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Pre-market Engagement Notice for Automated Highways Monitoring Hardware and Software.

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

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 13:14.

Opportunity overview

Denbighshire County Council (The Authority) are looking to engage with the market in relation to providing digital and technological support to enhance its highway safety inspection operations and collation and processing of highway condition data. The Authority is looking for solutions to include capturing highway safety defects, categorisation of defects, collating road condition data to aid production of capital programmes, assisting in prioritising areas for both capital and revenue interventions, improved customer service and improved insurance claim repudiation. We are seeking out of the box solutions requiring minimal configuration. The Authority is not seeking to appoint a development partner. Aims of Engagement The purpose is to: - Understand supplier capabilities and solutions available in the market - Identify opportunities for innovation and best practice - Understand the market’s ability to integrate directly with the Authority’s existing highways asset management system, Symology including proven live integration at other UK sites. - Test assumptions on costs, timescales, and implementation approaches. High Level Requirements for automated highways monitoring software. The Authority requires digital software which allows the Authority to: - Cover the entire network for highway safety inspections in line with the frequencies within the Highways Maintenance Manual - Provide highway safety defect information in accordance with category of defects as defined by the authority’s Highway Maintenance Manual by accurately identifying, detailing and categorising safety defect dimensions (size and depth) - Help modernise highway safety inspection operations by adopting automated digital monitoring alongside manual operations - Provide accurate and reliable road condition data that can be utilised to report on key performance indicators, and assist in informing structural maintenance programmes - Use of in-vehicle dedicated digital solution not invasive to drivers - Camera / digital based data collection (not mobile phone based) - Fully automated operation - Unlimited data usage and storage - Integration with work management systems, including the ability to push identified defects and associated data directly into Symology for inspection follow up, works ordering, and asset records The authority is interested in exploring digital solutions that can be expanded into other teams, for example, traffic and road safety. The digital technology software should also have: - The ability to export reports for use in prioritising and compiling works packages, programmes and third party claim defences - Import/export capabilities with GIS High Level Requirements for In-Vehicle Technologies. The Authority requires In-Vehicle technologies to allow the authority to equip highway safety vehicles and waste collection vehicles with integrated in-cab technologies that support collation of digital information collection and conform to health & safety compliance. The solution should be reliable, have ease of use, be weather-resistant and suitable for vehicle environments High Level Requirements for Operations Management. - Comprehensive reporting suite, including dashboards and the ability for the Council to report on any data in the solution - Automated Back-Office Operations - Secure and robust infrastructure compliant with UK GDPR. - Data hosted within the UK or in jurisdictions offering equivalent UK GDPR protections (with a preference for UK hosting).

Classification

  • CPV48000000 — Software package and information systems
  • CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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
ocds-h6vhtk-068e5d
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Additional Procurement Categories

goods

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Jul 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Aug 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Aug 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
48000000
Description
Software package and information systems
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
72000000
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKL13
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
We are seeking to understand what is currently available in the market in relation to the above requirements. We are inviting suppliers to provide a breakdown of the key features and functions their system provides. We also intend to invite suppliers to provide system demos, ideally over MS Teams. We are seeking a fully functional, out of the box solution/s that require minimal configuration to meet our operational needs and deliver an excellent customer experience. We are not looking for a development partner. We are interested in suppliers who have a proven track record. We do not guarantee that this exercise will result in a procurement exercise. If your organisation can provide a solution that meets the requirements of this notice, please email procurement@denbighshire.gov.uk with a brief overview of your solution no later than 12 noon on 13th May 2026
Due
29 May 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
039410-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
29 Apr 2026, 16:21
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Denbighshire County Council
Id
GB-PPON-PTPG-8659-JMCD

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PTPG-8659-JMCD

Address

Street Address
Wynnstay Road
Locality
Ruthin
Postal Code
LL15 1YN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKL13

Contact

Name
Andy Raynor

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Entry 2
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Id
GB-WLS
Description
Welsh devolved regulations apply

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Ruthin · UKL13 · LL15 1YN · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKL13 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 039410-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·