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PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT NOTICE & SURVEY - ANPR SERVICES

Buyer: BlueLight Commercial Limited →

BuyerBlueLight Commercial Limited
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£80,000,000
Published9 Dec 2025

What is being bought

BlueLight Commercial (BLC) are looking to establish an agreement that police forces and other interested agencies can use to provide a quick, cost effective, reliable and compliant contracting solution for ANPR services. This Preliminary Market Engagement notice and link to a survey document provides the opportunity to: 1. seek input from suppliers on the procurement approach and; 2. identify suppliers that may be able to supply the services; 3. ensure capacity among suppliers in relation to any contract awarded; 4. identify contractual terms and particularly those that may prove problematic; 5. help to confirm the procurement procedure, set any conditions required to participate and confirm award criteria; 6. prepare an appropriate tender notice and tender documents for issue to the market at large. develop our requirements and approach to its procurement; Presently, working with ANPR specialists a framework solution has been drafted consisting of the following lots: Lot 1 – ANPR SYSTEMS PURCHASE to include all items used to provide a fit for purpose, functioning ANPR operational set up. This includes camera systems, cabling and mounting brackets telecommunication capability to transmit appropriate information to operation and analytical bases, ANPR servers and other Back Office Facility (BOF) equipment to aid smooth ANPR operation. Lot 2 – INSTALLATION & REMOVAL OF EQUIPMENT to include redeployment where organisations do not have this capability. Lot 3 - CONSULTANCY SERVICES that includes surveying, system design, modification, proof of concept and integration with existing networks. Lot 4 - SERVICING & MAINTENANCE of the existing ANPR systems identified in Lot 1. Lot 5 - ANPR RELATED CIVILS WORK to prepare a site for the installation of ANPR systems. The work will include ground preparation for install of cabling to provide electrical power, installation of poles or other furniture on which to mount ANPR systems, cabinet purchase and installation, approvals to work safely at the site and access services, using appropriately qualified personnel. BLC is looking for respondents to comment on the lotting structure, capacity to provide the service across the UK, the best way to price services to provide fair comparison, observations on contractual terms with particular regard to sub contracting. The current proposed approach may be modified or changed following receipt of the pre-market engagement feedback. To provide BLC with feedback on the proposals please complete the survey at the following link:- https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/BLC0254_ANPR_Dec2025/

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Traffic-monitoring equipment 34970000Surveillance and security systems and devices 35120000Site preparation work 45100000Installation of traffic monitoring equipment 45316210Software package and information systems 48000000Networking, Internet and intranet software package 48200000Repair, maintenance and associated services related to personal computers, office equipment, telecommunications and audio-visual equipment 50300000Traffic monitoring services 63712710IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 20 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2034

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Surveillance and security systems and devices, Networking, Internet and intranet software package, Traffic monitoring services, Traffic-monitoring equipment, Installation of traffic monitoring equipment, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Software package and information systems, Repair, maintenance and associated services related to personal computers, office equipment, telecommunications and audio-visual equipment, Site preparation workNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 34. The category anchor is Traffic-monitoring equipment (34970000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 341,8773 median · 21.1 average (550 of 1,877 with a bid count)3.4 average (605 of 1,877 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer7Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK4074 median · 68 average (105 of 407 with a bid count)6.7 average (120 of 407 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)753 median · 84.3 average (3 of 75 with a bid count)9.3 average (3 of 75 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Request For Information Survey to be returned by the the above date. A webinar or similar event, if required, to validate any of the feedback, will take place between 19th and 23rd January 2026. The following are provisional procurement timeline dates you may find useful, advised at the ANPR Conference on the 25th November 2025: 1.Deadline for the return of the ANPR survey/request for information 9/1/26 2.Response Review 12th to 28th January - possible webinar online engagement day(s) between 19th and 23rd January 3.Tender publication 30th January 4.Possible bidder's day date to be confirmed mid way between tender issue and tender return date. 5.Tender return deadline 24th February These dates are provisional only to act as a guide and maybe subject to change.engagement9 Jan 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05f1db
Latest release ID081088-2025
Latest release timestampTue Dec 09 2025 14:42:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£80,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
9 Dec 2025planning081088-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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