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title: "Highway Monitoring Services_26"
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buyer: "Leicestershire County Council"
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# Highway Monitoring Services_26

Buyer: Leicestershire County Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-33d54db8-6257-4286-89c6-cf4189758c5f

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b830d236-e05f-442c-9cde-946f5def9815 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 24 Sep 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £3,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Leicestershire County Council |
| Locality | LEICESTER |
| Postcode area | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE3 8RA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland |
| Local authority | Blaby |
| Electoral ward | Glenfield Faire |
| Westminster constituency | Mid Leicestershire |
| Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SOCOTEC UK Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71311220 - Highways engineering services
- 71630000 - Technical inspection and testing services

## Release History

- 5 Oct 2026 at 10:46 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b830d236-e05f-442c-9cde-946f5def9815

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b830d236-e05f-442c-9cde-946f5def9815
  5th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://www.eastmidstenders.org/index.html

## Provenance

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