S30072 TRASS Support 2026

National Highways Limited

Published: Feb 23, 2026

Updated: May 18, 2026

Source: uk_contracts_finder

This tender has been awarded

Awarded to Amey OW Ltd — £599,926

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About This Opportunity

Award by National Highways Limited (United Kingdom, education & training): S30072 TRASS Support 2026. Awarded to Amey OW Ltd (GBP 600K, Feb 2026).

This is a services contract in the education and training sector. Located in United Kingdom, Europe, this opportunity is open to firms and consortiums, with an estimated budget of GBP 599,926.

Published through UK Contracts Finder, a national government procurement portal. Public procurement tenders follow the country's national bidding regulations and may have specific eligibility and documentation requirements for services in the education and training sector. Service contracts are typically evaluated on both technical quality and price, and may require bidders to demonstrate relevant experience and qualified personnel. This contract has already been awarded. The information is published for transparency and market intelligence purposes.

Description

The structural condition of the strategic road network (SRN) is one of the fundamental indicators used to both plan and budget for the annual maintenance programme. Traditional methods for the collection of routine structural condition data use devices that operate at slow speed and require lane closures. However, at the network level on the Strategic Road Network these have been replaced with a traffic-speed alternative called the 'Traffic Speed Deflectometer' (TSD).
Routine network level structural condition surveys of the SRN with the TSD were implemented in 2010 under the TRASS (Traffic Speed Structural Condition Survey) contract. TRASS is an end-result contract under which National Highway's TSD equipment is operated by a Consultant to deliver data to a specified format on defined lengths of the network. Technical support to the equipment and the survey, including quality assurance checks, are provided by a separate Consultant, called the Technical Advisor/Technical Auditor. Following the success of the first network survey in 2010, further surveys were commissioned, as TRASS2 and TRASS3. TRASS4 commenced 2024 continues these routine surveys.
In 2019 Highways England commissioned the construction of a successor to the TSD, which has been named SATTS (Structural Assessment Tool at Traffic Speed). The device is a new generation of Traffic speed Deflectometer developed for National Highways by Greenwood Engineering of Denmark. It contains an advanced multi doppler laser measuring system that is capable of measuring in both nearside and offside wheel paths. The device was delivered in 2020, after which it was subject to acceptance testing and adaptation to support the research programme. The acceptance was completed in early 2021 and research work has been progressed. The research work has demonstrated that the device is capable of delivering more detailed survey data and benchmark testing has been undertaken against the original National Highways TSD. Followin. CPV: Development consultancy services (73220000). Procedure: Call-off from a framework agreement. Suitable for SMEs

Data provenance

This notice is sourced from UK Contracts Finder and was originally published on February 23, 2026. Last refreshed 1 day ago. Reference: tender_516563/1554503. BidsFactory mirrors official procurement notices and links back to the source for full legal text.

About National Highways Limited

National Highways Limited has issued 393 procurement notices on BidsFactory, including 12 currently open and 375 awarded contracts. Activity concentrates in Transport & Logistics, Construction & Civil Works, and Information & Communication Technology. All notices are published for United Kingdom. Notices are distributed via UK Contracts Finder and UK FTS - Find a Tender Service. Most recent publication: May 19, 2026.

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