Contract award · 18 Feb 2026

S30072 TRASS Support 2026

National Highways awarded “TRASS Support 2026” to Amey OW Limited for £600k on 18 Feb 2026.

Research & developmentWest Midlands

Value £600k
WinnerAmey OW Limited

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Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
National Highways · Body governed by public law
Value
£599,925.54
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Research & development · Development consultancy services (CPV 73220000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date18 Feb 2026
  2. Published23 Feb 2026Published 5 days after the contract date

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. Foll…

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