Official UK procurement notice
Pre-Tender Market Engagement - Advanced, AI-automated incident detection
Authority: Hartlepool Development Corporation (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Group, seeks to engage the market through this Pre-Tender Market Engagement (PTME) exercise in preparation for the procurement of a solution to enhance and extend the capabilities of TVCA's existing incident detection module and management infrastructure, specifically building upon the pre-existing Aimsun Live platform and the Yunex Traffic UTC / UTMC systems, e.g., Stratos Strategy Manager, as part of the CRSTS-funded digital transport programme.
This PTME aims to:
- Understand the market's appetite, capabilities, and innovations in delivering advanced, AI-driven incident detection and response systems that can be integrated with existing systems, including adaptive signal control (e.g., FUSION), Aimsun Live's digital twin, and control room platforms.
- Explore system integration feasibility, identifying suppliers capable of building on the Tees Valley's existing digital transport ecosystem, including Yunex Traffic's Stratos Strategy Manager and Aimsun Live, without necessitating system replacement, duplication, or disruption that could lead to operational or financial inefficiencies.
- Validate suppliers' experience in deploying enhanced incident management and simulation-based modelling solutions for local or regional road networks, with a focus on those that can demonstrably interface with or extend our existing system architecture.
- Invite technical feedback and innovative ideas on key challenges such as GDPR compliance, interoperability, verification workflows, and data fusion with fixed or floating data sources, in ways that maximise operational efficiency and return on previous investments.
Suppliers are advised that any proposed solution must be demonstrably compatible with, and able to operate in conjunction with, TVCA's existing Yunex Stratos and Aimsun Live platforms. TVCA is not seeking to replace or duplicate existing systems. Proposals should clearly demonstrate how interoperability or enhancement can be achieved within this environment.
Please refer to the Pre-Tender Market Engagement documents for further detail. These can be found on the ProContract e-tendering portal:
procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
You will need to register as a supplier to gain access to the documentation. Registration is free.
CPV: Traffic control services · Traffic monitoring services · Traffic-monitoring equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 11 Aug 2025, 11:08 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Aug 2025, 11:08 BST
- Authority reference
TVCA-PROC-0656- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047571- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0584faFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
11 Aug 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 3 dates- Planning notice published11 Aug 2025, 11:08 BST
- Market engagement22 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
To respond to this pre-market engagement request, you must be registered to use the ProContract e-tendering portal at:
procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
All completed responses must be submitted electronically via the portal using the submission template.
Should you require assistance in relation to the e-tender portal, please contact Proactis Supplier Support either on-line at suppliersupport.proactisservicedesk.com ↗, via email to ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com or call 0330 0050 352.
Queries regarding this process and/or the content of this PTME should be submitted as clarification requests via the portal, no communication will be accepted via other means.
- Contract starts332 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Aug 2025, 11:08 BSTUK2
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
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- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender