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Official UK procurement notice
ORT0202 - Interim SVD 26/27
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34)Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£1,974,725published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 6 Aug 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Navtech Radar Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStopped Vehicle Detection radar are used on smart motorways in the UK to automatically identify vehicles that have come to a halt in live lanes. Its purpose is to quickly alert traffic control centres so they can close lanes, warn other drivers, and dispatch help, improving safety and reducing collision risks. The purpose of the proposed contract is to provide support and maintenance services in relation to the radar that form part of the Stopped Vehicle Detection system.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Administrative change
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Aug 2026, 09:59 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2026, 10:28 BST
- Authority reference
ORT0202- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096401- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dd32Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Single supplier - technical reasons
This is a transparency notice to inform the market that National Highways is directly awarding a contract to Navtech Radar Limited for Stopped Vehicle Detection (SVD) for a period of 12 months from 1st September 2026 to 31st August 2027.
This direct award is made under Section 41(1)(a) and Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 and 6 of the Procurement Act 2023.
1.The proposed supplier has exclusive (intellectual property) rights in the hardware and software already supplied to National Highways and do not share /re-sell/licence any of its designs/intellectual property with/to third parties. Without these, no other supplier could provide the support and maintenance services under the proposed contract to the pre-existing hardware. For the same reasons, no other supplier could provide upgrades to existing hardware.
- The only means by which another supplier could provide services and supplies similar to those under the proposed contract would be to replace the existing hardware with an alternative solution. Very significant investment has been made to deploy the existing hardware and the majority of these assets still have a number of years before they reach 'end of life'. To undertake a wholesale replacement of the hardware at this juncture would therefore be disproportionate and unreasonable.
The new contract will ensure continuity of these essential service.
Notice history
11 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Aug 2026- Transparency notice published6 Aug 2026, 09:59 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published7 Aug 2026, 14:05 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected19 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published26 Aug 2026, 16:27 BSTUK7
- Contract change notice published1 Sept 2026, 14:13 BSTUK10
- Contract change notice published1 Sept 2026, 14:29 BSTUK10
- Contract change proposed1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTJustification for Contract Modification – Schedule 8, Paragraph 8: Additional Goods, Services or Works National Highways intends to modify the existing Stopped Vehicle Detection (SVD) service contract to provide additional services associated with the continued operation, maintenance and support of the existing SVD estate. The modifications comprise: CCN002 – Warranty Support – £309,954.47 Provision of additional warranty and associated support for the existing SVD equipment. The warranty services relate directly to equipment and infrastructure forming part of the existing SVD solution and require compatibility with the existing service and technical environment. CCN003 – Out-of-Hours Swap-Out Support – £330,000.00 Provision of additional out-of-hours technical support associated with the replacement, configuration and integration of SVD OutStations. This includes specialist technical activities required to configure replacement equipment and ensure its continued integration and operation within the existing SVD solution. CCN004 – Hindhead Tunnel Support – £92,019.36 Provision of additional specialist support for the existing SVD equipment and associated solution operating at Hindhead Tunnel. The services require compatibility with, and specialist technical knowledge of, the existing SVD equipment and service environment. These services are additional to, and/or a repetition of, services already provided for under the existing contract. Using a different supplier to provide these services would result in services that are different from, or incompatible with, those already provided under the contract. Given the integrated and specialist nature of the existing SVD solution, this would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in the operation and maintenance of the SVD estate and/or other significant operational inconvenience. The combined value of the three modifications is £731,973.83. The estimated value of the contract prior to these modifications is £1,974,725.75. The combined modifications therefore represent an increase of approximately 37.07%, resulting in a revised estimated contract value of £2,706,699.58. The modifications do not increase the estimated value of the contract by more than 50%. National Highways therefore considers that the modifications satisfy the requirements of Schedule 8, paragraph 8 of the Procurement Act 2023 – Additional goods, services or works.
- Contract change notice published12 Oct 2026, 15:29 BSTUK10
- Contract change notice published13 Oct 2026, 10:28 BSTUK10
- Contract change proposed13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTThe variation is to support the upgrading of firmware, servicing and systems engineering support
- Contract change proposed14 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTto provide support during SDR6 data release in Production Environment
Routine re-releases (7)
- 2026-09: 1 release · 1 Sept 2026
- 2026-08: 3 releases · 6 Aug 2026, 26 Aug 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £1,974,7251 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Aug 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navtech Radar LimitedSMEORT 02021 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2027 | £1,974,725 | 6 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
ORT 0202 · Navtech Radar LimitedSME
- Signed
- 25 Aug 2026
- Value
- £1,974,725
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2027
- Status
- active
- Change proposed 14 Oct 2026 to provide support during SDR6 data release in Production Environment, new value £2,750,653
- Change proposed 13 Oct 2026 The variation is to support the upgrading of firmware, servicing and systems engineering support, new value £3,038,183
- Change proposed 1 Sept 2026 Justification for Contract Modification – Schedule 8, Paragraph 8: Additional Goods, Services or Works National Highways intends to modify the existing Stopped Vehicle Detection (SVD) service contract to provide additional services associated with the continued operation, maintenance and support of the existing SVD estate. The modifications comprise: CCN002 – Warranty Support – £309,954.47 Provision of additional warranty and associated support for the existing SVD equipment. The warranty services relate directly to equipment and infrastructure forming part of the existing SVD solution and require compatibility with the existing service and technical environment. CCN003 – Out-of-Hours Swap-Out Support – £330,000.00 Provision of additional out-of-hours technical support associated with the replacement, configuration and integration of SVD OutStations. This includes specialist technical activities required to configure replacement equipment and ensure its continued integration and operation within the existing SVD solution. CCN004 – Hindhead Tunnel Support – £92,019.36 Provision of additional specialist support for the existing SVD equipment and associated solution operating at Hindhead Tunnel. The services require compatibility with, and specialist technical knowledge of, the existing SVD equipment and service environment. These services are additional to, and/or a repetition of, services already provided for under the existing contract. Using a different supplier to provide these services would result in services that are different from, or incompatible with, those already provided under the contract. Given the integrated and specialist nature of the existing SVD solution, this would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in the operation and maintenance of the SVD estate and/or other significant operational inconvenience. The combined value of the three modifications is £731,973.83. The estimated value of the contract prior to these modifications is £1,974,725.75. The combined modifications therefore represent an increase of approximately 37.07%, resulting in a revised estimated contract value of £2,706,699.58. The modifications do not increase the estimated value of the contract by more than 50%. National Highways therefore considers that the modifications satisfy the requirements of Schedule 8, paragraph 8 of the Procurement Act 2023 – Additional goods, services or works., new value £731,974
- Change proposed 1 Sept 2026 This Contract Change Notice is published to correct the contract value stated in the previously published Contract Change Notice. The previous notice incorrectly stated the combined value of the proposed modifications (£731,973.83 excluding VAT) as the estimated contract value following modification. The estimated contract value prior to modification is £1,974,725.75 excluding VAT. The combined value of CCN002, CCN003 and CCN004 is £731,973.83 excluding VAT. The correct estimated contract value following modification is therefore £2,706,699.58 excluding VAT (£3,248,039.50 including VAT). There is no change to the scope, value or justification for the proposed modifications. This notice corrects the previously stated estimated contract value only., new value £2,706,700
No agreed KPIs: Contract is less than £5 million.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Navtech Radar LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender