Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 17 Sept 2025, 14:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ETM Incursion Warning Radar System – Product Purchase including National Rollout

Official notice

Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)

GoodsOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£4,166,666pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Mar 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Aug 2031 · up to 31 Aug 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Safety is one of National Highway’s imperatives, and as the first and prime imperative, our vision is for our people within National Highways and for everyone who works with us and everyone who travels on our network to get home safe and well.

This pipeline notice is to notify the market, that National Highways intends to procure (including the national roll-out) of an approved Incursion Warning Radar System that is fitted to a Traffic Officer Vehicle. This device when linked to compliant wearable user device will have the ability to alert a Traffic Officer (or road-worker) when a vehicle is in close proximity and if not averted, could cause serious injury or a fatality.

National Highways currently has a fleet of approximately 400 Traffic Officer Vehicles, and each will require a radar device (to be fitted and calibrated), that is linked to a wearable user device (as worn by a Traffic Officer).

The scope of this requirement is likely to include (but is subject to change)

  • Production and supply of compatible devices
  • Fitment to a vehicle (or this may self-delivered by National Highways)
  • Calibration of equipment
  • Software servicing & updates

This Incursion Warning Radar System is intended to be procured during the period April 2026 – September 2026 and National Highways wishes to hear from suppliers in the market that can provide a comparable device.

This pre-market notice and questionnaire will be open for a period of 30 days from publication and will include a specification of requirements that the incursion alarm warning device needs to meet (note that this does not include concepts or prototype devices), only final products that are available and can meet the requirements that has devices that have been suitably tested in a live environment will be considered.

Link to MS Forms Questionnaire: forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗ (add link to browser)

Link to Technical Specification: nationalhighways.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/ect/filesharing… ↗ (add link to browser)

CPV: Alarm systems · Detection apparatus · Radar · Radar detectors · Safety equipment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 31 Aug 2035 with extensions
Delivery listed: Bulgaria (BG31), Bulgaria (BG33), Spain (ES5), North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, London, South East, South WestEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
17 Sept 2025, 14:53 BST
Last source update
22 Oct 2025, 15:44 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067571
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Alarm systemsDetection apparatusRadarRadar detectorsSafety equipment
Delivery area in notice
Bulgaria (BG31)Bulgaria (BG33)Spain (ES5)North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)
+3 moreLondon (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059c61 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

17 Sept 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    17 Sept 2025, 14:53 BST
  2. Latest notice published369 days ago
    22 Oct 2025, 15:44 BST
  3. Market engagement337 days ago
    23 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

    This pre-market notice and questionnaire will be open for a period of 30 days from publication and will include a specification of requirements that the incursion alarm warning device needs to meet (note that this does not include concepts or prototype devices), only final products that are available and can meet the requirements that has devices that have been suitably tested in a live environment will be considered.

    Link to MS Forms Questionnaire: forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx ↗ (add link to browser)

    Link to Technical Specification: nationalhighways.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/esop/ect/filesharing… ↗ (add link to browser)

  4. Tender notice expected239 days ago
    1 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts56 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Sept 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    17 Sept 2025, 14:53 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    22 Oct 2025, 15:44 BST
    UK2

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

National Highways

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: 09346363 Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, South East, GU1 4LZContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure