Official UK procurement notice
OCAMS093 ATMS Provider · UK public procurement notice
Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAdvanced Traffic Management Service (ATMS) Provider
CPV: Traffic monitoring services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 13 May 2025, 10:42 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Jun 2026, 14:38 BST
- Authority reference
OCAMS093- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-055288- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0511b8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
13 May 2025 → 21 May 2027 · 5 dates- Planning notice published13 May 2025, 10:42 BST
- Tender notice expected1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Market engagement143 days ago5 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
This opportunity relates to the provision of support for the Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) for National Highways, the body responsible for England's strategic road network.
The Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS), currently procured under several contracts, provides services to all National Highways Control Rooms to manage the traffic on the ~4,500 miles of the strategic road network.
We will be holding a second Preliminary Market Engagement Day on Tuesday, 19th May 2026, 13:00hs GMT, to share the outcomes of the previously held (initial) Preliminary Market Engagement. We will also outline our anticipated approach to the procurement process and contract documents. Please note, this event is open to anyone who wishes to register.
This event will be held virtually (online) via Teams.
To register for this event, please send your expression of interest and contact details by completing the form on this link:
forms.office.com/e/PiKUdahwUH ↗
The form will need to be submitted by COP on Friday, 15th May 2026. If you have any issues, please contact OCSAMS@nationalhighways.co.uk.
Please complete a separate form for each expected attendee.
This UK2 – Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is issued solely for the purpose of commencing a market consultation exercise and does not constitute any commitment by National Highways to undertake any public procurement exercise.
Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this Notice, nor shall a response to this Notice guarantee an invitation to participate in this market consultation exercise or any future procurement process that National Highways may conduct. This Notice does not constitute a call for competition to procure any works or services and is not published to reduce time limited for the receipt of tenders.
National Highways is not liable for any costs, fees or expenses incurred by any party responding to this Notice or any party who may participate in the market consultation exercise.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
National Highways Procurement Team
- Latest notice published138 days ago11 Jun 2026, 14:38 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 205 days21 May 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
9 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 May 2025- Pipeline notice published13 May 2025, 10:42 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published9 Feb 2026, 11:56 GMTUK2
- Published value updated to £100,000,0009 Feb 2026, 11:56 GMTwas £50,000,000
- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Feb 2026, 11:11 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 May 2026, 15:02 BSTUK2
- Published value updated to £50,000,0007 May 2026, 15:02 BSTwas £100,000,000
- Buyer details updated7 May 2026, 15:02 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 May 2026, 10:24 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Jun 2026, 14:38 BSTUK2
Published amendments (2)
Please note that the date for the Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) referred to in this notice has been amended. The previously advertised PME date of Tuesday 19 May 2026 at 13:00 GMT has been postponed to a later date to be informed in the coming weeks. All other details set out in the original notice remain unchanged, and all suppliers interested in engaging can register their interest thr…
Further to our previous communications regarding the Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for the Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS), we are pleased to provide an update on the rescheduled event. Revised Event Details Date: Wednesday, 8 July 2026 Time: 13:30 – 16:30 (GMT) Format: In-person event (please note this is no longer a virtual session) Venue: Macdonald Burlington Hotel Burling…
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-02: 2 releases · 9 Feb 2026, 17 Feb 2026
- 2025-05: 1 release · 13 May 2025
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
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- National Highways LimitedContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender