Official UK procurement notice
ETM Incursion Warning Radar System – Product Purchase including National Rollout
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSafety 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 publishedProcedure 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)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059c61Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
17 Sept 2025 → 1 Sept 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published17 Sept 2025, 14:53 BST
- Latest notice published369 days ago22 Oct 2025, 15:44 BST
- Market engagement337 days ago23 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)
- Tender notice expected239 days ago1 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts56 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Sept 2025- Pipeline notice published17 Sept 2025, 14:53 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published22 Oct 2025, 15:44 BSTUK2
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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender