Published date: 17 July 2019

This notice was replaced on 3 October 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 9 December 2019, last edited 22 January 2020)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Transport tickets - 34980000

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

  • Highway toll services - 63712210

    • Bridge toll services - 63712311

    • Tunnel toll services - 63712321

    • Parking services - 63712400

    • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

    • Customer services - 79342300

    • Collection agency services - 79940000

    • Toll-collection services - 79941000

    • Parking enforcement services - 98351110

Location of contract

South East

Procurement reference

tender_205996/784573

Published date

17 July 2019

Closing date

30 September 2019

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Highways England is preparing for the procurement of a free-flow charging solution for commencement of live service between 2021 and 2024 which is primarily driven by the Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing existing road user charging scheme, and potentially any future road user charging schemes (e.g. Lower Thames Crossing).

Two proposed elements of the free-flow charging solution are UK Enforcement Services (Package B) and Non-UK Enforcement Services (Package C), which comprises of managing enforcement activities (including penalty charge notice payment processing) for vehicles registered in the UK (for Package B) and vehicles registered outside of the UK (for Package C). which is the subject of this early engagement notice. Highways England wishes to consult with the market regarding the proposed approach for these packages.

The other proposed element of the free-flow charging solution is Road User Charging Services (Package A), which is subject to a separate early engagement notice.

Interested parties should refer to the Prior Information Notice (PIN) (https://ted.europa.eu/TED/notice/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:335184-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML) for further information.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Neil Widdop

Address

Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close
Guildford
GU1 4LZ
England

Telephone

0300 1235000

Email

TechnologyProcurement@highwaysengland.co.uk

Website

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/highways-england