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Highway Monitoring Services_26

Leicestershire County Council

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05 Oct 2026 at 10:46

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Summary of the contracting process

Leicestershire County Council has procured highway monitoring services for its roads in Leicestershire. The work falls within technical inspection and testing, with a highways engineering element. It was run as a further competition under Category 2 of the YPO Road Marking, Surfacing and Traffic Management Dynamic Purchasing System, a route intended for providers of road-marking, surfacing and removal products and equipment. The stated requirement is for a supplier to provide highway monitoring services; the procurement does not give a more detailed breakdown of the monitoring tasks. The buyer is Leicestershire County Council, based in Leicester. The service is classified as services and is marked as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded to Socotec UK Limited. The award was made on 24 September 2026, with a stated award value of £3,000,000. The contract period runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2030. The competition closed for submissions at midday on 11 September 2026. It was conducted as a further competition through the YPO framework route; the recorded method is described only as “Other”. The procurement is presented as one requirement, with no division into separately awarded lots. The published information does not set out an evaluation weighting or specific award criteria, so the basis used to compare submissions cannot be identified from these details.

This award demonstrates demand from Leicestershire County Council for highway monitoring delivered as a dedicated service, rather than simply the supply of road-marking or surfacing materials. A credible competitor would need demonstrable capability in technical inspection and testing for highways, together with the operational capacity to deliver monitoring across the county over a sustained contract. The procurement was competed through a category of a YPO dynamic purchasing system designed for road-marking, surfacing and related removal providers, so familiarity with that route and the relevant highways supply chain would be commercially useful. The requirement is marked as suitable for SMEs, indicating that smaller specialist firms may be positioned to compete, either independently or alongside partners able to provide the necessary geographic coverage and delivery resources.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Highway Monitoring Services_26

Notice Description

Further Competition under YPO Road Marking, Surfacing And Traffic Management DPS 772 / Category 2: Supply and installation providers for road marking, surfacing, removal products and equipment, for a supplier to provide highway monitoring services.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-33d54db8-6257-4286-89c6-cf4189758c5f
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b830d236-e05f-442c-9cde-946f5def9815
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Other -
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

71311220 - Highways engineering services

71630000 - Technical inspection and testing services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£3,000,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Oct 2026Yesterday
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
24 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2030 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Leicestershire County Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEICESTER
Postcode
LE3 8RA
Postcode Area
Leicester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
Delivery Location
TLF East Midlands (England)
Local Authority
Blaby
Electoral Ward
Glenfield Faire
Westminster Constituency
Mid Leicestershire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SOCOTEC UK Ltd

Further Information

Notice Documents

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