able to interpret the information and turn it into clear, useful and actionable road safety intelligence. The service shall be collaborative and capable of adapting to changing Council requirements.

The Expression of Interest (EOI) is being conducted for market assessment purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition, invitation to tender, commitment to procure or promise of any future contract award.

CPV: Traffic monitoring services · Traffic-monitoring equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 6 moSME
Contract period: 1 Dec 2026 — 31 May 2027 (6 mo)Eligibility: SME eligible
34970000 Traffic-monitoring equipment63712710 Traffic monitoring services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
25 Sept 2026, 15:08 BST
Last source update
25 Sept 2026, 15:08 BST
Authority reference
2026-271
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Traffic monitoring servicesTraffic-monitoring equipment
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077ac6

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice publishedearlier today
    25 Sept 2026, 15:08 BST
  2. Market engagementin 21 days
    16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    As part of EOI exercise interested suppliers are invited to provide a response describing their arrangements for mobilisation; contract management; dedicated service-team support; operational contacts; deployment management; technical methodology used, system accuracy and validation processes; more…technical support and maintenance; fault escalation; reporting; regular service reviews; compliance; redeployment planning; and continuous improvement. Any response received after the stated deadline will not be consdiered as part of the Council’s assessment of market capability and may be excluded from this exercise. Interested suppliers are requested to also demonstrate relevant experience in areas such as managed roadside monitoring and technology; highways services; redeployable camera systems; point-to-point vehicle monitoring; traffic and speed studies, data and intelligence analysis; equipment maintenance; evidence and information gathering. The Council will base its assessment and any subsequent procurement decisions on the information received by the stated deadline. Suppliers are responsible for ensuring that their response is submitted in sufficient time to be received before the given deadline. The Council will review the information received to assess market capability; determine the number of suppliers capable of meeting the requirement; inform the Council’s procurement strategy. Where the information received demonstrates that only one supplier is capable of meeting the Council’s requirements, the Council reserves the right to consider a direct award, subject to internal governance and procurement obligations. Where multiple suppliers are identified capable of delivering the requirement, the Council may undertake a competitive procurement process. The Council reserves the right not to proceed with any procurement following this exercise. This Expression of Interest is a market engagement exercise only. Participation in this exercise will not create any contractual rights or obligations, nor will it guarantee invitation to any future procurement process or award of any contract.
  3. Tender notice expectedin 38 days
    2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  4. Contract startsin 66 days
    1 Dec 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    25 Sept 2026, 15:08 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Milton Keynes City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLDZ-6131-PWZH Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes, South East, MK9 3EJ [email protected] 01908691691

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

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