Notice Information
Notice Title
Auto-Salting and Gritting Solution
Notice Description
Lancashire County Council (LCC) is responsible for delivering winter service operations to keep the county's highways safe during ice, snow and other severe weather, relying on a time-critical in-vehicle winter service system that supports planning, in-cab guidance, automated spreading and the capture of evidential treatment data across multiple depots. As part of its continuous improvement approach, LCC is exploring the current market for winter salting and gritting technology to understand supplier capabilities, innovations and delivery models that could enhance resilience, data quality, reporting, connectivity and out-of-hours support. To inform its thinking, the Council is issuing a Request for Information (RFI) solely to gather insight from the market.
Planning Information
LCC is undertaking early market engagement through the publication of this Request for Information (RFI). The RFI is intended solely to gather information from the market and to inform the Council's thinking ahead of any potential future procurement activity. The link to the Market Engagement Questionnaire and Service Scope can be found on the Council's tendering opportunities page: https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/business/tenders-and-procurement/tenders/ Please ensure you review the Service Scope before completing the questionnaire. The Market Engagement Questionnaire is live until 4pm on Friday 13th March 2026.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06013f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014282-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
64 - Postal and telecommunications services
-
- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
64226000 - Telematics services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Feb 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Mar 20261 weeks to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- casprocurement@lancashire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PRESTON
- Postcode
- PR1 0LD
- Post Town
- Preston
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD4 Lancashire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD45 Mid Lancashire
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Preston
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Preston
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014282-2026
17th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001180-2026
7th January 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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