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title: "Traffic Manager Radio Service (Airwave)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04c21d"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NATIONAL HIGHWAYS"
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# Traffic Manager Radio Service (Airwave)

Buyer: NATIONAL HIGHWAYS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04c21d

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## Summary

National Highways has completed the procurement process for the "Traffic Manager Radio Service (Airwave)" contract, classified under the industry category of Radio Services (CPV code 92210000). This tender, crucial for maintaining mission-critical communications for National Highways, has been awarded to Airwave Solutions Limited. The Airwave service provides indispensable technology for ensuring secure and reliable communications between Traffic Officers and emergency services across the Strategic Road Network in the UK. This contract, valued at £12,197,736 and set to commence on 4th December 2024, was awarded without a prior call for competition due to the unique capabilities of the supplier, which is mandated by the Home Office.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in communication technologies, particularly those capable of providing secure, mission-critical communications. The use of the TETRA standard and capabilities such as call pre-emption, prioritisation, and end-to-end encryption make this contract perfect for businesses that have experience in high-level secure communications and solutions tailored for emergency response and public safety. By ensuring reliable communications across the strategic road network, the awarded company will support effective traffic management and incident response, creating substantial growth potential for companies able to meet these high standards.

## Notice

Airwave is the fundamental technology that provisions National Highways (NH) with their Mission-Critical Communications (MCC) capability, providing internal critical voice communications between Traffic Officers and the emergency services. The Airwave service aims to ensure NH has continuity of service capability that facilitates a safe working environment on the Strategic Road Network (SRN) and ensures NH can communicate securely with the 3 Emergency Services whilst also meeting its obligations as a Category 2 Responder.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

National Highways utilises numerous communication technologies in order to ensure the Strategic Road Network (SRN) is managed in both a safe and efficient manner. One of the key technologies leveraged is Airwave, which underpins National Highways Mission-Critical Communications (MCC) capability. Airwave is a mission-critical radio network based on the TETRA standard with call pre-emption and prioritisation capabilities and end-to-end encryption to provide highly reliable and secure voice communications to users with nationwide coverage. The MCC radio services provided by Airwave enables Traffic Officers (TOs) and Service Providers (SPs) to broadcast clear and concise communications across secure and reliable channels with one another and to Regional Operating Centres (ROCs); in addition to facilitating interoperability with the Emergency Services across the entire strategic road network (SRN). Airwave provisions the effective management of incidents on the SRN, reduces delays in traffic and supports NH in performing key strategic maintenance and upgrade projects on the SRN. Airwave is currently the only mission-critical communications network available on a national scale that provides the above services and is the only method of radio communication supported by the UK Emergency Services for interoperation, which is required by National Highways role as a Category 2 Responder.

Options: Three one-year extensions (12+12+12)

### Procurement Information

There is only one operator capable of providing this service. This supplier, Airwave Solutions Ltd, is dictated by The Home Office.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039040-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Dec 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Dec 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £12,197,736 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATIONAL HIGHWAYS |
| Locality | GUILDFORD |
| Post town | Not specified |
| Postcode | N/A |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AIRWAVE SOLUTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

### Codes

- 92210000 - Radio services

## Release History

- 4 Dec 2024 at 11:54 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039040-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://nationalhighways.co.uk/

## Provenance

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