Home / Opportunities / Opportunity
PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Intelligent Transport Systems M2M Data SIM's and Data Pool

Kent County Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 22:55.

Opportunity overview

As part of Kent County Council's (KCC) communications infrastructure, to link on-street assets in real time to the Traffic Operations Centre based in Aylesford, Kent - we are looking to procure a new contract for the existing estate of SIMS and associated shared data pool. The service will concentrate on the provision and operation of Data Only Machine to Machine (M2M) SIM's and associated estate wide Data Pool, used to monitor and control on-street equipment - primarily traffic signals and VMS. The service operates county wide and as such assets may be in Urban, Inter-Urban or Rural locations. Alongside the existing estate, there may also be a requirement for SIMs to be added for new assets when installed. In order to obtain a greater understanding of the current market and to aid specification design, the Council would be very grateful if you would participate in this market engagement exercise. Access to this exercise is via the Kent Business Portal : https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=86c34c6c-8e05-f011-8136-005056b64545&p=8691483f-2f3d-e711-80e1-005056b64545 Deadline for submission is 7th April 2025 - 12 noon.

Classification

  • CPV32000000 — Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
  • CPV34923000 — Road traffic-control equipment
  • CPV34970000 — Traffic-monitoring equipment
  • CPV34990000 — Control, safety, signalling and light equipment
  • CPV64220000 — Telecommunication services except telephone and data transmission services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
CN240214
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
010811-2025
Description
Contact email address has been amended.
Entry 2
Id
010891-2025
Description
Submission deadline amended to 7th April 2025 12 noon
Entry 3
Id
012136-2025
Description
Correction of tender reference no. to CN240214

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Contract period

Ends
20 Mar 2035, 23:59
Starts
14 May 2025, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ4
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKJ4
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKJ4
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKJ4
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
32000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
Entry 2
Id
34923000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Road traffic-control equipment
Entry 3
Id
34970000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Traffic-monitoring equipment
Entry 4
Id
34990000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Control, safety, signalling and light equipment
Entry 5
Id
64220000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Telecommunication services except telephone and data transmission services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
010810-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
24 Mar 2025, 09:19
Entry 2
Id
010811-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
24 Mar 2025, 09:23
Entry 3
Id
010891-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
24 Mar 2025, 13:01
Entry 4
Id
012136-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
1 Apr 2025, 09:31

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
7 Apr 2025, 23:59
Description
As part of Kent County Council's (KCC) communications infrastructure, to link on-street assets in real time to the Traffic Operations Centre based in Aylesford, Kent - we are looking to procure a new contract for the existing estate of SIMS and associated shared data pool. The service will concentrate on the provision and operation of Data Only Machine to Machine (M2M) SIM's and associated estate wide Data Pool, used to monitor and control on-street equipment - primarily traffic signals and VMS. The service operates county wide and as such assets may be in Urban, Inter-Urban or Rural locations. Alongside the existing estate, there may also be a requirement for SIMs to be added for new assets when installed. In order to obtain a greater understanding of the current market and to aid specification design, the Council would be very grateful if you could provide your insight for the below areas. Please note, completing this request for Market Engagement is not a prerequisite to be able to tender for this opportunity at a later date. We have included a draft specification (Draft CN240214- Specification) to provide a further understanding of our requirements, however this version has been released to assist with Market Engagement only. It does not constitute the Council's final specification for this service and is subject to change. A Market Engagement Questionnaire and Indicative Pricing schedule has been included for completion. All expressions of interest, clarifications and completed questionnaires should be returned via the Kent Business Portal : https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=86c34c6c-8e05-f011-8136-005056b64545&p=8691483f-2f3d-e711-80e1-005056b64545 Deadline for submission is 7th April 2025 12 noon.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PLDL-8938-YGYW
Name
Kent County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ45
Country
GB
Locality
Maidstone
Postal Code
ME14 1XQ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PLDL-8938-YGYW
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Matthew Head

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Maidstone · UKJ45 · ME14 1XQ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ4 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04f7ab-2025-04-01T09:31:58+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·