TENDER · HIGH_PRIORITY
Highways Asset Management System
Shropshire Council
What happened?
Pipeline notice from Shropshire Council. Relevance is supported by notice evidence.
Value
KNOWN · STRATEGIC
KNOWN · STRATEGIC
Urgency
PREPARE
PREPARE
Confidence
HIGH
HIGH
Recommended action
PREPARE CAPABILITY PACK
PREPARE CAPABILITY PACK
Facts
{
"award_values": [],
"buyer": "Shropshire Council",
"buyer_reference": "ocds-h6vhtk-06fa7c",
"contact_email": "dave.sage@shopshire.gov.uk",
"contact_name": "Dave Sage",
"contact_restrictions": [],
"contacts": [
{
"email": "dave.sage@shopshire.gov.uk",
"name": "Dave Sage",
"organisation": "Shropshire Council"
}
],
"contract_terms": [
{
"endDate": "2032-09-29T23:59:59+01:00",
"startDate": "2027-09-30T00:00:00+01:00"
}
],
"cpv": [
{
"description": "Software package and information systems",
"id": "48000000",
"scheme": "CPV"
},
{
"description": "IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support",
"id": "72000000",
"scheme": "CPV"
}
],
"currency": "GBP",
"days_to_deadline": 51,
"deadline": "2026-12-01T23:59:59+00:00",
"deadline_conflict": false,
"deadline_kind": "ENGAGEMENT",
"deadline_narrative": "",
"deadline_structured": "2026-12-01T23:59:59+00:00",
"deadline_time_unpublished": false,
"demo_evidence": [],
"direct_contact_evidence": [
"Organisations wishing to express an interest in this opportunity are invited to contact Dave.Sage@shropshire.gov.uk"
],
"engagement_route": "Organisations wishing to express an interest in this opportunity are invited to contact Dave.Sage@shropshire.gov.uk\nto register their interest in participating. Organisations registering will then be contacted around further PME arrangements/activity during the preliminary engagement period.",
"estimated_value": 1800000.0,
"expansion_scope": "Complete official OCDS release; linked restricted documents require separate verification.",
"extensions": [],
"fully_expanded": true,
"geographic_scope": [
[
{
"country": "GB",
"countryName": "United Kingdom",
"region": "UK"
}
]
],
"hidden_opportunity": true,
"historical_engagement_evidence": "",
"incumbent_evidence": [],
"linked_documents": [
{
"datePublished": "2026-09-15T16:23:08+01:00",
"description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
"documentType": "marketEngagementNotice",
"format": "text/html",
"id": "087466-2026",
"noticeType": "UK2",
"url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087466-2026"
}
],
"lot_count": 1,
"lot_scope": [
{
"description": null,
"id": "1",
"title": null,
"value": null
}
],
"meeting_evidence": [],
"notice_type": "PIPELINE",
"procurement_method": "UNKNOWN",
"procurement_status": "planning",
"publication_date": "2026-09-15T16:23:08+01:00",
"published_corrections": [],
"published_notice_types": [
"UK2"
],
"published_requirement": "Shropshire Council (the Authority) is undertaking a preliminary market engagement in advance of a potential future\nprocurement for a Highways Asset Management System. The Authority is seeking to understand the capability of the\nmarket to deliver a solution to support the management of its Highways portfolio.",
"questionnaire_evidence": [
"Shropshire Council (the Authority) is undertaking a preliminary market engagement in advance of a potential future"
],
"reference": "087466-2026",
"registration_evidence": [
"to register their interest in participating.",
"Organisations registering will then be contacted around further PME arrangements/activity during the preliminary engagement period."
],
"relevance_evidence": {
"ASSET_PORTAL_QR": [
"asset management",
"software",
"system"
],
"SOFTWARE_DELIVERY": [
"software development"
]
},
"requirement_items": "\n",
"selection_requirements": [],
"sme_suitability": [],
"submission_method": "Organisations wishing to express an interest in this opportunity are invited to contact Dave.Sage@shropshire.gov.uk\nto register their interest in participating. Organisations registering will then be contacted around further PME arrangements/activity during the preliminary engagement period.",
"value_excluding_vat": null,
"value_including_vat": 1800000.0,
"value_minimum": null,
"value_scope": "TOTAL_NOTICE_NOT_PURA_ADDRESSABLE",
"vat_basis": "incl. VAT"
}Commercial inferences
[
{
"basis": {
"ASSET_PORTAL_QR": [
"asset management",
"software",
"system"
],
"SOFTWARE_DELIVERY": [
"software development"
]
},
"type": "HIDDEN_ADDRESSABLE_ELEMENT"
}
]Unknowns
[]
Possible services
[
{
"confidence": "HIGH",
"rationale": "software development",
"service": "SOFTWARE_DELIVERY"
},
{
"confidence": "HIGH",
"rationale": "asset management, software, system",
"service": "ASSET_PORTAL_QR"
}
]Provenance
{
"licence": "http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
"ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-06fa7c",
"release_id": "087466-2026"
}Related signals
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