Published date: 7 June 2019
Closed early engagement
Contract summary
Industry
Vehicle towing-away services - 50118110
Location of contract
North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
Procurement reference
tender_84496/774823
Published date
7 June 2019
Closing date
7 July 2019
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
This Notice is for Market Engagement Purposes Only.
Highways England is looking for a device which can measure the towing force needed to clear and tow away stricken vehicles from the road network to a designated place of safety. This device will need to be robust, easy to assemble and fully compatible with the tow bar, shackles and tow straps used by Highways England on their traffic officer vehicles.
Product will need to be battery powered or have rechargeable facilities, IP64 rated and operate wirelessly. In addition the product needs to have a data recording facility which is fully supported and compatible with existing
Highways England systems such as smart phones and tablets.
If manufacturers within the market believe that they can currently provide such equipment to meet the basic requirements, please contact the Procurement
Officer as designated within this notice.
Trialling of suitable products may be required (to be provided free of charge) and on a non-commitment basis. Product Testing will be conducted at a site to be agreed.
The Final products will be operational on The Strategic Road Network (SRN) of England
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About the buyer
Contact name
Andrew Pritchard
Address
The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street
Birmingham
B1 1RN
England
Telephone
0300 470 3308
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