---
title: "Highways Software Market Engagement"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02c430"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2021-07-06"
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# Highways Software Market Engagement

Buyer: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02c430

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## Summary

Suffolk County Council is initiating a market engagement exercise for a Highways software solution, identified under the title "Highways Software Market Engagement". This procurement falls under the goods category, specifically within the software package and information systems industry. The current stage of the procurement process is planning, with the anticipated procurement exercise expected to commence in summer 2021. Interested parties are required to complete a questionnaire by 23 July 2021, and the communication regarding future notices is scheduled for 31 August 2021. The council operates from Endeavour House, Ipswich, UK.

This tender presents a valuable opportunity for software companies, particularly those specialising in modular systems or industry-specific solutions for highways management. Businesses that can provide flexible, scalable software solutions with the capability to handle substantial data storage—and those familiar with existing systems like Insight [Symology]—would be particularly well-suited to compete. Participating in this engagement could lead to increased partnerships with Suffolk County Council as they look to expand their software capacity for both internal and external users.

## Notice

Suffolk County Council is running a market engagement exercise for a Highways software solution, our preferred option is to have one modular system or where this is not possible, separate software for specific areas of work will be considered. Suffolk County Council currently use Insight [Symology] software and have 350 users with 200 concurrent user licences. We require the option to increase this for use by our external highways' contractors. Current storage is ~1TB of data.We anticipate the procurement exercise will begin in summer 2021. Before any procurement.Please complete this questionnaire at https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GHIHighwayssoftware/ . Questionnaires should be completed by 23 July 2021.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Suffolk County Council is running a market engagement exercise for a Highways software solution, our preferred option is to have one modular system or where this is not possible, separate software for specific areas of work will be considered. Suffolk County Council currently use Insight [Symology] software and have 350 users with 200 concurrent user licences. We require the option to increase this for use by our external highways' contractors. Current storage is ~1TB of data.We anticipate the procurement exercise will begin in summer 2021. Before any procurement.Please complete this questionnaire at https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GHIHighwayssoftware/ . Questionnaires should be completed by 23 July 2021.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015550-2021 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Jul 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 30 Aug 2021 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | IPSWICH |
| Post town | Ipswich |
| Postcode | IP1 2BX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH6 Suffolk |
| ITL 3 | TLH62 Ipswich |
| Local authority | Ipswich |
| Electoral ward | Gipping |
| Westminster constituency | Ipswich |
| Delivery location | TLH East (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48100000 - Industry specific software package

## Release History

- 6 Jul 2021 at 11:50 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015550-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.suffolksourcing.uk
- https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GHIHighwayssoftware/

## Provenance

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