Official UK procurement notice
PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT NOTICE & SURVEY - ANPR SERVICES
Authority: BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBlueLight 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:
- seek input from suppliers on the procurement approach and;
- identify suppliers that may be able to supply the services;
- ensure capacity among suppliers in relation to any contract awarded;
- identify contractual terms and particularly those that may prove problematic;
- help to confirm the procurement procedure, set any conditions required to participate and confirm award criteria;
- 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:- www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/BLC0254_ANPR_Dec2025/ ↗
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Installation of traffic monitoring equipment · Networking, Internet and intranet software package · Repair, maintenance and associated services related to personal computers, office equipment, telecommunications and audio-visual equipment · Site preparation work · Software package and information systems · Surveillance and security systems and devices · Traffic monitoring services · Traffic-monitoring equipment
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 20 Apr 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT NOTICE & SURVEY - ANPR SERVICES” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED buys Support services for land transport (CPV 6371), and who usually turns up
BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Support services for land transport (CPV 6371) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
i
How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
i
How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside the delivery region.
i
How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 67 days of the bid deadline.
i
How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
i
How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid19%
2–330%
4–613%
7+38%
How did awards compare with estimates?
i
Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 6371Published estimate£80m
i
How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 10 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid0%
2–30%
4–630%
7+70%
i
Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 Dec 2025, 14:42 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Dec 2025, 14:42 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-081088- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f1dbFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- —
Timeline
9 Dec 2025 → 20 Apr 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published316 days ago9 Dec 2025, 14:42 GMT
- Market engagement285 days ago9 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
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.
- Tender notice expected264 days ago30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts185 days ago20 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Dec 2025, 14:42 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender